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| Essential Trout Flies | 
 enlarge | Author: Dave Hughes
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $12.62
You Save: $9.33 (43%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 31429
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 92
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0811727483
Dewey Decimal Number: 688.79124
EAN: 9780811727488
ASIN: 0811727483
Publication Date: April 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
Best book on fly tying July 28, 2001
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Best book I've found on fly-tying, period. The commentary on how to present various types of flies is very helpful for everyone from beginners to advanced anglers.
Essential Trout Flies, by Dave Hughes July 16, 2001
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
An excellent advantage to all tiers, advanced or beginners. Hundreds of dry fly, nymph, wet fly, and streamer patterns that can get you on your way to success. All of them categorized and easy to find, with fishing tips for every kind of fly. I have used several other tying books to aid me in getting the patterns I needed, including Skip Morris', Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple, The Art of Tying the Nymph,The Art of Tying the Dry Fly, and much more. No one book can compare to this. A MUST HAVE to any person interested in becoming one of the greats of fly fishing!!!
A Very Handy Guide August 23, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
A nicely structured book which makes it easy to get around. Each "style" of Nymph, Dry or Wet fly has a featured pattern with some background and comments on materials, plus crisp colour tying shots & the recipes for 6 variants of the style. In addition there are Fishing Notes for each style of fly and I found these particularly helpful. I also liked Daves ability to convey concepts. For instance, in describing nymphing a river, he suggests thinking of it in terms of " ... using the nymph to paint parallel brush strokes on the bottom of the river." Altogether, a highly recommended book for a fly tyers reference library.
Adds clarity and purpose July 13, 2000
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book has excellent instructions on fly tying, a selection of terrific patterns, and advice on how to fish the flies. All this is to be expected from a basic book on fly tying. But, this book is more useful than many others because author Dave Hughes organizes the patterns by styles and offers a primer for creating two basic fly boxes (one for dries, and one for wets, streamers, nymphs) that should catch trout anywhere in the world. The beginner can learn the basics of tying and fishing with this book. Intermediate fly fishers can strengthen the organization and foundation of their knowledge. And, although I don't consider myself an expert, I would imagine when I reach that stage, I'll still find myself referring to this book from time to time.
ESSENTIAL TROUT FLIES April 20, 2000
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
DAVE"S DONE IT AGAIN! THIS IS AGREAT REFERENCE FOR THE NOVICE OR INTERMEDIATE TYER. OVER 200 VARIATIONS ALL WITH EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS. ALL THESE PATTERNS CAN BE TIED WITH MATERIALS THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE FOUND IN MOST TACKLE SHOPS THAT CATER TO OUR BELOVED SPORT. NO MORE SEARCHING FOR EXOTIC MATERIALS TO LASH TO A HOOK (CANCEL THAT ORDER FOR THE NOSE HAIR TAKEN FROM A NORTHERN YAK ) IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY ONLY ONE BOOK IT SHOULD BE THIS ONE AND YOU DONT HAVE TO BREAK THE BANK TO OWN IT!
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