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The ultimate book for fly fishers, featuring stunning photography of flies and the fishermen who use them—with a foreword by President Jimmy Carter. For the millions of fly fishers who are passionate about their sport, this gorgeous book is both a visual feast and the perfect reference. The Art of the Fishing Fly includes a history of fly fishing focusing on the evolution of fishing flies; a guide to essential equipment; a how-to section on tying three key flies by three top fly tyers; and essays by noted experts. The book’s core includes seventy-five profiles of flies—the soul of the sport—with absolutely stunning color photographs of each fly and fascinating stories behind the flies, inspirational photographs of fly fishers in action, and profiles of the top 19 fly fishing locations around the world.
"Each entry contains life-size and enlarged photos, a materials inventory and a description of the tying sequence. In addition, the fly's originator describes how, when and where to fish his/her creation, providing a distillation of years of fly fishing experience. The fly patterns are designed for the most popular fly fishing quarry in fresh and saltwater, including trout, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon, steelhead, striped bass, redfish, sailfish, marlin, barramundi, bonefish and many others."--P. [4] of cover.
Tony Lolli has assembled the best original patterns from working flyfishing guides around the country and the world. There are 101 flies for trout, steelhead, salmon, and many other salt-water and warm-water species. These patterns were created by pros who had to get their clients into fish under the toughest of conditions.
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With over 500 fly patterns from Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and more western states, this encyclopedic guide is a must-have for avid fly fishermen. With accurate recipes from the originators of the patterns, this reference for the Rocky Mountain West provides tiers with everything they need to fish inside and around Yellowstone. Over 560 color photos of finished flies illustrating nymphs, dry flies, emergers, streamers and more.