posted by admin on Mar 11
Editorial Reviews
Review
Veteran author Charlie Meck and newcomer Paul Weamer have released their "Pocket Guide to Pennsylvania Hatches" as a handy reference for our most prolific fly hatches. This pocket sized hardcover published by Headwater Books is a 154 page compendium of angling knowledge….
Together these two friends have produced a volume worthy of any fly fisher who prowls Pennsylvania waters. I’ll be carrying mine along to refresh my memory on the habits of those bugs I haven t encountered for a few seasons. When it’s not in my truck, it will reside on my fly tying desk as a reminder for the patterns I should carry for each trip astream. –Mark Sturtevant, York Daily Record, February 22, 2009
Charlie Meck and Paul Weamer team up to provide a concise overview of the most important hatches on Pennsylvania trout streams, including mayflies, caddis, stoneflies, midges, as well as other important trout-stream foods. This handy guide includes color photos of each insect as well as recipes and photos of the authors’ recommended fly patterns for each hatch. Detailed charts at the beginning of each section provide a quick reference for emergence dates and size of the insects. After an overview of the life cycle of each of the major classes of insects, individual entries provide essential information such as common and Latin names, size range (hook and natural), and time and date of emergence. The authors provide in-depth descriptions of all life stages of the insect, emergence time and date, behavior, tactics, and the premier streams in the state to find the best hatches. Meck’s intimate knowledge of the hatches around the state combined with Weamer’s penchant for the perfect pattern make this book a must-have reference for anyone who fishes trout streams in the Keystone State.
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posted by admin on Jan 14
Editorial Reviews
- Strategies for selective trout in clear water
- New patterns designed for spring creeks and how to fish them
- Simple explanations of the major hatches on spring creeks across the country
Spring creeks, those rare waters that flow right out of the earth–in whole or in part–are both a blessing and a curse for anglers. They are a blessing because the clear, cold, nutrient-rich waters grow abundant insects, which in turn grow and sustain large populations of healthy trout. They flow free of ice in the winter and run cool during the hottest parts of summer, providing year-round angling. In many ways, this bounty becomes a curse, because the abundance and steady supply of food can spoil the trout, making them less likely to take a piece of fluff and feathers. Many spring creeks are also small, their challenges enhanced by weed-choked runs and tricky currents. Mike Heck, expert fly tier and guide from southcentral Pennsylvania, the cradle of American spring-creek country, shares the tactics and techniques he teaches his clients to catch these tough trout. Heck includes his top fly patterns, tips on matching the major hatches of Tricos, Baetis, and Sulphurs (PMDs), and his thoughts on stealth and presentation. Whether you fish Letort Spring Run in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, or DePuy’s Spring Creek in Livingston, Montana, Heck’s Spring Creek Strategies will help you become a more successful angler.
From the Publisher
180 color photos, 15 b/w illustrations.
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posted by admin on Jan 14
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Karel Krivanec has been fly fishing for more than 30 years. Karel has competed in casting and fly fishing. In 1986 he organized the first Czechoslovakian Fly Fishing Symposium. He was fishery manager in South Bohemian Region for 14 years. From 1990 - 2006 he was president of Czech National Fly Fishing Committee and team manager of Czech national teams on world championships in fly fishing. Karel has organized huge amount of fly fishing competitions in Czech Republic and three large international fly fishing events: XVI. World Championship in Cesky Krumlov (l996), VI. European Championship in Kostelec (2000) and IV. Youth World Championship in Rozmberk (2005) As a fly fisher he visited New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, USA, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Russia. In last 15 years, Karel has shown great interest in promoting still water fishing and Czech nymphing. He visited all main still water lakes in G. B. He published two books (Still Water Fishing Basics /2003/ and Czech Nymph and Other Related Fly Fishing Methods 2007 ) and many articles in different fishing magazines.
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posted by admin on Jan 14
Editorial Reviews
In seven essays sometimes controversial, sometimes reflective, all fascinating, Paul Schullery ruminates on the evolution of fly fishing and delves into the big issues affecting the world of fly fishing today and tomorrow. Dams’ effect on fishing, the supposed cruelty of catch-and-release, competition among fly fishers, spinning versus fly fishing, and how transportation has changed the sport are just a few of the topics he covers.
From the Publisher
39 b/w illustrations.
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posted by admin on Jan 14
Editorial Reviews
This book teaches fishing enthusiasts the time-tested, effective techniques for catching trout below the surface, beginning with ways to recognize good trout streams, delineating which trout eat below the surface, and advising which flies to use to best imitate the real thing.
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posted by admin on Dec 4
Editorial Reviews
A thoughtful fisherman and a fine photographer, Marinaro sets out to debunk the mystery of the trout’s environment and feeding behavior. “A trout lives in a secret world,” he writes. “It is a small world in which many dramatic events are played out in watery obscurity, veiled from the keenest eyes. And even though he is stalked and pursued relentlessly by the most attentive land creature on earth, his life-style remains much of a mystery.” Marinaro begins to reveal the mystery through the clarity of his own sharp vision and the technological wizardry of a high-speed camera–both of which are focused on the ring of the rise, or riseform, which is, in essence, the trout’s dining room. “A trout is vulnerable to the fisherman because he eats,” Marinaro explains, and by trying to visually parse what the trout sees from what he doesn’t see (how the fish moves toward his dinner and how he takes it) the author ushers us directly to the dining room table to understand what happens when a fish is presented with a fly–his supper–from the fish’s point of view. Marinaro’s skill at identifying a trout’s myriad feeding patterns, and his ability to decode them, is precisely the kind of knowledge the studious angler salivates over. Used cunningly, it translates into an engraved dinner invitation for delivery on the end of a hook. –Jeff Silverman
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More than fifty years ago, Vincent Marinaro’s Modern Dry-Fly Code was hailed as “the best angling work of the last half century” and “the first original American contribution to fly-fishing.” Now, for the first time in paperback, The Lyons Press brings Marinaro’s intense and remarkable originality to a second book of profound significance.
Marinaro’s approach is nothing short of revolutionary. His startling high-speed color photographs explore the feeding patterns and behavior of the trout, revealing unsuspected responses that the fisherman can exploit with new tactics and new fly patterns. In addition, he provides a novel and unique way of testing fly patterns, the “game of nods”; a fresh look at rod design; new revelations about the spinner; an expanded treatment of his pathbreaking study of the Caenis; and further explorations with terrestrials. There is also a special discussion of limestone and freestone rivers.
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