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posted by admin on Apr 11

Editorial Reviews

"As caddis are the king of flying insects for Eastern fly-fishers, Thomas Ames’s book shouts ‘Long live the king!’ This is an amazingly complete reference on one of the bugs fly fishers most commonly imitate with flies."–Joe Healy, Fly Rod & Reel

"The sections on stream ecology and fishing techniques are the best since Gary LaFontaine’s landmark book and alone are worth the price of admission. The photographs and descriptions make identifying a caddisfly to the genus level as easy as using a standard field guide to the birds. Ames’s writing is just plain enjoyable to read, with crisp, clean prose and lots of the details that make for great natural history writing. I can’t wait for the next caddis hatch so I can try out all the new stuff I’ve learned!"–Tom Rosenbauer, Orvis Rod & Tackle

"This book is inspiring: it will inspire you to look more closely at your own caddis, wherever in the world you might fish for trout. And it will inspire you to tie some new patterns to match caddis and to get out there on water, where it all starts and ends, and put what Tom has taught you to use against the trout."–Dave Hughes, author of Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters

* Stunning and detailed photographs of a wide range of caddisflies

* Caddisfly hatches and how to identify them

This book offers valuable tips on how to fish the hatch. Also fly patterns for caddisfly pupae, larvae, nymph, and adults. In the first major work on caddisflies in three decades, it presents the most complete pictorial survey of Trichoptera published to date. Author, angler and photographer Thomas Ames Jr. traveled from the southern Appalachian highlands to the Canadian Maritimes to collect, study, and photograph more than 100 species in 55 genera and 20 families of the caddisflies that fly fishers are most likely to encounter on the lakes and streams of the eastern United States. Based on thoughtful analysis, sound science, and many hours on the water collecting live insects and testing artificial flies, Caddisflies takes the myth and the mystery out of matching the hatch. Learn how you can use the ways in which these amazing insects have adapted to a wide range of aquatic habitats to predict which flies to choose. And learn how to present your flies when fish are feeding on caddisflies. Detailed descriptions and vivid photographs help identify the caddisflies on your favorite trout waters. This all-inclusive book includes advice on tackle and technique and a comprehensive catalog of 80 pattern recipes.

About the Author
Thomas Ames Jr. is a commercial photographer who lives, works, and fishes in northern New England. He is the author of the Hatch Guide for New England Streams and Fishbugs.

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posted by admin on Mar 11

Editorial Reviews

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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 Feb 3

Editorial Reviews

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A thoroughly detailed guidebook to some of the finest fly-fishing found east of the Rocky Mountains. — Ernest Schwiebert

Michigan’s fly-fishing bible—now revised and expanded with coverage of seven new rivers. With thousands of miles of cold, fertile, and highly oxygenated streams, Michigan is a mecca for trout anglers. In this classic guide to the state, veteran anglers Bob Linsenman and Steve Nevala describe Michigan’s best fishing, from its most renowned waters to remote, little-known streams. In this completely revised and updated second edition, coverage of the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers has been expanded. And new for this edition is coverage of the Black, Driggs, Ross, Muskegon, Brandywine, Coldwater, and Pine Rivers. In addition to updated maps and stream descriptions, the authors also provide reliable and detailed information on:

• Access points, wading conditions, and techniques and equipment for each stream
• Times and types of hatches, as well as patterns to match the hatch
• Tackle shops, outfitters and guides, and state offices

Covers seven new rivers, and widely considered to be the definitive fly-fishing guide to the state. The first edition of this book was titled Michigan Trout Streams. 35 black & white photographs, 45 maps, index.

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posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

This book of spectacular full-color photographs of common eastern aquatic insects is a fly tyer’s dream.

For centuries anglers have struggled with their peculiar dependency on the aquatic insects that put the word “fly” in fly fishing, discoursing obsessively on how to replicate them with fur and feathers, and even about what to call them. Volumes have been written on the subject, but until now there has never been a book like Fishbugs.

Following the success of his first book, hailed as “the most useful book for eastern fly fishers since Art Flick’s Streamside Guide,” author Thomas Ames Jr. lets his photographic skills take center stage. His bigger-than-life studies of mayflies, caddisflies, and other waterborne insects, captured in extraordinary detail, allow you see them as never before. Fly tyers will appreciate them as models for their imitations, while naturalists and other lovers of nature photography admire them for their intrinsic beauty. His thoughtful prose examines the special characteristics that keep these fascinating insects at the heart of the angler’s gentle art and underscores their value as indicators of the health of our inland waters. Full-color throughout.

About the Author
Thomas Ames Jr. is a commercial photographer who fled the glamour of the big city more than 20 years ago to embrace the seasonal extremes of life in rural New England. He shares a home with his wife, three teenage children and a variable parade of domestic animals in Norwich, Vermont.

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posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

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“The Orvis Pocket Guide to Nymphing Techniques by Tom Rosenbauer is a succinct and enlightened text on the persnickety art of nymphing for trout.”– New York Times

An essential handbook that will help all fly fishers to achieve greater success.

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posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

Here is completely revised, expanded, and reset edition of the book that revolutionized modern fly fishing for trout–now in full color.

SELECTIVE TROUT has been hailed as the most revolutionary new approach to trout-fly imitation of the twentieth century. Fly Fisherman magazine called it “the most important book on fly fishing of this decade.” Writer and angling historian Paul Schullery said in American Fly Fishing that the book “outlined many of the most important mayfly hatches in the best-known trout-fishing regions, and from that solid entomological foundation it introduced a striking and still-provocative series of flies. . . .” In calculating the effect of its impact and practicality, Joe Brooks said that “both beginners and veterans benefit immeasurably.”

Now this fly-fishing bestseller—with more than 150,000 copies sold—is back in a new, thoroughly updated edition. The new SELECTIVE TROUT is completely revised and expanded to include hatching charts for the whole country, identification keys for caddisflies and stoneflies as well as mayflies, the latest entomological information, proven new fly patterns, and much more. This new full-color edition, with more than 150 handsome illustrated by the distinguished angler-artist Dave Whitlock, is a must-have for all fly fishers.

From the Back Cover
Selective Trout was hailed as the most revolutionary approach to trout-fly imitation in the twentieth century. Now this fly-fishing best-seller - with more than 150,000 copies sold - is back in a new, thoroughly updated edition, with hundreds of color photographs and scores of color illustrations by Dave Whitlock.The new Selective Trout is completely revised and expanded to include hatch charts for caddisflies and stoneflies as well as mayflies throughout the entire country, the latest entomological information, and a new chapter on terrestrials. In this new edition, the authors have refined their fly patterns and techniques with over half a century of combined experience to arrive at a down-to-earth guide that will help anglers catch more fish. Readers will learn how to tie a small arsenal of the most useful flies that will match the hatch and work virtually anywhere.Swisher and Richards have added new observations about trout behavior and information about how anglers can be more successful by recording data in a streamside log. Along with its hundreds of new color photographs, there are also three new detailed appendices that show everything an angler needs to know about mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, and terrestrials.The new Selective Trout is the definitive reference on imitation for anglers everywhere. No angler can afford to fly fish without having read this book. (83/4 X 11, 276 pages, color photos, illustrations, charts

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posted by admin on Dec 20

Editorial Reviews

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“Anyone wanting to land a freshwater fish west of Seattle would do well to pick up a copy.” — Seattle Times

“The most complete and accurate guide to fishing in the Olympic Mountains.” — Bremerton Sun

“Well-written and comprehensive…Just as much a wilderness hiking guide as a fishing guide.” — Kitsap Herald

The Olympic Mountains Fishing Guide is the definitive book on trout fishing in this uniquely bountiful and beautiful Northwest Corner of the United States. Dave Shorett writes from over 40 years of first-hand experience hiking and fishing throughout Olympic National Park and the surrounding Olympic Peninsula. He covers over 100 lakes and 30 streams, provides 15 maps , and describes in detail the most productive locations, the fish they contain, and the best gear and technique for catching them. His guide also includes an Olympic Mountains Fishing Calendar and all the information anglers need on campgrounds, regulations, ranger stations, fly shops and accomodations.

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posted by admin on Dec 3

Editorial Reviews

15 drawings 33 maps 6 x 9
* Now in paperback, with updated information
* Descriptions of every limestone stream in the state, more than 300 total
* Water conditions, fish populations, fishing notes

The author spent seven years locating and fishing every limestone stream in Pennsylvania, from the legendary to the unknown. He measured water temperatures, assessed fish populations, and compiled notes on hatches. The information was then reviewed by regional TU chapters. The result is an indispensable guide for trout fishermen. For the new edition, the author revisited many streams, adding new information and observations on environmental changes.

A. Joseph Armstrong is environmental chairman of the Valley Forge (Pennsylvania) chapter of Trout Unlimited and the recipient of the Outstanding TU Member Conservationist award.
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