A Modern Dry Fly Code

Author : Vincent C. Marinaro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1626543577

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A Modern Dry-Fly Code by Vincent C. Marinaro Pdf

Merging a poetic reverence for the art of fly fishing with a wealth of practical information and technical advice, Vincent Marinaro's, A Modern Dry-Fly Code is the classic guide to dry-fly fishing. Originally written in 1950 as the sport was languishing for lack of innovation, this book helped bring about a fly-fishing renaissance on riverbanks across America. An ideal book for readers who share Marinaro's deep reverence for the fisherman's connection to the unspoiled natural world, A Modern Dry-Fly Code will have you yearning for the sound of running brook water, eager to try some of the author's legendary fly patterns, casting techniques, and scouting tips.The product of a lifetime of experience wading in the waters of the Letort, Big Spring, and other south Pennsylvania streams, A Modern Dry-Fly Code significantly changed the way American anglers think about dry-fly fishing. In addition to detailed information on matching hatches, trout behavior and biology, and where and when to cast which types of flies, Marinaro introduces several ideas of his own invention based on the results of his many experimental outings. Among the revolutionary ideas set forth in this book are Marinaro's 'minutiae', miniscule flies designed to imitate the dozens of tiny insects that swarm over the surface of the water as well as his thorax-style technique for crafting superb dry-flies.For beginners and expert fishermen alike, there is much wisdom to be gleaned from Marinaro's inventive and curious inquiry into the nature and practice of fly-fishing.

Author : Vincent Marinaro,M. Marinaro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Aquatic insects
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073875530

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A Modern Dry-fly Code by Vincent Marinaro,M. Marinaro Pdf

Author : Vincent Marinaro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Aquatic insects
ISBN : 0517504421

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A Modern Dry-fly Code by Vincent Marinaro Pdf

Author : Dave Hughes
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0811716015

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Trout Flies by Dave Hughes Pdf

Provides step-by-step instructions on tying five hundred trout flies and offers information on tying techniques, tools, and materials.

Author : Vincent C. Marinaro
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10
Category : Fly fishing
ISBN : 1585743771

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In the Ring of the Rise by Vincent C. Marinaro Pdf

More than fifty years ago, Vincent Marinaro's Modern Dry-Fly Code (page 121) 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. Graced by the fine line drawings of Pearce Bates and laced with accounts of the author's exciting adventures with trout, In the Ring of the Rise is must reading for all serious fly-fishermen.

Author : Barry Ord Clarke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781510771710

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Flytying for Beginners by Barry Ord Clarke Pdf

This is a guide book for those totally new to the art of tying flies. Until now, learning flytying from a book has not only been challenging, but often the cause of great frustration, with photographs or diagrams making even the elementary techniques difficult to grasp. Step-by-step images help a reasonably proficient flytyer understand the stages in making a fly, but for the new beginner, there will always be a gap between each step-by-step image, which can be bewildering. Seeing the manual maneuvers that take place in these pages can make the different between success and failure for a beginner. The techniques you will learn in this book are the building blocks for which all successful fishing flies, even the most complex ones, are based.

Author : Paul Weamer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811769525

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Dry Fly Strategies by Paul Weamer Pdf

While fish spend most of the time feeding under the water, when you can encounter them rising to take insects floating on the surface, the experience can define the essence of fly fishing. In this no-nonsense, straightforward book, Paul Weamer—who has spent his life fishing the technical dry-fly waters of Penns Creek in Pennsylvania, the Upper Delaware River in New York and Pennsylvania, and the spring creeks of Paradise Valley outside of Livingston, Montana—breaks down the best methods, rigs, and fly patterns to catch more fish.

Author : Devin Olsen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811766036

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Tactical Fly Fishing by Devin Olsen Pdf

Devin Olsen explains how the techniques he has used to become a repeat medalist in fly fishing competitions around the world can be adapted to everyday fly fishing situations. He covers strategies, tactics, and flies for rivers, small streams, and still waters, allowing anyone to fish more successfully by applying the approaches taken by competitive anglers.

Author : Barry Ord Clarke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781510751514

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The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques by Barry Ord Clarke Pdf

A comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to tying popular trout flies. This book is aimed at all fly tyers, from those with modest experience to those with more advanced skills. The author’s intention is to focus on certain important elementary techniques, and then share some of his favorite contemporary twists on old, tried-and-true techniques. Many of the flies in this book are based in his own techniques and patterns, ones that he has developed in more than thirty-five years of tying. The book is arranged in sections to give readers the opportunity to easily locate the pattern or technique they are looking for. Patterns are not grouped alphabetically, but by technique. For example, the section on dry flies has categories demonstrating a particular dry fly style or technique such as mastering the use of deer hair, parachute, CDC, and so on. If you are fairly new to fly tying, the opening chapters on materials and special techniques and tricks will familiarize you with some basics and help you get started. Seasoned tyers will similarly find information here to help them raise their tying skills to a new level. Each pattern is listed with a recipe, recommended hook style, size, and materials. They are listed in the order that that author uses them, and illustrated by the book’s step-by-step images. This will help you plan each pattern and assemble materials your beforehand. Included are lushly illustrated photos for such well-known trout flies as: Pheasant tail nymph Klinkhamer Humpy Deer Hair Irresistible CDC Mayfly Spinner And much more. A special feature of this one-of-a-kind books is that its the first tying book to have a video link for all the patterns featured. Watch the author tying online, then turn to the matching chapter in the book to follow the step-by-step instructions so that you can tie your own fly in your own time. Author Barry Ord Clarke will respond online to your questions.

Author : Mike Valla
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811708333

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The Founding Flies by Mike Valla Pdf

43 American fly-tying masters, including Mary Orvis Marbury, Thaddeus Norris, and Theodore Gordon.

Author : Ernest Schwiebert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781461750017

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Nymphs, The Mayflies by Ernest Schwiebert Pdf

Volume I For the fly fisher seeking to catch more and bigger trout, fishing nymphs--patterns that mimic the larval stage of mayflies--can be a surefire approach. Nymphs: The Mayflies, the first volume in a totally revised edition of the 1973 original, is the singular authority on identifying the myriad species of mayfly larvae and tying imitations that will attract trout all across the country. Author Ernest G. Schwiebert spent the last fifty years of his life traveling, fishing, and gathering information on scores of mayfly species across the country. The 1973 edition of Nymphs set forth his initial findings. Now in this wholly revised and expanded form, Schwiebert's last work offers the reader exacting details of every major mayfly species for the sake of identification, along with recipes for dozens of fly patterns to imitate them. This new edition also contains numerous stories and anecdotes from Schwiebert's travels, some never set down in writing before, that further add to the understanding of how to choose, cast, and fish nymphs, and life.

Author : Henry Ramsay
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811744287

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Matching Major Eastern Hatches by Henry Ramsay Pdf

Over 400 detailed, step-by-step tying instructions in full color.

Author : Yvon Chouinard,Craig Mathews,Mauro Mazzo
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781938340284

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Simple Fly Fishing by Yvon Chouinard,Craig Mathews,Mauro Mazzo Pdf

Modern-day fly fishing, like much in life, has become exceedingly complex, with high-tech gear, a confusing array of flies and terminal tackle, accompanied by high-priced fishing guides. This book reveals that the best way to catch trout is simply, with a rod and a fly and not much else. The wisdom in this book comes from a simpler time, when the premise was: the more you know, the less you need. It teaches the reader how to discover where the fish are, at what depth, and what they are feeding on. Then it describes the techniques needed to present a fly at that depth, make it look lifelike, and hook the fish. With chapters on wet flies, nymphs, and dry flies, its authors employ both the tenkara rod as well as regular fly fishing gear to cover all the bases. Illustrated by renowned fish artist James Prosek, with inspiring photographs and stories throughout, Simple Fly Fishing reveals the secrets and the soul of this captivating sport.

Author : Ed Engle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811766043

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Fishing and Tying Small Flies by Ed Engle Pdf

When fishing gets tough, fly fishers might be tempted to use bigger, flashier flies, but expert angler Ed Engle knows that tiny, sparsely dressed flies often work when nothing else will. With a little attention to tying the flies and fishing technique, fly fishers will take trout on flies as small as 24, 28, and even 30. Now combining his two classic books on small fly tying and fishing in one updated, second-edition volume, Engle covers the patterns and how to fish them. You’ll learn how to find and observe trout in small-fly water, how to evaluate the major small-fly hatches, how to fish the surface and below, and how to strike, play, and land trout on tiny flies. Engle deftly covers small-fly history and how the flies have developed. Tying tools, special materials, specific patterns for aquatic insects, tying techniques, and a full complement of patterns complete the book.

Author : Jerry Darkes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811769679

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Essential Flies for the Great Lakes Region by Jerry Darkes Pdf

The Great Lakes sport fisheries (both in the lakes and the streams that flow into them) are extremely popular and key recreational outlets for anglers around the country who want premier fishing for trout, steelhead, salmon, bass, and other species on the fly fishing frontier such as drum and carp. Jerry Darkes, in his successful book, Fly Fishing the Inland Oceans, only scratched the surface of the innovative fly patterns coming out of the Great Lakes region. Now, working with professional photographer Jimmy Chang, Darkes goes beyond that to compile in this book the first ever collection of GL patterns (steelhead, salmon, brown trout, musky) by contemporary tiers of the region. Over 600 patterns and recipes cover the historically important patterns from well-known tiers such as Schweibert and George Griffith and Swisher and Richards as well as flies that are on the cutting edge from tiers such as Kevin Feenstra, Walt Grau, Jon Kluesing, Rick Kustich, Jeff Liskay, Dave Pinczkowski, Ray Schmidt, Greg Senyo, and Matt Supinski.