Comprehensive guide to top-water fly fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass.
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Before bass boats, cable television, and big-money tournaments, anglers pursued bass with fly rods and large flies made of deer hair. In his first angling how-to, Tapply, fishing essayist and author of the Brady Coyne mysteries, introduces anglers to the bass bug revival. He eloquently explains the pleasures of bass bugging and offers a fascinating history of the technique, used by Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans. He also covers such specifics as how to tie 10 bass-bug fly patterns; how to cast and retrieve these very large flies; and what equipment and tackle are required. The bulleted arrangement of the text occasionally gets in the way of Tapply's clear and congenial prose, but the value of the information outweighs the sometimes awkward presentation. With bass fisheries in every part of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico and the number of bass anglers growing daily, this solid instructional is sure to find an eager audience. John Rowen
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"Like all good storytellers, he keeps it moving with relevant, and often amusing, anecdotes." --The Statesman-Journal (Portland, OR)
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An awsome book on bass bugging!!!,
By Jake (Kingfield, Maine) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bass Bug Fishing (Hardcover)
Do you like bass fishing? Do you want to improve your proformance? Are you new to the world of bass bugging? Do you even know what bass bugging is? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is most likely for you. This book cover pretty much ever topic important in learning the age old way of fishing for bass called "bass bugging". What is bass bugging your asking well it's simply fishing for bass with a fly rod and a large fly usaly made out of deer hair. This book covers how to make the flys, how to use them. It also covers what time of day, weather, and water condtions are best for bass bugging. So if your intrested in this topic then pick up this book. It helped me and it will help you too.
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Bill Tapply remembered,
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A good read and fond remembrance of Bill Tapply. Specific instructions for success at this type of fly fishing and fly tying.
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My father and I managed to keep Lake Winnipesaukee a family secret for nearly two decades-or so we preferred to think. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deerhair bugs, spun deerhair, bass bugging, deerhair head, bass prey, bug fishing, bass bugs, fly rodding, tying steps, fly fishing for bass, hard bugs, head cement, hook shank, bug making, casting stroke, cut off the thread, bass fishermen, tail materials, saddle hackles, bass water, foam strip, false casting, hackle feathers, thread winds, bass boats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Lyons Press, Art Scheck, Danville's Flymaster Plus, Devil Bug, Dave Whitlock, Gerbubble Bug, Henshall Bug, Joe Brooks, Tap's Bug, Book of the Black Bass, Jack Ellis, New England, Bass Bug Fishing, Boyd Pfeiffer, Krystal Flash, Nick Lyons, Hair Frog, Ingredients Hoox, Jack Gartside, Night Bug, North America, Ray Bergman, Will Ryan, Edson Leonard, New Hampshire New!
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My father and I managed to keep Lake Winnipesaukee a family secret for nearly two decades-or so we preferred to think. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deerhair bugs, spun deerhair, bass bugging, deerhair head, bass prey, bug fishing, bass bugs, fly rodding, tying steps, fly fishing for bass, hard bugs, head cement, hook shank, bug making, casting stroke, cut off the thread, bass fishermen, tail materials, saddle hackles, bass water, foam strip, false casting, hackle feathers, thread winds, bass boats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Lyons Press, Art Scheck, Danville's Flymaster Plus, Devil Bug, Dave Whitlock, Gerbubble Bug, Henshall Bug, Joe Brooks, Tap's Bug, Book of the Black Bass, Jack Ellis, New England, Bass Bug Fishing, Boyd Pfeiffer, Krystal Flash, Nick Lyons, Hair Frog, Ingredients Hoox, Jack Gartside, Night Bug, North America, Ray Bergman, Will Ryan, Edson Leonard, New Hampshire New!
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- Fly Rodding for Bass (Cortland Library Series) by Charles F. Waterman on 5 pages
- Bug Making by C. Boyd Pfeiffer on 5 pages
- The Philosophical Fisherman by Harold R. Blaisdell on 4 pages
- Smallmouth Strategies for the Fly Rod by Will Ryan on page 32, and page 145
- Bassin' with a Fly Rod by Jack Ellis on page 1, and page 143
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- Scar Tissue: A Brady Coyne Novel (Brady Coyne Mysteries) by William G. Tapply in Front Matter
- A Fine Line: A Brady Coyne Novel by William G. Tapply in Front Matter
- Nervous Water: A Brady Coyne Novel (Brady Coyne Novels) by William G. Tapply in Front Matter
- Out Cold: A Brady Coyne Novel (Brady Coyne Mysteries) by William G. Tapply in Front Matter
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