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Fishing Nymphs, Wet Flies & Streamers, Subsurface Techniques for Trout in Streams

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An excellant first book for the soon to be fly fishing addict. Clear, concise and extremely well illustrated, "Fishing Nymphs, Wet Flies & Streamers: Subsurface Techniques for Trout in Streams", introduces the novice fly fisherman to terminology, fly presentation, stream entomology and an understanding of the stream environment enough so one could enter their local fly shop and feel they have a starting point from which to ask questions. The photos and illustrations are not gratuitous but lend extreme clarity to the trouts behavior. The text is concise enough to move you through a broad introduction to the subject quickly and clearly but you will certainly want to explore more books on the sport to round out your understanding. I wish this series by "The Complete Fly Fisherman" (check out the other titles) had been my first books because they are so clear. Buy them as a gift for yourself or someone you know that is starting out. They'll like it.

I have several books in this series called "The Complete Fly Fisherman." Most of the books, including this one have been very useful to me. I have been fly fishing for about 2+ years. I found the second half this particular book very enlightening as it goes through various casting techniques for subsurace fishing in different kinds of water (deep, shallow, runs, pools, etc). I had known about other casting techniques for dry fly fishing. The book has opened up a new door for me to explore out from. I found the first half of the book to be kind of a review of things I had already learned but it was a good refresher. I enjoy this "series" because they have lots of excellent color photos as well as useful information.

The book "Fishing Nymphs, Wet Flies % Streamers" is a well written, well photographed and easy to understand book. It is a Keeper!