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Lake Fishing with a Fly

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An introductory book covering the topic of lake fly fishing. This is an excellent book for basic concepts and uses science as a basis to move into the various discussions. Had to comment on the previous reviewers low score.....the real message is this is a superb introductory resource.

Despite being a couple of decades old, this book still reads like it was put together yesterday. Full to the brim with information on trout food, habitat, and behavior, this book will prepare you for some fantastic days out on the lake. I wish I had read this years ago, when I was struggling to figure out why catching fish on a fly rod seemed so much harder than lobbing a spoon or spinner out from the shore. Neatly summarizing line choices, fly styles, and presentations, this book will quickly and informatively prepare you to face almost any situation you can expect on a stillwater fishery. The fly patterns and color plates are very helpful and beautifully illustrated. You will be grabbing for your fly rod and heading out the door after reading through the various locations the authors have stalked quality fish. Truly the mark of an outstanding book. It inspires the reader!!!

This is indeed a good book on different techniques to catch fish but the problem is that this book does not offer anything beyond what so many other books do. If this is one of your first complete books on fly fishing then I think you will find great value within the pages but if you already have comprehensive books on technique then you might just as well re-read your others.