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Lefty Kreh's Ultimate Guide to Fly Fishing: Everything Anglers Need to Know by the World's Foremost Fly Fishing Expert

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This book is a compendium of the information that Lefty Kreh has imparted by books and talks at angling shows over his career. Whether this book is useful to you depends on how many of his previous books you have purchased. Much of what appears in this book has been published in some form before. If you don't have any of Lefty's books, by all means get this one. If you have read one or more of his books, a lot of the information in this one will look familiar.

Every once in a while there is an expert who, through years of trial and error and effort-gains lots of knowledge about his area of interest- Such a man is Lefty Kreh- and then- sometimes he puts it all into one book-and makes it available to us neophytes-and WE WIN!
Just such a book is this- whatever you need to know-flies, knots, tackle, methods, fish, water (Fresh-salt-warm-inland)-
Hey , Lefty knows it- he puts it down! You get the book- you will know it too!

I label it a general book, because it covers a broad range of information that, mentioned earlier, makes it ideally suited for those coming into the sport. Having said that, Lefty has a great base of knowledge that anyone can find useful, despite the number of years you may have been involved in fly-fishing. His chapters describing his specific casting theory helped me a great deal in understanding the mechanics, and alone make this book worth purchasing, although if you are concerned with casting alone one of his DVDs would suite you better.

As others have mentioned, Lefty tends to regurgitate the same information throughout his books, so if you purchase this one you do not need to purchase others. I bought Presenting the Fly and found that it was comprised of specific chapters from this book, which basically made it redundant and therefore obsolete, so be aware if you already own some of Lefty's works.

serevice was excellent and came in great shape. It is one of the best book on fly fishing I Have read.

very general about way too much. unless you're a very beginner, it's of very little interest. I would send it back, but it's not worth the time.