Shrimp and spey patterns have always been important to the history of Atlantic salmon fishing, and today they continue to be the most popular type of flies for salmon and steelhead. This landmark reference is the first book to bring together the traditions of Atlantic salmon flies on both sides of the Atlantic with the steelhead fisheries of North America.
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Chris Mann, a graphic designer, developed pioneering computer graphics of fishing flies for both this book and his critically acclaimed Beginner's Guide to Flytying. He lives in Cheltenham, England.
Robert Gillespie is one of Ireland's leading flytyers and an experienced salmon angling guide. He writes for Flyfishing & Flytying, and Trout & Salmon and is a regular contributor to Irish Anglers' Digest. He lives in Foxford, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
Robert Gillespie is one of Ireland's leading flytyers and an experienced salmon angling guide. He writes for Flyfishing & Flytying, and Trout & Salmon and is a regular contributor to Irish Anglers' Digest. He lives in Foxford, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
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The Definitive Guide...,
By FotoFisher "fotofisher" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shrimp & Spey Flies for Salmon & Steelhead (Hardcover)
Many people argue the flies look "too good" in this book to be real. But I have to say if you want a book that not only gives _the_ most complete history of the flies within, but a book that gives a _clear_ picture of what the fly should look like, then look no further. I had the opportunity to meet with author/illustrator Chris Mann in Cheltenham, England March 2002. I sat with him as he illustrated a fly for one of his upcoming books. The flies are illustrated with every detail involved and constructed on screen as you would tie them: every hair, every thread wrap, every fiber, every shadow and every hue is represented just as Chris sees the fly in his studio. And, I have to say the flies he received are just as perfect as his drawings, no kidding. So, if you start with perfect flies, you get perfect drawings. To top it off, an evening's dinner with Chris reveals that he clearly has more historical fly fishing and fly tying knowledge in his head than he could ever write; what you get in the book is just the tip of the iceberg. The book's four-color printing and richness in history and fishing style recommendations make this an invaluable source for the global salmon and steelhead angler. I certainly look forward to his future three books in this four book series.
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The most complete.,
By Filip Markey(f.markey@online.be) (Belgium) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shrimp & Spey Flies for Salmon & Steelhead (Hardcover)
This book gives us the complete, world-wide and historical shrimp and spey patterns and a lot of information about the origin of the patterns. It provides us with hundreds of useful patterns that can be used not only in the U.K. and Ireland but will seduce salmon and steelhead on many rivers elsewhere. One small remark would be that the computer drawn flies look a bit to correct and are hopefully not the standard in the average fly - box.
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This review is from: Shrimp & Spey Flies for Salmon & Steelhead (Hardcover)
A wonderful history of the major patterns. Colour plates with most of the patterns as well. If you want to fish the traditional spey, this si a book to have!!
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The origin of shrimp flies, as with many other aspects of the development of salmon flies is open to much speculation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
centre hackle, red breast feather, prawn fly, front hackle, tippet shrimp, claret shrimp, breast feather fibres, collar hackle, natural grey squirrel, coloured water conditions, jungle cock wings, middle hackle, yellow rump feather, body hackle, red hackle tips, grub patterns, shrimp patterns, hot orange cock, hot orange bucktail, natural guinea fowl, swan strips, modern tyings, shrimp style, orange hackle tips, cock cheeks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Purple Spey, Crystal Hair, Usk Grub, European Shrimp, Catalogue of Dressings, Northern Ireland, Polar Shrimp, Black Shrimp, Secret Weapon, British Columbia, Pat Curry, Lady Caroline, Lemon Grey, Alastair Gowans, Sydney Glasso, Brown Shrimp, Great Lakes, Green Highlander, Trey Combs, Paddy Bonner, Paul Marriner, Peter O'Reilly, Wye Grub, Gold Lite-Brite, Krystal Hair New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The origin of shrimp flies, as with many other aspects of the development of salmon flies is open to much speculation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
centre hackle, red breast feather, prawn fly, front hackle, tippet shrimp, claret shrimp, breast feather fibres, collar hackle, natural grey squirrel, coloured water conditions, jungle cock wings, middle hackle, yellow rump feather, body hackle, red hackle tips, grub patterns, shrimp patterns, hot orange cock, hot orange bucktail, natural guinea fowl, swan strips, modern tyings, shrimp style, orange hackle tips, cock cheeks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Purple Spey, Crystal Hair, Usk Grub, European Shrimp, Catalogue of Dressings, Northern Ireland, Polar Shrimp, Black Shrimp, Secret Weapon, British Columbia, Pat Curry, Lady Caroline, Lemon Grey, Alastair Gowans, Sydney Glasso, Brown Shrimp, Great Lakes, Green Highlander, Trey Combs, Paddy Bonner, Paul Marriner, Peter O'Reilly, Wye Grub, Gold Lite-Brite, Krystal Hair New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies by Paul C. Marriner on 6 pages
- A Guide to Salmon Flies by John Buckland on 5 pages
- A Book on Angling by Francis on page 1, page 6, and Back Matter
- Steelhead Fly Fishing by Trey Combs on page 115, page 128, and Back Matter
- British Columbia by Bill Brooks on page 110, and page 117
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