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Renowned fly fisherman, guide, fly tier, and founder of the Henry's Fork Anglers fly shop, Mike Lawson, is also the author of Fishing the Henry's Fork and a contributing editor of Fly Fisherman magazine. He has also been featured in fly-fishing and fly-tying videos and often does presentations at clubs and shops throughout the country. A former school teacher, Mike writes articles, and his photography often appears in national magazines. Mike also enjoys upland game and turkey hunting. He resides in St. Anthony, Idaho, with his family.
Dave Hall is a nature and fly-fishing illustrator in Glide, Oregon.
Dave Hall is a nature and fly-fishing illustrator in Glide, Oregon.
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A Missed Opportunity,
By Eric Slagle (Southwest Montana) - See all my reviews
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Within the corpus of technical American fly-fishing literature an innovative and influential text on the finer aspects of flat-water trout angling eludes us. For years I anxiously awaited "Spring Creeks" and had automatically incucted Lawson into the "KLM club" (i.e. the best American fly-fishing authors to date: Kreh, LaFontaine, and Marinaro). Unfortunately, this book is a missed opportunity and certianly does not deserve a "must read" distinction. Why have I elected to write such a harsh criticism of Lawson's "Spring Creeks?" Foremost, Lawson has been working on this project for a long time (10 or more years I belive), which provides ample opportunity for critical and innovative research. Additionally, he has the best labratory imaginable--Harriman State Park on the Henry's Fork. These two factors, I argue, should have resulted in something new and profound (e.g. fly design theory pertaining to flat-water trout, technical "how to" features that expand upon current tactics, unique insect and trout behavior, and more) but "Spring Creeks" is largely anecdotal and undisciplined; more importantly, it does not expand upon the previous contributions provided by other authors. A beautiful book it is, a fine addition to any angling library--sure, but a text that consumes one's free time--no.
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Superb book. The author is the master of spring creek and tail waters and explains all that very well to the reader. Pictures are fantastic.
Every fly fisherman, experienced or novice, needs to have this book.
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I think I have learned something from virtually every page. This book is absolutely fantastic and belongs on every fly fisherman's or fisherwoman's bookshelf.
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Edward Ringwood Hewitt wrote in his Trout and Salmon Fisherman for Seventy-Five Years that there are no American rivers like the English Test. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
many spring creeks, most selective trout, most spring creeks, skating spiders, natural hoppers, tailwater rivers, tailwater streams, western spring creeks, nymph shuck, spring creek waters, bounce cast, pupal sheath, drift lane, standard dry fly, grasshopper wind, cased caddis larvae, classic spring creek, important aquatic insects, feeding lane, fishing spring creeks, wiggle cast, pale morning dun hatch, limestone streams, casting arc, hopper fishing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, New Zealand, Railroad Ranch, Ernest Schwiebert, Fall River, Big Horn, Mel Krieger, Vince Marinaro, Hemingway Caddis, Modern Dry Fly Code, Letort Spring Run, Silver Creek, Spent Partridge Caddis, Doug Swisher, Green River, Big Spring, Royal Wulff, Griffith's Gnat, Jack Dennis, Missouri River, South Fork of the Snake, Yellowstone National Park, Dave Whitlock, Frank Sawyer, Hat Creek New!
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Edward Ringwood Hewitt wrote in his Trout and Salmon Fisherman for Seventy-Five Years that there are no American rivers like the English Test. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
many spring creeks, most selective trout, most spring creeks, skating spiders, natural hoppers, tailwater rivers, tailwater streams, western spring creeks, nymph shuck, spring creek waters, bounce cast, pupal sheath, drift lane, standard dry fly, grasshopper wind, cased caddis larvae, classic spring creek, important aquatic insects, feeding lane, fishing spring creeks, wiggle cast, pale morning dun hatch, limestone streams, casting arc, hopper fishing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, New Zealand, Railroad Ranch, Ernest Schwiebert, Fall River, Big Horn, Mel Krieger, Vince Marinaro, Hemingway Caddis, Modern Dry Fly Code, Letort Spring Run, Silver Creek, Spent Partridge Caddis, Doug Swisher, Green River, Big Spring, Royal Wulff, Griffith's Gnat, Jack Dennis, Missouri River, South Fork of the Snake, Yellowstone National Park, Dave Whitlock, Frank Sawyer, Hat Creek New!
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- Selective Trout: Revised and Expanded by Carl Richards on 9 pages
- In the Ring of the Rise: A Startling Look at Trout Behavior and Riseforms by Vincent C. Marinaro on 6 pages
- Trout Fishing by Joe Brooks on 5 pages
- Fly Fishing the Tailwaters by Ed Engle on page 121, page 123, and Back Matter
- The Trout and the Fly by Brian Clarke on page 21, page 23, and Back Matter
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- Fishing Small Flies by Ed Engle on page 10, and Back Matter
- Mayflies by Ted Fauceglia on page 183, and Back Matter
- Wisdom of the Guides: Rocky Mountain Trout Guides Talk Fly Fishing by Paul Arnold on page 92
- Flyfishing Pacific Northwest Waters: Trout and Beyond II by John Shewey on page 67
- Environmental Law for Engineers and Geoscientists by Robert Lee Aston on page 198
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