Streamers and Bucktails [Hardcover]

Joseph D. Bates Jr. (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 395 pages
• Publisher: Knopf; 1st edition (January 12, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394415884
• ISBN-13: 978-0394415888
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good pattern reference, August 30, 2000

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BP (Herndon, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streamers and Bucktails (Hardcover)

While emphasizing pattern histories more than actual technique, this is nevertheless one of my favorite books. As a tyer, I benefit from the extensive pattern lists and learn a little about each one in terms of where it came from. The book doesn't have as much material covering how to fish streamers, but there's enough for the beginner to learn and more advanced anglers will enjoy the book anyway. Highly recommended.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a volume, an indefatigable volume., February 2, 1999

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[e-mail] (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streamers and Bucktails (Hardcover)

J.D. Bates delivers exactly what this title indicates. Reflections of big fish taken, and the flies he used to take them. Written in the language of a by-gone generation, this book is easy to read and enjoy. Mr. Bates writes with the colorful appeal and common sense approach of Joe Brooks coupled with the technical efficiency of Mr. Art Lee. A most dangerous com- bination to all fish holding water! 500 streamer and bucktail dressings, 164 of these on 12 full color plates with historical accounts of their origins. A must read for anyone who fishes with the fly.