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Trout Fly Fishing: An Expert Approach

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This book is right up there with In the Ring of The Rise (Marinaro), Presentation (Borger) and Selective Trout (Swisher & Richards). Need I say more!

I certainly have not read all the books in print on fly fishing but I have read many dozens. "Trout Fly Fishing: an Expert Approach" is the finest, most authoritive, concise text on the subject I have read. It cuts through much of the unnecessary detail and mystique. Wonderfully organized and well illustrated

The statements from an earlier review, "To be passionate about a sport is one thing, but delusions of expertise suggest a rather pervasive sense of inferiority" and "Fishing is fishing" and "Enjoying the outdoors is all that matters" seem to be more reverse snobbery than review of the book and it's intent.

The authors are true bonified, recognized authorities on fly fishing. For those who wish to improve general understanding and tactics of fly fishing, this book is my first recommendation.

This book is fun, but more than a bit pretentious. To be passionate about a sport is one thing, but delusions of expertise suggest a rather pervasive sense of inferiority. Fishing is fishing. If you enjoy, so be it. Worry not what others think. Those who fish with worms are no worse or better than those who fish with caddis flies. The idea is to enjoy the outdoors. I love to flyfish. That is all that matters!