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Woolly Wisdom: How to Tie and Fish Woolly Worms, Woolly Buggers, and Their Fish-Catching Kin. Tying Recipes for 400 Patterns!

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This is an excellent book. I just started tying flys in January 07, mostly saltwater flys. This book gives good advice on how to ty these flies and how to fish them. The catalog of patterns for wooly worms and wolly buggers is the greatest strenghth of this book. The author has collected a voluminous amount of fly patterns with photographs as well as descriptions of the origins of the fly and where it works best. I'm traveling to the Ozarks next month to fish there for the first time and I found a fly - a Miller Wolly Worm - that originated there and is purported to work well. I highly recommend this book for tyers of all abilities.

"Woolly Wisdom: How To Tie And Fish Woolly Worms, Woolly Buggers, And Their Fish-Catching Kin" by fly-fishing expert Gary Soucie is a superbly presented `how to' guide to creating a special class of versatile and popular fishing flies that are experienced proven at catching fishing. "Woolly Wisdom" provides an informed and profusely illustrated documentation on tying and fishing with some 400 of these diverse, handmade flies for both fresh water and salt water fish. Fun, informative, practical, and time-tested, "Woolly Wisdom" is confidently recommended for any aspiring fly-fisher from novice anglers to seasoned experts.

Wolly Wisdom is a great book that will educate you on the many veriations of the great fly we call the wooly bugger. This book will not only show how to tie this fly but will show the many ways to fish this very effective pattern. A great read!

Everyone uses them in some way or another. This book doesn't break new ground, but it does consolidate the experiences of years fishing into one handy reference. The book can be used to validate what you're doing or not doing. It will also show some new wrinkles about tying and fishing methods.

A real gem. A M-U-S-T reference for novice and expert flytyers. You will not be disappointed in this book.

A very good book if you use this type of fly. It has limited trying instructions but does have the recipes for all of the flies. There are color photos of each fly and some have comments as to where they have been used and how well they have worked. Most Woolly Buggers are easy to tie so most of these are easy to figure out. A good book to add to you collection.

Many, many patterns. Great tips on fishing. Good source to any serious tier of wet flies.

I expected a small thin book about this subject but recieved a very thick one instead. I believe that this book covers the subject well beyond the acceptable mark and goes into the beyond exceptional. I tie flies and now I have an encyclopedia to work with.

I was expecting to see more varietions in the Buggers using rubber legs and flash. Also in a given pattern the different colour combination that particular pattern is tied in.