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Although this is just one man's opinion of the best all-around trout flies to carry in a single fly box (albeit a large one), the nymphs, dries, wets, and streamers covered here will be familiar to most North American fly-fishers. What list wouldn't have the gold ribbed hare's ear and pheasant tail nymphs, adams and elk hair caddis dries, and woolly bugger and muddler minnow streamers? There aren't many surprises here, but the usefulness of this slim, portable volume becomes clear after reading a few of the author's narrative descriptions. For each fly he offers situations and presentation methods that can shine new light on an already popular pattern, as well as reasons behind the fly's enduring success. Color plates of all 40 flies round out this helpful fly-fishing companion.

Midwest Book Review
These 40 flies will catch trout anywhere. Their effectiveness is testified too in that they are virtually all standard patterns. They have emerged as the very best from thousands of different fly patterns and types. Virtually all the flies listed are readily found wherever good flies are sold, and now with this guide you can make them yourself from the pattern recipes included!

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Instead of repeating myself throughout this book when dealing with "ideal" rod weights for different circumstances, I'll suggest my recommendations once, here at the beginning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lake fly fishing, floating line, woolly worm, hackle fibers, rising trout, feeding trout, sinking line, fly drift, cast upstream, wet fly, long leader, weed beds, deer hair Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wet Tip, Marabou Leech, Wet Cel, Zug Bug, Dark Cahill, Gray Nymph, Black Nose Dace, Muddler Minnow, Woolly Bugger, Dave's Hopper, Hair Wing Royal Coachman, Black Ant, Charles Cotton, Gray Hackle Yellow, Elk Hair Caddis, New York, United States, Rocky Mountain, Ted's Stonefly New!
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