The Classic Streamer Fly Box
Stackpole Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 23. July 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-8117-3878-1 (ISBN)
Description
'The dry fly, the wet fly, and the nymph all enjoyed cherished places in an angler's bag of tricks; but all except the most opinionated will agree that streamer flies and bucktails; when properly selected and employed, hook more and bigger fish more often and in more places than any other type of fly rod lure.'
-Joseph D. Bates, Jr. Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing (1966)
Streamers, and hair wing versions called bucktails, are versatile patterns that can be fished anywhere whether targeting landlocked salmon on a pristine Rangeley region Maine lake, largemouth bass swimming among the lily pads in a tepid southern farm pond, cutthroat trout inhabiting swift, western rivers or hypercritical browns in the Catskills. In this valuable reference for tiers and anglers alike, author Mike Valla collects here for the reader his favourite classics that are not only important from a historical perspective, but also work well to this day.
100 favourite patterns including:
Allie's Favourite
Bleeding Shiner
Brooks's Honey Blonde
Bumblepuppy
Chief Needahbeh
Colonel Bates
Edson Tiger-Dark
Fox's Yellow Optic Bucktail
General MacArthur
Goober
Jane Craig
Missoulian Spook
Nine-Three
Parma Belle
Shushan Postmaster
Spruce
Supervisor
Thunder Creek Silver Shiner
Warden's Worry
-Joseph D. Bates, Jr. Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing (1966)
Streamers, and hair wing versions called bucktails, are versatile patterns that can be fished anywhere whether targeting landlocked salmon on a pristine Rangeley region Maine lake, largemouth bass swimming among the lily pads in a tepid southern farm pond, cutthroat trout inhabiting swift, western rivers or hypercritical browns in the Catskills. In this valuable reference for tiers and anglers alike, author Mike Valla collects here for the reader his favourite classics that are not only important from a historical perspective, but also work well to this day.
100 favourite patterns including:
Allie's Favourite
Bleeding Shiner
Brooks's Honey Blonde
Bumblepuppy
Chief Needahbeh
Colonel Bates
Edson Tiger-Dark
Fox's Yellow Optic Bucktail
General MacArthur
Goober
Jane Craig
Missoulian Spook
Nine-Three
Parma Belle
Shushan Postmaster
Spruce
Supervisor
Thunder Creek Silver Shiner
Warden's Worry
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mechanicsburg, PA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
100 Halftones, color; 100 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-3878-1 (9780811738781)
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Mike Valla is the Northeast field editor for Eastern Fly Fishing magazine and a recipient of the Poul Jorgensen Golden Hook Award. He is the author of The Founding Flies, Tying Catskill-Style Dry Flies, and Tying and Fishing Bucktails and Other Hair Wings, and has published articles in Fly Fisherman, Fly Tyer, and American Fly Fisher. He lives in Cambridge, New York.
Mike Valla is the Northeast field editor for Eastern Fly Fishing magazine and a recipient of the Poul Jorgensen Golden Hook Award. He is the author of The Founding Flies, Tying Catskill-Style Dry Flies, and Tying and Fishing Bucktails and Other Hair Wings, and has published articles in Fly Fisherman, Fly Tyer, and American Fly Fisher. He lives in Cambridge, New York.
Content
Introduction
All Orange
Allie's Favourite
American Smelt
Art Neu
Barnes Special
Batternkill Shiner
Beaverkill
Bill's Dace
Black and Yellow Bucktail
Black Ghost
Black Striped Minnow
Bleeding Shiner
Blue Devil
Bornholdt Golden Squirrel
Brook Silverside
Brook Trout
Brook's Honey Blonde
Bumblepuppy
Bumblepuppy (Christian Variation)
Cains River Black Demon
Cains River Rainbow
Cains River Roaring Rapids
Catskill
Chief Needahbeh
Coastal Shiner
Colonel Bates
Comely Shiner (Variation)
Conger's Lassie
Dr Oatman
Edson Tiger, Dark
Edson Tiger, Light
Esopus Bucktail
Fox's Black Optic Bucktail
Fox's Brown Optic Bucktail (Poison)
Fox's Yellow Optic Bucktail
General MacArthur
Ghost Shiner
Golden Catskill
Golden Darter (Original)
Golden Darter (Variation)
Golden Furnace Streamer
Golden Smelt
Golden Wilberding
Goober
Gray Ghost
Green King
Hoag Favourite
Iron Colour Shiner
Jack Cauchois (Variation)
Jack Schwinn
Jane Craig
Keel-Red Squirrel
Ken Lockwood
Little Brook Trout
Little Brown Trout
Little Rainbow Trout
Male Dave
Mansfield
Marabou, Black
Marabou, Fox'sYellow
Marabou, White
Mickey Finn
Missoulian Spook
Mitchell Bucktail
Muddler Minnow
Multi-Wing Streamer
Myers Point #1
Myers Point #2
Myers Point #3
Nine-Three
Old-Fashioned Bucktail
Owego
Painter
Param Belle
Pink Lady Bucktail
Pink Lady Streamer
Pink Pup
Plymouth Streamer
Ray Arden
Red and Yellow Bucktail
Red Dog Bucktail
Red Horse
Red, White, Blue
Sanders
Schmidtmann-Valla Smelt
Scott Special
Shushan Postmaster
Silver Darter (Oatman Original)
Silver Darter (Variation)
Southern Redbelly Dace
Spencer Bay Special
Spruce
Supervisor
Tail Light Shiner
Thunder Creek Silver Shiner
Warden's Worry
Yellow and Brown Bucktail
Yellow May
Yellow Perch
Fly Dressings
Notes
Pattern Index
All Orange
Allie's Favourite
American Smelt
Art Neu
Barnes Special
Batternkill Shiner
Beaverkill
Bill's Dace
Black and Yellow Bucktail
Black Ghost
Black Striped Minnow
Bleeding Shiner
Blue Devil
Bornholdt Golden Squirrel
Brook Silverside
Brook Trout
Brook's Honey Blonde
Bumblepuppy
Bumblepuppy (Christian Variation)
Cains River Black Demon
Cains River Rainbow
Cains River Roaring Rapids
Catskill
Chief Needahbeh
Coastal Shiner
Colonel Bates
Comely Shiner (Variation)
Conger's Lassie
Dr Oatman
Edson Tiger, Dark
Edson Tiger, Light
Esopus Bucktail
Fox's Black Optic Bucktail
Fox's Brown Optic Bucktail (Poison)
Fox's Yellow Optic Bucktail
General MacArthur
Ghost Shiner
Golden Catskill
Golden Darter (Original)
Golden Darter (Variation)
Golden Furnace Streamer
Golden Smelt
Golden Wilberding
Goober
Gray Ghost
Green King
Hoag Favourite
Iron Colour Shiner
Jack Cauchois (Variation)
Jack Schwinn
Jane Craig
Keel-Red Squirrel
Ken Lockwood
Little Brook Trout
Little Brown Trout
Little Rainbow Trout
Male Dave
Mansfield
Marabou, Black
Marabou, Fox'sYellow
Marabou, White
Mickey Finn
Missoulian Spook
Mitchell Bucktail
Muddler Minnow
Multi-Wing Streamer
Myers Point #1
Myers Point #2
Myers Point #3
Nine-Three
Old-Fashioned Bucktail
Owego
Painter
Param Belle
Pink Lady Bucktail
Pink Lady Streamer
Pink Pup
Plymouth Streamer
Ray Arden
Red and Yellow Bucktail
Red Dog Bucktail
Red Horse
Red, White, Blue
Sanders
Schmidtmann-Valla Smelt
Scott Special
Shushan Postmaster
Silver Darter (Oatman Original)
Silver Darter (Variation)
Southern Redbelly Dace
Spencer Bay Special
Spruce
Supervisor
Tail Light Shiner
Thunder Creek Silver Shiner
Warden's Worry
Yellow and Brown Bucktail
Yellow May
Yellow Perch
Fly Dressings
Notes
Pattern Index