World Fly Finder
All the Flies You Need to Fish All the Waters of the World
Published on 30. September 2004
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-1-85585-977-7 (ISBN)
Description
Covers the whole spectrum of species that can be caught on the fly; 450 patterns in superb colour and individual recipes for their tying; Each fly has its best method of use, its history and preferred species; Wherever you are in the world there are fish that can be caught on the fly. It may be in the all too brief summer of the high arctic or the blistering heat of the tropics. It could be among the classical surroundings of an English chalk stream or the rugged grandeur of Tierra del Fuego. The fish themselves may be stunningly huge or devilishly cunning. Some may be truly beautiful and others rather bland, but binding the whole is the magical world of the fly fisher who wants nothing other than to cast concoctions of fur, feather and synthetics. The flies may be exquisitely crafted imitations of minute insects or wonderful imaginations using rare and exotic feathers, or they may bear more resemblance to bait fishes; and yet they are all capable of deceiving fish into accepting them. Throughout the world the range of artificial flies is enormous. There are certainly many thousands, with more being developed every day, but some have stood the test of time and others have been quickly accepted as bench marks in the fly fisher's armoury of patterns. Within this book are flies to inspire you to stretch your fly fishing boundaries or maybe to bring new ideas to your home patch. The author aims to give working flies for every situation throughout the world where it is possible to fly fish and to stimulate the fly fisher into further horizons.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
With dust jacket
Illustrations
460 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 173 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85585-977-7 (9781855859777)
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Person
Peter Cockwill is an acclaimed fishing writer who has published Introduction to Fly Tying (1996) and has written for many fishing magazines. He runs Albury Game Angling in Surrey.
Content
6-7 Foreword; 8-23 The Fly Finder; An invaluable tool for the fly fisher. This 16-page chart section enables you to track what you want to fish and identifies the best fly for the job - wherever you are in the world. You can look up a country location and see what fish are commonplace. Or you can look up the particular quarry you wish to stalk and then find out where it lives. Whether you are using the charts to look up a particular fish species or a location, there are lists of the best flies to use for the purpose and cross referneces to where to find them in the book are given. 24-35; Tie That Fly; In this practical section the author describes materials and implements for making flies, including improvising tools from what you can lay your hands on. There are core tying techniques shown using step-by-step pictures: tying concave; tying convex; winding wrapping; twisting; using a vice 36-471 Flies: Where, When, What And How; In this part of the book, Peter Cockwill looks at flies that have stood the test of time and been accepted as the bench mark in the fly fisher's armoury of patterns. Over 400 of the very best flies are illustrated alongside vital technical data - where to fish the fly; when - ie the best season or time of day to cast your line; what species is attracted to the fly; how to play the line to attract the fish and how to assemble the fly. This part of the book is organised by country: Canada (covers British Columbia, NW Territories, Great Lakes, Newfoundland); Brook trout, lake trout, char, steelhead, grayling, atlantic salmon, pacific salmon, pike USA (covers Alaska, Western states, central states, eastern seaboard, Florida); Trout, steelhead, pacific salmon, pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, guppies, tarpon, bone fish, redfish, permit, blues; Mexico; Bonefish, tarpon, permit, trevally; Africa; Tigers, trout, nile perch, bonefish, trevally; Brazil; Peacock bass, dorado; Russia; Atlantic salmon, trout, steelhead, char; Mongolia; Taimen, lennox, grayling; India; Mahreen, trout; Norway; Salmon; Sweden; Salmon, sea trout, pike, grayling; Lapland; Grayling; New Zealand; Trout, salmon, saltwater species; Australia; Trout, barramundi, saltwater species; Austria; Trout, grayling; Balkans; Marbled trout; Chile; Trout; Ireland; Trout, sea trout, salmon, pike; Scotland; Trout, salmon, grayling; England; Trout, salmon, grayling, pike; Argentina; Trout, sea trout; Falklands; Seatrout; Cuba; Bonefish, tarpon, permit; Dubai; Sailfish; West Indies; Bonefish, tarpon, permit; Venezuela; Bonefish, tarpon, permit; France; Trout; Spain; Trout; Italy; Trout; Iceland; Salmon, trout, char; Seychelles; Bonefish; Greenland; Char; Paraguay; Trout; 472-480 Resources And Index/Credits; Useful addresses for mail order and email suppliers of fly tying materials and equipment