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With the teaming of Skip and Brian you are getting the advice of top experts in the fields of fly-fishing, fly-tying, entomology, and fish biology. Use this book to improve and perfect your skills for lake fly-fishing. Color, 8 1/2 x 11 Inches
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Difference of Opinion,
By Henry F Drygas Jr (Olympia, Washington United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes (Paperback)
I found this book to be quite useful. It is indeed a beginning text on the subject but if you, like myself, have spent most of your time fishing on streams you will find this a good jumping off point for fishing small lakes. There is much useful information in this book covering the nature of small lakes and the trout that you will find there. Specific information is given on the insects found there and their imitations. Basic techniques are covered as well as fishing craft. I would recommend it for someone starting out with lake fishing.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste words...,
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This review is from: Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes (Paperback)
"With just slightly less vigor than that of the Moors when they took Spain, the chironomid-pupa fly fished deep on a floating line took western lakes." This is just a sample of the hair-pulling sentences that the reader must endure. While I give the book two stars for providing some useful content and a few inspiring photos, the nuggets of information are buried too deep in the poorly written chapters, superfluous paragraphs, wide text columns and amateur drawings. I have just one question: Where's the editor? I doubt that I'll purchase another book by Frank Amato Publications. It's just too frustrating a read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Difference of Opinion,
By Henry F Drygas Jr - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes (Paperback)
I found this book to be quite useful. It is indeed a beginning text on the subject but if you, like myself, have spent most of your time fishing on streams you will find this a good jumping off point for fishing small lakes. There is much useful information in this book covering the nature of small lakes and the trout that you will find there. Specific information is given on the insects found there and their imitations. Basic techniques are covered as well as fishing craft. I would recommend it for someone starting out with lake fishing.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Entirely Ignores the Existence of Minnows,
By Lightman - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes (Paperback)
Lately I've been having a ball going after native brookies and wild rainbows in remote Adirondack ponds. I've caught my share of both, mainly using # 10 freshwater clousers and other small streamers.Approaching still water trout is a daunting experience for the stream fisher person. Where to begin? How to read a lake? How deep is deep with a fly rod and how to get down there? I bought this book in the hopes of answering these and many other questions that had been keeping me awake at night (well not quite, but they did seem important). There's a lot of information here so generally I'm not disappointed. However, the book is definitely skewed to western conditions, and completely ignores fly-fishing with imitations of baitfish, presumably a primary food source for large trout at least in eastern waters. In fact, in the chapter, Insects and Other Trout Foods, the only "other" foods touched on are scuds and leeches. This major omission in an otherwise very good book results in the three star recommendation. But if you're OK with tossing all your streamers (with the exception of the odd Wooly Bugger to imitate a leech) then go ahead and give it a read just the same. The section on chironomid fishing may be worth it in and of itself. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ok for an introduction, but better books are out there.,
By Bobandy "Mr. Lahey's Pool Boy" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes (Paperback)
As other reviewers have noted, the book is a primer for stillwater anglers, but surprisingly does not mention baitfish or streamers. It doesn't get into the details of how different trout species utilize different habitats or prey items in the same lake. And it doesn't discuss the different types of lakes and how best to approach each environment. Instead, there is a sometimes goofy, punchline-driven text that accompanies some good and not-so-good photos and color line drawings. Don't get me wrong, the information is solid and entertaining, but all of it has been covered before in much greater detail and with much better focus in Kauffman and Cordes's earlier work and Denny Rickards's more recent volume. If you're looking for a book on the basics of stillwater trout fishing, I would recommend either of those and Bernie Taylor's book on big trout fishing, as well as maybe Steve Probasco's book on high desert and alkaline lakes before you bought this one. Will this book help you catch more or bigger trout in a lake? Only if you've never read another book or magazine on the subject, or if you're brand new to lake fishing with a fly.
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