flies, artificial

Offers advice for fly fishing and recreational angling in the Great Lakes regions, together with step-by-step patterns, projects, and recipes for making fly lures. Particularly celebrates fly tiers and patterns from the Swisher, Richards, Schwiebert, and George Griffith tiers. Includes full-color photographs.

Hatch-matching veteran Charles Meek shares his secrets ; for finding and fishing the hatches across the United States. Ten simple lessons cover bug basics, the major hatches, timing, unorthodox strategies, and the best streams for certain hatches.

A comprehensive guide to fly lures for fishing that discusses the history of fly tying and provides an overview of basic materials and techniques, along with an illustrated overview of various fly patterns. Includes a CD-ROM with narrated demonstrations from the author.

An anecdotal account of the pleasures of fly fishing, discussing the choice and use of tackle, kinds of flies, walking in water, and watching for fish.