For centuries anglers have struggled with their peculiar dependency on the aquatic insects that put the word "fly" in fly fishing, discoursing obsessively on how to replicate them with fur and feathers, and even about what to call them. Volumes have been written on the subject, but until now there has never been a book like Fishbugs. Following the success of his first book, hailed as "the most useful book for eastern fly fishers since Art Flick's Streamside Guide," author Thomas Ames Jr. lets his photographic skills take ...
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For centuries anglers have struggled with their peculiar dependency on the aquatic insects that put the word "fly" in fly fishing, discoursing obsessively on how to replicate them with fur and feathers, and even about what to call them. Volumes have been written on the subject, but until now there has never been a book like Fishbugs. Following the success of his first book, hailed as "the most useful book for eastern fly fishers since Art Flick's Streamside Guide," author Thomas Ames Jr. lets his photographic skills take center stage. His bigger-than-life studies of mayflies, caddisflies, and other waterborne insects, captured in extraordinary detail, allow you see them as never before. Fly tyers will appreciate them as models for their imitations, while naturalists and other lovers of nature photography admire them for their intrinsic beauty. His thoughtful prose examines the special characteristics that keep these fascinating insects at the heart of the angler's gentle art and underscores their value as indicators of the health of our inland waters.
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Add this copy of Fishbugs: The Aquatic Insects of an Eastern Fly Fisher to cart. $59.98, new condition, Sold by Cheezeburger's Media Mania rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Canton, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Countryman Press.
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As the headline of this review is intended to imply, although I felt that the book was "good", it wasn't quite "what I was expecting". I thought that it was going to be some intricate photographs of the insects that an Eastern flyfisher would encounter, followed by prose descriptions of how to imitate that image in a fly. When I got thte book, I discovered that: while the pictures were there (and... were QUITE excellent), there was nothing to tie them into the fly-tying realm.
So... While it WAS quite a good book, it wasn't quite what I was expecting/wanting.