Fly tiers know that there are always things to be learned from other fly tiers. This book helps by providing photographs and recipes for more than 1600 flies created specifically for Canadian waters. Long-serving standards like the Carey Special are here, as are more recent patterns like the Bow River Bugger, and ultra-snazzy flies like Phil Milburn's Salmonfly Adult. Fly tiers are an inquisitive lot, always trying to peak over other tiers' shoulders to see what they're up to. A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns shows you what Canadian tiers have been up to for the last hundred years or so.
Jim McLennan, Editor at Large - Fly Fisherman, author of Fly Fishing Western Trout Streams, Trout Streams of Alberta, and Blue Ribbon Bow. www.mclennanflyfishing.com
A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns is a must have pattern book for Canadian waters. Many patterns are simple enough for beginner tiers to master while others would challenge the more experienced. For the latter, an appendix offers detailed instructions. Laid out by target species, and provincially identified, the contents are accessible. It is the next best thing to having a local guide's fly box at your disposal.
Elliott Deighton is an award winning tier and instructor whose passion lies in spinning deer hair bass bugs, using synthetics, and tying salt water flies. His fly-tying articles have appeared in several publications including Ontario Out of Doors and The Canadian Fly Fisher.
A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns will certainly generate excitement with all fly fishers and fly tiers, whether beginners or seasoned veterans. Bob Jones and Paul Marriner have done an incredible job in assembling well over a thousand fly patterns that have been originally designed for fishing Canadian waters. Patterns for almost every fish species sought in fresh or saltwater from the Pacific to Atlantic coasts are presented in full colour and with accompanying tying recipe. But this book does not stop there as patterns using more specialized techniques are covered off in detail within a special appendix. As a bonus, the vast diversity of patterns presented will also provide the innovative fly tier unlimited ideas for improving their own creations. This is a must have book!
Brian Chan is a fisheries biologist and life long fly fisher. When not working or fishing he writes regular columns in Fly Fishing & Tying Journal and The Canadian Fly Fisher. Brian has also produced numerous videos and authored or co-authored several books on stillwater trout fly fishing techniques.
Rounding up alley cats with a leaf blower would have been much easier than putting this book together, yet the authors did one heck of a job ... on the book, not the cats. I have absolutely no hesitation, doubts or qualms about recommending this book as it's spot-on. Every fly fisherman, not just Canadian fly fishermen, should own a copy because it's simply that good, plus the flies are productive.
Ian Colin James (aka The Carpfather), professional fly tier, guide, and author of the national bestseller "Fumbling with a Flyrod."
Voici le premier répertoire de mouches créées uniquement par des monteurs canadiens. Ce recueil comporte des parures pour toutes les espèces de poissons d'ordres sportifs présents dans les eaux canadiennes. Bravo pour Jones et Marriner. Leur travail est gigantesque. Ils ont reçus des milliers d'artificielles de tous les coins du Canada. Toutes ces créations font maintenant partie du patrimoine canadien.
Claude Bernard a présidé la Confrérie des pêcheurs à la mouche ATOS de 1980 à 1988. Il a été le représentant du Québec au comité de sélection des Prix Canadiens de la Pêche Récréative de Pêches et Océans Canada de 1991 à 2004. Comme moniteur il a dirigé plusieurs écoles de pêche à la mouche au Québec de 1980 à aujourd'hui.
"In fresh water angling, experience is everything. It can neither be contrived nor rushed. Indeed, it can only be gathered by an investment of thousands of hours astream and at the fly tying vise. To invest time away from the stream in order to proffer the benefits of such experience to complete strangers has become the stock in trade of Paul Marriner and Bob Jones. It is a most generous gesture to those following behind.
Looking through A Compendium I realized that here are the patterns Canadians created to catch the sea trout of Waterford River, Newfoundland, the coho of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, and everything in between. Featuring 1600+ patterns from 300+ tiers, this national effort is unique in the literature of fly fishing and deserves a place in every fly fisher's home.
Profits from A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns will support the Youth Program of Fly Fishing Canada. Youth are the future of fly-fishing and the new keepers of our natural resources. We have a responsibility to mentor them."
Jim Gourlay, publisher and editor of Eastern Woods & Waters and Saltscapes magazines.
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