daverichey February 18th, 2008

TITLE: Lefty Kreh’s Longer Fly Casting
AUTHOR: Lefty Kreh
PUBLISHER: The Lyons Press

CONTACT:

The Lyons Press
Guildford, CT

WEBSITE: www.thelyonspress.com
COST: $14.95; Paper
ISBN: 078-1-59921-087-1

Left Kreh hardly needs an introduction to fly fisherman. He has written many books on casting flies, catching fresh and salt water game fish, and now he can teach you how to make longer casts. I’ve seen Lefty cast, and he is a pro at it.

This is a compact and practical handbook that will add 10 feet or more to your cast. This oblong-shaped book is illustrated with great step-by-step black and white drawings. Follow the illustrated drawings and the test, and making longer casts will become much easier.

I once watched Lefty Kreh and the late Lee Wulff have a friendly casting competition, and it was informative and entertaining. Lefty could charm anyone with his banter and great sense of humor. Who won that competition has been lost in my memory bank, but the important thing is that the spectators were winners.

This charming little book is for anyone who has trouble hitting that exact spot about five feet beyond their present capabilities. It has much to offer any fly fisherman, and Lefty delivers in grand fashion. It’s highly recommended.

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daverichey December 18th, 2007

TITLE: Nymphs: Volume II: Stoneflies, Caddisflies, & Other Important Insects
AUTHOR: Ernest G. Schwiebert
PUBLISHER: The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT

CONTACT:

The Lyons Press
Guilford, CT

WEBSITE: www.lyonspress.com
ISBN: 978-1-59221-098-8
PRICE: $60.00 hardcover and dust jacket

This is a huge, heavy book, and a revised and enlarged edition of the original edition of 1973. As great as the earlier edition was, the new printing makes this a much better book and a fitting tribute to the author who sadly passed away in 2005.

Schwiebert was a world traveler, a high-profile fly fisherman, public speaker, the author of several books including Matching The Hatch, which he authored in 1955 at age 24. It solidified his standing among fly fishermen from that day forward.

Make no mistake about it: Nymphs II is a monumental work, and will be a classic among fly tiers and fly fishermen, and a choice piece of fine work among armchair anglers who devour every word Schwiebert ever wrote. This book offers 787 pages of detailed studies on nymphs, and it is illustrated with 16 color plates of nymphs as well as b/w drawings.

He leads off with chapters such as Fishing The Large Western Stoneflies, Some Notes On The Larger Eastern Stoneflies, The Stoneflies Of Spring and Early Summer, The Caddisflies of Spring and Early Summer, The Principal Caddisflies of Midsummer, Imitating & Fishing The Caddisfly Larvae, and this is soon followed with chapters on various nymphs of different species.

The nymphs discussed in this huge fact-filled book belong to:

• Ephoron
• Potamanthus
• Ameletus
• Siphloplecton
• Leptophlebia
• Paraleptophlebia
• Baetiscidae
• Heptagenidae
• Rhithrogena
• Epeoorus

and many others

Ernest Schwiebert was a well known fly fisherman who really knew his craft. His books were filled with the stuff that make flyrodders drool: big bugs, tiny flies, fishing techniques, history of nymph fishermen, and much more. This is a must-have book for any fly fisherman who want to learn from the late master.

A trout fishing library without this book would be seriously flawed by its omission. It is, without doubt, the book by which other nymphing titles will be measured.

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