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Bonefish Fly Patterns, which recieved high praise from it's inception, features 254 pages of detailed descriptions, recipes, and color photos of the best 150 bonefish flies ever created. The book opens with a chapter discussing all the critical requirements of good bonefish flies, including sink rate, splash impact, animation, snag-proofing, castability, and durability. Other chapters examine selecting flies, tying them, design alternatives, materials and sources. But the core of the book is the 159-page chapter giving detailed profiles of the best 150 bonefish patterns. Each fly profile contains a high-resolution color macro-lens photograph of the original pattern as tied by its creator, along with the originator’s materials list, tying sequence, and construction tips. The profiles also contain notes on how to fish each fly and the prey each one suggests along with biographies of each fly’s creator and anecdotes about the fly’s history. The fly contributor list reads like a virtual
who’s who of bonefishing
enthusiasts around the world including, Craig Mathews, Rick Ruoff,
Steve Huff, Harry Spear, Pete Perinchief, Brian O’Keefe, Barry
and Kathy Beck, Jack Gartside, Tom McGuane, Bill Tapply, Bob Popovics,
Allan Finkelman, Ben Estes, Carl Richards, Winston Moore, Bob Veverka,
Bob Clouser, Lefty Kreh, Joe Branham, Tim Borski, Jeffrey Cardenas,
Bob Nauheim, Dave Whitlock, Del Brown, Al Caucci, Eric Peterson, Lenny
Moffo, Bob Hyde, Jim O’Neill, Bill Hunter, Jim McVay, Len Wright,
Scott Sanchez, George Anderson, Nick Curcione, Doug Schlink, Tim Merrihew,
Gordon Hill, George Hommell, Cary Marcus, John Goddard, Lou Tabory.
There are even entries from author Tom McGuane, Patagonia founder Yvon
Chouinard, and three-time bonefish world record holder and former owner
of the New England Patriots, Jim Orthwein. New Edition
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