“Pheasant Tail Simplicity: Recipes and Techniques for Successful Fly Fishing” (by Yvon Chouinard Craig Mathews and Mauro Mazzo)

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Pheasant Tail Simplicity: Recipes and Techniques for Successful Fly Fishing (by Yvon Chouinard, Craig Mathews, and Mauro Mazzo)

Together, these anglers have nearly 200 years of fly fishing experience. They’ve tried — and refined — it all, so you can catch fish — anywhere, any time, with just one type of fly. Conceived as an advanced follow-up to Simple Fly Fishing, Pheasant Tail Simplicity focuses on essential fly patterns that all share one critical ingredientpheasant tail. The book explores the techniques required to tie and present these flies to trout, anadromous, and saltwater species. More than just a guide, it challenges the industry norm that thousands of fly patterns are necessary to catch fish. Instead, it distills fly fishing to its core: one shared fly tying ingredient, a handful of techniques, and a mindset that prioritizes knowledge, craft, and creativity over all else. The book includes 18 detailed fly recipes, with ingredient lists and step-by-step photos. Then they tell how to use this one type of fly to catch any kind of fish. In concise text, with instructional photos throughout and QR codes that link to how-to videos for tying and fishing with these flies, this book and its techniques force you to rely on your skills and to be creative to be successful. You will catch fish as you never have before.Color photos, illus; 8.5×11 inches, 176 pgs.