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Selective Trout: The Last Word on Stream Entomology and Aquatic Insect Imitation
Contributor(s): Swisher, Doug (Author), Richards, Carl (Author), Whitlock, Dave (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1510729852     ISBN-13: 9781510729858
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Fishing
- Nature | Animals - Fish
- Sports & Recreation | Outdoor Skills
Dewey: 688.791
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.7" W x 11" L (2.40 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Carl Richards' and Doug Swisher's book Selective Trout signaled the end of a classic fishing age, and helped usher in a new one. --American Angler

When it was originally published in 1971, Selective Trout was universally acclaimed as the most revolutionary approach to aquatic insect imitation in the twentieth century. Using common sense, science, and imagination, authors Doug Swisher and Carl Richards developed a wide array of new patterns that were in sharp contrast to those offerings used by American fly fishermen up to that time.

Their radical no-hackle dry fly, in particular, proved to be a more convincing, natural silhouette than anything anglers had ever seen before. With hatch charts covering different regions of the country, and featuring detailed tying instructions for flies that could be used in those regions, all liberally illustrated, the book provided anglers with a new arsenal of deadly fly patterns.

Thirty years later, 200,000 copies have been sold. This updated and revised edition, with new observations on trout behavior as well as detailed instructions on how to keep useful fishing logs, features detailed appendices on terrestrials, mayflies, caddisflies, and stoneflies. Not only that, but the new edition included hundreds of color illustrations by the renowned artist and fly-fishing innovator Dave Whitlock.

It's hard to imagine how anything could top that. In this new paperback edition of Selective Trout we know that we can't top what's been done previously. But we do know that this deserves to stay in print, because it's the type of book that every fly fisherman should own and read. To add a new twist to this new edition, what we have done is added a new introduction by Doug Swisher (Carl Richards passed away in 2006), plus a new foreword by Nick Lyons, the book publisher who had the foresight to get behind the book in the first place.


Contributor Bio(s): Swisher, Doug: - Doug Swisher grew up in Bay City, Michigan, and began fly fishing at the age of eight. He became a well-known fly-fishing expert as a result of the success of Selective Trout, and has since written eleven books. Doug live in Hamilton, Montana, with his wife, Sharon.Richards, Carl: - Carl Richards was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he learned to fly fish at the age of seven. A year later, he began tying flies for a local shop, a job he kept until he graduated from the school of Dentistry at Ohio State University. He wrote or coauthored a dozen books.Whitlock, Dave: - Dave Whitlock is the author or illustrator of many fine angling books, including Dave Whitlock's Guide to Aquatic Trout Foods, the L.L. Bean Fly-Fishing Handbook, and the L.L. Bean Fly Dishing for Bass Handbook. He resides in Welling, Oklahoma.Lyons, Nick: - Nick Lyons is a former English professor and book publisher, as well as the author and editor of many books on various topics. He lives in New York City.
 
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