The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies recounts the history of a sport that dates back 2,000 years, focusing on milestone flies from the first feathered hook to contemporary patterns using cutting-edge materials. Featured here are: Stewart’s Black Spider, Lady Caroline, Royal CoachmanBass Popper, Adams, Gray Wulff, Muddler Minnow, Tom ThumbLefty’s Deceiver, Dave’s Hopper, Syl’s Midge, Ice Cream ConeDeer Hair Emerger, Bionic Bug, Takayama...

The perfect fly fishing book for today's novice, enthusiastic amateur, as well as the devoted angler is part narration of the author's own angling obsessions and adventures, part practical how-to, and part meditation on a connection to the natural world.

The author gives readers all the details about trout that they need to prepare for their next contest on the water. He uses the latest research to answer common questions like where an angler should stand on the river bank and whether or not to use ultlraviolet fly-tying materials.