The Fish Bum's Guide to Catching Larger Trout: An Illustrated Manual on Stillwater Tactics for the Intermediate Fly Angler

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Summary: Laugh & Learn!
Review: A brilliant explanation of how to fly fish still water, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs by a long-practiced expert. You will marvel at the inside information presented in a dramatic and hilarious drawing style. Valuable information about casting, reading water, lines, reels, rods, float equipment, flies, hatches, weather, structure. Hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations. 96 pages

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Summary: a fun and confidence building book for fly fishing lakes.
Review: Having taught fly fishing for several years, I discovered that beginning fly fishermen were intimidated by lakes, and much prefer to fish the more solitary streams and creeks, where water seems easier to read and less people are around to watch their climb up the learning curve. However, after the first year most anglers are ready to move on to catching larger fish, most of which are found in lakes. My intent in this book is two fold; first, to give a good read. After all it is just fishing and not a life and death situation. My second purpose was to give an angler the information and confidence to do well on most stillwater or lake enviroments. This book takes up where the illustrated classic by Sheridan Anderson, "The Curtis Creek Manifesto" left off.

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Summary: An informative "must read" for the beginner & intermediate
Review: I found this book to be a very informative "must read" for the beginner as well as intermediate fly fishers. It's fun to read and the amount of tips will definitely enhance one's enjoyment on the water as well as increase your catch rate.

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Summary: An informative "must read" for the beginner & intermediate
Review: I found this book to be a very informative "must read" for the beginner as well as intermediate fly fishers. It's fun to read and the amount of tips will definitely enhance one's enjoyment on the water as well as increase your catch rate.

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Summary: A seriously fun, illustrated reference for bigtrout-o-holics
Review: Imagine that classic, fully-illustrated, introduction-to-flyfishing of the Disco Era, The Curtis Creek Manifesto, all grown up and gone to grad school. Way more sophisticated in its approach to the subject matter and its style of art, Mike Croft has created a seriously fun, illustrated reference for unrepentant, stillwater bigtrout-o-holics. It sports more usable, hardwon information for the frogwater flyfisher than can be found in an armload of current how-tos. This book rocks!

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Summary: A Treasure Chest of Gems for the Stillwater Trout Fisherman
Review: Mike Croft has done an exceptional job of concisely explaining Stillwater fishing in a way that even a dummy like me can understand. His use of humor and his own drawings is a welcome change from the usual droll tomes on fly-fishing that are generally published today. Some may call it a comic book and I suppose that in some ways it is. But, it is the most informative comic book you'll ever read. Buy the book and I'm sure you'll see what I mean.

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Summary: A Treasure Chest of Gems for the Stillwater Trout Fisherman
Review: Mike Croft has done an exceptional job of concisely explaining Stillwater fishing in a way that even a dummy like me can understand. His use of humor and his own drawings is a welcome change from the usual droll tomes on fly-fishing that are generally published today. Some may call it a comic book and I suppose that in some ways it is. But, it is the most informative comic book you'll ever read. Buy the book and I'm sure you'll see what I mean.