Mayflies, the Angler, and the Trout

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Summary: Mayflies the Angler and the Trout
Review: The author's objective is simplification of the mayfly fauna found in North American trout waters, enabling the fly fisherman to be prepared with the the appropriate imitation required for success; Catching trout on the artifical fly!

Arbona, makes his readers aware of the merits of being able to distinguish between the various species of may flies.

In this volume, the author has chosen to deal exclusive with may flies, and he deals with them in depth. Among all of America's aquatic insects, may flies are by far the most important to trout, and to the trout fly fishing angler.

This book is a highly practical tool which will help the reader to make the distinction between the various may fly Orders; a complete treatise for the serious fly fisherman, on identifying, imitating and fishing the may fly hatches of North America

The book published in 1980 was destined to become a classic. Dispite, being difficult to find Its premis and ideas are as fresh and valid today as it was when it rolled off the press!

I initially bought two copies of this book, one to put to hard use, the other to be saved for the day when I would have the opportunity to meet Fred Arbona and have my books autographed.

Fly fishermen as they pass through the different stages of their advocation tend to be vociferous readers and book collectors. This is a book for that serious fly fisherman and collector!

This book has earned a honoured placed on my bookshelf along with books by Ernest Schweibert; Swisher and Richards; and Caucci and Nastassi.

Keep a tight hold on this book. Be careful of whom you loan it. Loaned books of this caliber tend to walk!