[VFB] Perrault's Std. Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

[Jimmy D. Moore]

I bought this book from LinesEnd upon Byard's recommendation.  I had been looking for a book that would list more than the 1,000 + patterns that most fly books have. Most of my books had pretty much the same flies.  This book certainly filled the bill. I quote from the introduction:  "Few anglers have even heard of more than a fraction of the patterns listed, and there are more than 16,000.  Fly patterns have multiplied with specific needs, and sometimes with the users' whims.  Often the offshoots have eclipsed the originals and some well-known pattern names cover dozens of variations, many of them unique enough to demand their own descriptions. It is a dictionary.  Flies and materials ued in them are listed concisely in true dictionary form.  The purpose of the listings is completely information and rhe romance  of fly development is held in the materials and designs and not in literary passages.  It is a dictionary."

Trout flies have the largest selection of listings with some 10,000 patterns, covering dry and wet flies, nymphs, streamers, larvae, pupae, emergers and terrestrials, and there is a extensive cross-reference , a relation of the pattern to the insects imitated.  Atlantic salmon flies are listed with more than 1,600 patterns, and even steelhead and Pacific salmon angling is represented with more than 650 ties. Saltwater fishing with the least standardization of all, still has more than 300 listings.   It's not a picture book, but B & W illustrations are there for clarification and descriptions - more than 400 sketches and descriptions of fly parts and hook styles. There is also a listing of contemporary and historical fly tiers, nearly 2,000 of them world-wide.  There is also a section of suppliers of fly tying materials, fly fishing organizations, magazines and newspapers, books, prints and art.  Lastly, is the Glossary of all things Fly Tying.

The book was published in 1984, so any newly invented flies will be absent.  At around $75.00, it is not really expensive when one considers the massive amount of material covered in its 705 pages.  If you're interested, contact Byard OFF LINE at  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   for availability.

Cheers !

JIMMY  D

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