12-05-2008, 01:03 AM
Great suggestions on books. I had the pleasure to me Mr Lafontain while stopping in Mike Lawson's shop in Island Park. It was several years ago and he was able to still get around, but was showing signs his end was near.
Jack Dennis has some awesome videos and books also.
Larry Tullis is a good friend and teacher, so I grab any new publications by him.
Some thing I wanted to bounce off you, you say he dry flies and showed some interest in nymphing. I will be the first to say, Nymphing is a must, but I wanted to go a different direction and suggest "WET FLY" it is a dry, it is a nymph.
One book is: "The Soft-Hackle Fly and Tiny Soft Hackles - A Trout Fisherman's Guide" by Sylvester Nemes.
Wet Fly is old school and over looked too much in my eyes.
A couple of other books are:
Sex, Death and Fly Fishing - by John Gierach
and
No Hatch to Match - by Rich Osthoff
for fun there is: Fish Tales, Etc. by Richard McCullough
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Jack Dennis has some awesome videos and books also.
Larry Tullis is a good friend and teacher, so I grab any new publications by him.
Some thing I wanted to bounce off you, you say he dry flies and showed some interest in nymphing. I will be the first to say, Nymphing is a must, but I wanted to go a different direction and suggest "WET FLY" it is a dry, it is a nymph.
One book is: "The Soft-Hackle Fly and Tiny Soft Hackles - A Trout Fisherman's Guide" by Sylvester Nemes.
Wet Fly is old school and over looked too much in my eyes.
A couple of other books are:
Sex, Death and Fly Fishing - by John Gierach
and
No Hatch to Match - by Rich Osthoff
for fun there is: Fish Tales, Etc. by Richard McCullough
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