Product Description

The complete reference for matching coastal prey fish and invertebrates with the fly patterns that imitate them. Photos of gamefish prey, information on the habitats, locations, and seasons in which the prey are most likely found, and photos and recipes of the flies to imitate them help you create, tie, and use flies. The focus is on fly fishing for coastal gamefish in warm-temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions. This is the saltwater angler s answer to the freshwater trout fisherman s entomology and fly pattern book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #195002 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
A fisheries biologist with a Ph.D. who knows how to write and loves his fly rods is a rare breed. --John Page Williams, Chesapeake Bay magazine

A standard reference for every saltwater tier. --Marshall Cutchin

About the Author
Dr. Aaron Adams is manager of the Fisheries Habitat Ecology Program in the Center for Fisheries Enhancement at Mote Marine Laboratory and is Director of Operations and Research for Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited. His first book, Fisherman's Coast (9780811731058) is an angler's guide to marine warm-water gamefish and their habitats. He has also written articles for Saltwater Fly Fishing magazine and chapters on bonefish biology for Chico Fernandez s Fly-Fishing for Bonefish (9780811700955).

Customer Reviews

Great
I wish there had been a book like this for saltwater flytiers when I was getting started. If you are just getting started, experienced, or just really curious about all the different things that our great shallow water gamefish eat and how to imitate them, check this one out.

Excellent
This book is an excellent reference for the Mid Atlantic to tropical saltwater angler. The book is all in color and features clear pictures of the prey item and pictures of suggested flies to imitate these items. Dr. Adams has organized the prey by type (crabs etc.) and ecological region (Mid-Water Prey Fish). A word of warning, this book is not for the beginning saltwater fly tyer. There are excellent pictures of suggested flies and their recipes but there is little in the way of tying instructions. You will need to acquire the basics of fly tying somewhere else. A super reference book for the salt-water fly fisherman!

Saltwater Prey
Does a great job giving different selection of fly patterns to represent the same prey fish and Invertebrates.
My favorites are the ones for killfish. Here in Texas we use killfish to catch the "Big Three": trout, flounder and redfish.