Favorite flies for Pennsylvania 50 essential patterns from local experts

The second in a new Stackpole Books series featuring 50 important flies from a particular region, tied by anglers with close ties and local knowledge of the place. Pennsylvania has 86,000 miles of rivers and streams, including freestone streams, tailwaters, and spring creeks, flowing through 46,000...

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Main Author: Naguski, Eric (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Mechanicsburg : Stackpole Books, 2021.
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Summary: The second in a new Stackpole Books series featuring 50 important flies from a particular region, tied by anglers with close ties and local knowledge of the place. Pennsylvania has 86,000 miles of rivers and streams, including freestone streams, tailwaters, and spring creeks, flowing through 46,000 square miles of diverse country ranging from mountainous terrain to farm land. This volume, by Pennsylvania angling expert Eric Naguski, showcases flies that work well on the diverse waters there and pays tribute to the region he knows so well. Though not a tying manual, each fly is featured in a spread that includes a large, easy-to-see image, recipe, and tying notes.
Physical Description: 119 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9780811738804
0811738809
Author Notes: Eric Naguski is guide and owner of Riseforms Fly Fishing in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, as well as guide for Relentless Fly Fishing, and has over twenty years' experience helping anglers catch trout on Pennsylvania waters. He has spent the last forty years chasing trout around Pennsylvania with a fly rod in hand, and though he has fished throughout North America, his heart lies in the limestone streams of Central Pennsylvania, where he has lived the majority of his life. Eric has a BS in biology from Millersville University with a focus on aquatic entomology and aquatic ecology. He is a board member of Cumberland Valley Trout Unlimited and the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum Association.