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The companion volume to Tony Routes popular Flyfishing Alaska, this book helps the reader select and tie the flies needed to take trout, char, and salmon throughout Alaska. Tony has chosen 46 proven flies based on his years of experience flyfishing Alaskas rivers, lakes, and saltwater. Brief tying instructions are given for each fly, and the book is filled with anecdotes and fishing advice that make it easy for the visiting flyfisher to know which flies to take and how to fish them.
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Johnson Books: Boulder Spring Creek Press: Estes Park
title
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Flies for Alaska : A Guide to Buying & Tying
author
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Route, Anthony J.
publisher
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Johnson Books
isbn10 | asin
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1555660878
print isbn13
:
9781555660871
ebook isbn13
:
9780585021591
language
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English
subject
Flies, Artificial--Alaska, Fly tying.
publication date
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1991
lcc
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SH451.R66 1991eb
ddc
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688.7/912
subject
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Flies, Artificial--Alaska, Fly tying.
Dedication To my wife Ann Ivancich Route
1991 by Anthony J. Route
Cover design: Bob Schram Cover photographs: Robert Pollock Photographs not otherwise credited are by the author.
ISBN 1-55566-087-8 LCCCN 91-77326
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Printed in the United States of America by Johnson Printing A Division of Johnson Publishing Company 1880 South 57th Court Boulder, Colorado 80301
Page v
Contents
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
Flies for Alaska
xi
Chapter 1
Eggs to Flesh
1
Chapter 2
Flash and Fluorescence
22
Chapter 3
Subsurface Uglies
48
Chapter 4
A Streamer Selection
74
Chapter 5
Topwater Models
102
Chapter 6
Stillwater Specialties
130
Appendix A
Saltwater Flies
151
Appendix B
Keys to the Tables
154
References
155
Index
157
Page vii
Preface
Please don't use Flies for Alaska as you would a dictionary of fly patterns. You won't get the most from this book by simply flipping to a section on flies, nymphs for instance, that you feel like tying at the moment. For one thing, you'll find that I didn't consistently use discrete sections like those found in a standard book of patterns. It would be best to read completely through the book once and then develop your own game plan regarding what patterns you would like to tie. This way you'll grasp the overall scheme of things and be able to customize your assortment to suit your own needs.
For instance, regardless of the season in which your fishing will take place, you will most likely want some representative whether it be an alevin or a maggotfrom Chapter 1, Eggs to Flesh. Likewise you'll probably want to make standard selections from the other chapters. It is at this point that you'll be able to make the best use of the seasonal and species-related charts at the end of each chapter to create a list of patterns that you would like to tie or, in some cases, buy.
The photographs and fly recipes should be studied closely because not much in the world of fly tying is standardized, and some fly patterns may be called by other names on a regional basis. A case in point is the Lake Leech. Almost everywhere outside of Alaska, it's called the Marabou Leech. I suspect that it had its origins outside of Alaska so the name Marabou Leech probably should take precedence, but it is not my aim in this book to consider such things. I'll let it stand simply as what it isthe same fly pattern with two different names.
You should also realize that many proven patterns undergo a complete name change when even a small bit of new material is added to them. For example, add some Krystal Flash to the tail of an ordinary Wooly Bugger, and it's often called a Flash-A-Bugger. If you're familiar with the Wooly Bugger, you can probably see through the smoke and recognize a Flash-A-Bugger for what it is. I don't subscribe to the idea of changing the name of a fly if only a minor addition has been made, but I have mentioned variations of the dressing in the text.
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I do, however, add a descriptive term when a major component in the original dressing has been replaced with a material different enough to warrant mentioninga practice put forth by Eric Leiser in The Book Of Fly Patterns. For instance, I tie my Black Ghosts with a marabou wing instead of a hackle wing and therefore refer to the fly as a Marabou Black Ghost. By understanding these two precepts, in conjunction with a look at the photographs, you may recognize a very similar or identical pattern that is available locally for your inspection or purchase.
Incidentally, the flies photographed here are true representations of the ones that I use. I haven't spruced them up with extraordinary materials nor have I tied them on classier hooks than I regularly use. Like many other fly tiers, I will spend hours working on Atlantic salmon flies or Alaska patterns destined to be enclosed in glass on someone's office wall, but the flies discussed here are meant to be tied on the end of a leader. I don't want anyone, especially a novice fly tier, to get the impression that all the legs on a Marabou Girdle Bug have to be perfectly straight and exactly the same length. If that's something you want to strive for, so much the better, but if your time at the tying bench and on the water in Alaska is limitedand whose isn'tit would be better to have a dozen less-than-perfect Marabou Girdle Bugs than one perfect specimen.
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