A Passion For Trout

Product Description

Fly fishing For Trout is one of life's great passions & has been the motivation that helped Mick O' Farrell create a remarkable range of trout flies encompassing his three favoured disciplines; dry-fly, wet-fly & nymph. It has also provided the impetus for writing A Passion For Trout
- his first book. It chronicles one man's journey, from an eight-year old boy helping his father on the banks of the River Suir, to becoming a successful fly-fisher & fly-tyer in his own right. He has enlightened us with a rich deiversity of fly patterns. More than 400 are illustrated in a series of colour plates, each complemented with a full 'recipe' of the materials used
- an important aid to the reader, allowing each fly to be tied exactly as the author intended. in addition, in the section on Flies & fly-tying, there are step-by-step photo sequences showing in close detail exactly how Mick creates four of his successful patterns. Threaded through the advice on flies & techniques are personal anecdotes, some amusing & others with a more cautionary message. Any angler who might be tempted to throw caution to the wind when venturing out on a large lake, would do well to read the section titled Behaving Like An Idiot. A Passion For Trout provides a comprehensive insight into modern fly development with an emphasis on an imitative approach, & will appeal to both stillwater & river anglers alike.