Year of the Spider Philip y 9781493732524 Books
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Journalist, author and unrepentant trout bum Philip y spends the summer on an urban river in the North-East of England fishing with centuries-old spider patterns. These are the flies that have stood the test of time and still work today. Year of the spider contains images and tying instructions for possibly the simplest to make flies you will ever come across, along with a detailed diary recording the conditions (temperature, humidity, wind, air pressure, river height etc) in which they were successful along with lots of fish pictures taken one-handed and at odd angles. This is more than just a fishing guide or a ‘how-to’ manual; Year of the Spider takes the mystery out of fly fishing and selects nine, easy to tie flies that will carry you right through the season catching fish all the way. And to anyone wondering if North Country spider patterns will only work in the North of England, here’s what TE Pritt had to say on the subject “The originals, or others like them, have done service on half the rivers and lakes of England and Scotland, and have never failed to give a satisfactory account of themselves, despite the lugubrious warnings of local hands that ‘they were no use there’. You will be told this probably on every new river visited; yet may you safely fish Yorkshire flies and laugh to scorn the dismal prophecies of anglers who believe that the trout in their own river differ in their choice of flies from those of any other river in the universe.” Philip y is the author of The Complete Bad Angler and has published an updated version of Yorkshire Trout Flies, by TE Pritt. He is also the author of the indispensable Cooking for Dads, a collection of meals that every father should know.
Year of the Spider Philip y 9781493732524 Books
The book is a rather dry book and is really a 4 star book. My purpose for a 5 star review is more about the authors simple approach to using the old traditional wet flies and his straightforward approach to reviewing the effectiveness of these century old patterns on an English trout stream. If you enjoy the history and roots of fly fishing, this will be an enjoyable read to add some subjective information to your wet fly fishing repertoires.I suggest reading "Yorkshire trout flies" prior to reading "year of the spider" this will give you a point of reference for the flies discussed in this book.
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Year of the Spider Philip y 9781493732524 Books Reviews
Its OK for me, maybe because it wasn't what I was specting. Its more like the annotations on a notepad from a writer using and testing traditional spider flies.
Nice story.
This is a great addition to anyones fishing library.
Excellent fly recipe's and good description of the stream and how the fish were caught but not much of a good story for reading and was lacking alot of depth for the book to be interesting.
This is a very simple read that provides plenty of useful information. The pattern recipes are very useful.
This is a good primer for anyone that is not familiar with the North Country Spiders. These flies represent the forerunners of our current crop of soft hackle flies. The author makes an interesting note when he stated that he liked to fish these flies on the surface and then work them back as a wet fly. It may that the earliest dry flies evolved from this method.
When all is said and done, fly selection is probably the most confusing and controversial aspect of fly fishing.
Here Mr. y takes ancient traditional Yorkshire flies and proves that, not only will they still consistently take trout, but posits too that they would also work just as well elsewhere.
Would have loved to see a report on that too but you can't have everything.
The book is a rather dry book and is really a 4 star book. My purpose for a 5 star review is more about the authors simple approach to using the old traditional wet flies and his straightforward approach to reviewing the effectiveness of these century old patterns on an English trout stream. If you enjoy the history and roots of fly fishing, this will be an enjoyable read to add some subjective information to your wet fly fishing repertoires.
I suggest reading "Yorkshire trout flies" prior to reading "year of the spider" this will give you a point of reference for the flies discussed in this book.
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