Fly-Fishing for Smallmouth
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Product Description
Recipes and fishing techniques for 32 of Bob Clouser's favorite smallmouth patterns
Ten tips to catch a trophy bass
Local expertise for fishing the nation's best bass rivers, including the Susquehanna in Pennsylvania, the Umpqua and John Day in Oregon, Maryland's Potomac, Maine's Penobscot, and the Little Tennessee
In Fly-Fishing for Smallmouth, Bob Clouser shares the extensive knowledge he has developed over a quarter-century of guiding for smallmouth bass on the Susquehanna River. Beyond his native waters, the lessons Bob offers in this book can be directly applied to smallmouth fisheries across the country, from creeks to large rivers. An experienced teacher, Bob anticipates the questions and challenges faced by anglers when they first encounter a smallmouth stream. He explains the natural history of smallmouth--their range, spawning behavior, feeding habits, and seasonal movement patterns--and then introduces the specific flies and techniques he uses when fly-fishing for bass. In sections on casting and presentations, he discusses intermediate to advanced methods of casting with weighted flies and lines as well as various surface and subsurface tactics, with dramatic color photos of the author demonstrating how it's done.
Bob has designed a series of flies especially for smallmouth, and he reveals recipes and fishing tips for these flies and the other bass patterns he regularly uses and carries in his fly box. In the book's final chapter, he invites his friends to write about their favorite local bass streams across North America. These well-known anglers, among them Lefty Kreh, John Randolph and Mike O'Brien, offer intimate details on the greatest bass waters from California to Ontario.
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Bassman007
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This is one of the best written books on fly fishing for smallmouth bass, if not the best. It is presented in a way that anyone can pick it up and learn something about catching smallmouth bass in rivers. And it has enough pictures to keep anyone entertained. I've read many books on bass fishing and this is one of the best!
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smallmouth bass flys
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as a fisherman and fly tyer, i found this book very well writen and with great photos. I shared the book at the club and got Very Fine reviews. I would recommend it! Larry Roy
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Clouser is awesome!
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Although I have not read the entire book, what I have read is fantastic. Bob Clouser is a living legend when it comes to smallmouth fishing & to read his thoughts on the subject is great. This book in combination with his other book Clouser's Flies are probably two of the most informative books I have in my fishing library. A must buy for anyone wanting to learn more about smallmouth bass fishing!
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Rave Review fo Bob Clouser's new book
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As an avid river-oriented fly fisherman, I found Bob Clouser's new book, "Fly-Fishing for Smallmouth", extremely interesting and informative. He covers every aspect of the topic, "from soup-to-nuts". Not only is the book well written and organized, but the numerous photographs and illustrations that accompany the various chapters are of very high quality, and are directly applicable to the relative subject matter. Not much more to say other than, "Well Done!"
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