Reflections on Flyfishing

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The Elements of Fly Tying (Platanna Press, 2008) by Tom Sutcliffe is a book for both beginner and expert tyer. This book is considered by most the bible on fly tying for South African flyfishers, expertly crafted by the late, great master flyfisher and fly tyer Tom Sutcliffe.

Beside fully illustrated and written instructions on how to tie a host of proven flies for South African conditions, it is packed with suggestions of how to fish each fly and anecdotes and wisdom about this great sport. Clear and easy to follow, Tom Sutcliffe, author, artist, flyfisher and fly tyer supreme shows you all the techniques and tips you need to tie a wde selection of proven, fish catching flies.

The book contains 206 pages and illustrates 20 different fly patterns with foreword is by Murray Pedder.

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Reflections on Flyfishing: Further Thoughts of a South African FlyFisherman by Tom Sutcliffe

Said Tom: “Like the best sellerย My Way with a Trout (1984), Reflections on Flyfishing is an assembly of articles I wrote for the Natal Mercury at the time. As a sequel to My Way with a Troutย it was not as much of a success, which has always surprised me because I have enjoyed rereading this book immensely, certainly as much if not more thanย My Way With a Trout.

“It covers an equally wide range of topics in fly fishing written at time when the sport was well into its renaissance where there was increasing emphasis in stillwater dry fly fishing and the use of smaller flies. It also brings in some different fly fishing venues in chapters on the Okavango Swamps that at the time were mildly pioneering and instructional for people thinking of taking a fly fishing safari into those wonderful waterways. And there’s an interesting chapter on fishing Switzerland’s Alpine streams and the famous River Tรถss near Zurich and around Lorach and Mombach in the Black Forest in Germany in the delightful Wiesse River.

“Beside fully illustrated and written instructions on how to tie a host of proven flies for South African conditions, it is packed with suggestions of how to fish each fly and anecdotes and wisdom about this great sport. Clear and easy to follow, Tom Sutcliffe, author, artist, flyfisher and fly tyer supreme shows you all the techniques and tips you need to tie a wde selection of proven, fish catching flies.”

Published in 1990 by Mark and Ronald Basel (Dalbridge, Durban).ย 75 essay-like chapters. Soft cover. 201 pages with many pen and ink drawings and black and white photographs

 

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Reflections on Flyfishing: Further Thoughts of a South African FlyFisherman by Tom Sutcliffe

Reflections on Flyfishing: Further Thoughts of a South African FlyFisherman covers a wide range of topics in fly fishing written at time when the sport was well into its renaissance where there was increasing emphasis in stillwater dry fly fishing and the use of smaller flies. It also brings in some different fly fishing venues in chapters on the Okavango Swamps that at the time were mildly pioneering and instructional for people thinking of taking a fly fishing safari into those wonderful waterways. And there’s an interesting chapter on fishing Switzerland’s Alpine streams and the famous River Tรถss near Zurich and around Lorach and Mombach in the Black Forest in Germany in the delightful Wiesse River.

Published in 1990 by Mark and Ronald Basel (Dalbridge, Durban).ย 75 essay-like chapters. Soft cover. 201 pages with many pen and ink drawings and black and white photographs

 

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