hi all as the title says i am looking for instructional books to further my fishing knowledge on the correct succesful fishing techniques specifically for traditional dries, wets, nymphs & buzzers patterns. i have always fished succesfully but mostly find myself fishing very few patterns & would now like to try & fish a some more patterns especially when it comes to gtraditional ones & give myself a new challenge in doing so, so if anybody has any recommendations for any good detailed books it would be greatly appreciated. thanks for your time!

I don't buy books very often but I recently did invest in this one after sharing a boat with the author in a comp at the start of the season.

Fits your bill pretty closely :

A Passion For Trout, fly fishing, fly tying for trout on rivers and lakes

Charlie

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Sonik Sports Team Pitsford Pirates

thanks for the recommendation, can you tell me if the patterns i mention are in the book with detailed techniques to fish them well, i could even be asking too much lol.. but i really want a book that has recommended & good detailed information on line retrieve rates & retrieve techniques etc..

That looks a pretty good read.You could also try ''The Complete Flyfisher'' by Peter Lapsley.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Another little gem is Thomas&Brays(THE COMPLETE FLYSWOTTER). Just over a fiver on the famous auction site.. Explains retreeve rates etc,

Yes there are lots of dries, wets and nymph patterns and specific tactics discussed with lots of examples of what has worked when.


Charlie

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Sonik Sports Team Pitsford Pirates

Got the same book Charlie got, haven't had my hands on it yet as my son hasn't put it down. But from what i here its a good read

thanks for the recommendations chaps! i can see theres a few to work through but i will start at the cheaper end of the reading (tight wadd lol..) and i have purchased the stillwater fly swotter which was recommended by chilax as i have managed to pick one up in new condition for £4.80 and that sounds more like what i wanted, i will no doubt pick the others up too! but this one will do me for now! again thanks for the recommendations!