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Pheasant Tail Simplicity
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Pheasant Tail Simplicity
Do you really need thousands of patterns to catch fish? Pheasant Tail Simplicity, by Yvon Chouinard, Craig Mathews & Mauro Mazzo, makes the case for 18 essential flies. With step-by-step recipes and QR videos demonstrating tying and presentation tactics, it highlights knowledge, technique & creativity as the keys to success across waters worldwide.
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Together, these anglers have nearly 200 years of fly-fishing experience. They've tried and refined it all and share their knowledge here, demonstrating how you can catch fish anywhere, any time, with just one type of fly.
Angling aficionados and authors Chouinard, Mathews, and Mazzo come together again, this time to reveal the many wonders of the pheasant tail fly. In Simple Fly Fishing (Patagonia; 2014, 2018), they made the case for replacing unnecessary gear with knowledge and technique. Now, after years of additional experience, they offer the next step: the feather that can be used to tie flies from nymphs and dry flies to emergers, soft hackles, and beetles. Pheasant Tail Simplicity, conceived as an advanced follow-up to Simple Fly Fishing, explores the techniques required to tie and present these flies to trout and anadromous and saltwater species. More than just a guide, it challenges the norm that thousands of fly patterns are necessary to catch fish successfully.
Pheasant Tail Simplicity includes step-by-step illustrated instructions for tying 18 flies, along with materials lists and tips on how to use them. In concise text, with QR codes that link to how-to videos, this colorful book distills fly fishing to its core: one primary fly-tying material, a handful of techniques, and a mindset that prioritizes knowledge, craft, and creativity over all else.
