Matching the Hatch (Paperback)

Pat O'Reilly

ISBN 10: 1846892392 / ISBN 13: 9781846892394

Published by Quiller Publishing Ltd, Shrewsbury, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. Matching the hatch by using an artificial fly sufficiently similar to the creatures on which the trout are feeding can greatly increase your chances of success. This completely revised and updated pocket edition with enlarged photographs will help one choose suitable flies and suggest how one can fish them in a way that will catch fish to rely less on luck and more on judgement. 'The superb photographs and explanatory text make this book one of the best of its kind essential for any beginner and of great interest to every flyfisher.' Trout and Salmon on first edition AUTHOR: Over the past forty years, angling and wildlife author and broadcaster Pat O'Reilly, a professional flyfishing instructor, has provided tuition for more than 8000 peoples. An active conservationist and advisor to the UK and Welsh Governments on environmental issues, in 2003 the author was awarded an MBE for services to conservation and fisheries. SELLING POINTS: . A new pocket edition of the original classic reference completely revised and updated . New paperback format . Remarkable macro-photography of the aquatic creatures on which trout feed many of which have been enlarged . Selection of the world's best fly patterns . In this pocket edition, the author has adopted nomenclature used by the Natural History Museum and by the Riverfly Partnership 278 col photographs Matching the hatch by using an artificial fly sufficiently similar to the creatures on which the trout are feeding can greatly increase your chances of success. This completely revised and updated pocket edition with enlarged photographs will help one choose suitable flies and suggest how one can fish them in a way that will catch fish - to rely less on luck and more on judgment. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Matching the Hatch (Paperback)
• Publisher: Quiller Publishing Ltd, Shrewsbury
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846892392
• ISBN 13: 9781846892394
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Lady luck smiles upon anglers who use the right flies, fish them in the right places at the right times, and make them behave like the natural insects they are meant to represent. But with such a vast range of fly patterns and sizes available, how do you choose? This completely revised and updated pocket edition provides the answer. 
 

Remarkable macro-photography of the aquatic creatures on which trout feed (now enlarged photographs in this pocket edition), an author with 65 years of flyfishing experience, a selection of the world's best fly patterns - these are the ingredients of this invaluable source of practical information. 

Many of the top experts on flyfishing and flytying agreed to tie flies for Matching the Hatch; in most instances the flies illustrated are their own designs which have now become standard patterns used throughout the world - Jon Beer, Brian Clarke, Alice Conba, Donald Downs, Peter Gathercole, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Melvin Grey, Derek Hoskin, Nigel Jackson, Charles Jardine, Steffan Jones, Peter Masters, Guy Mawle, Peter O'Reilly, Steve Parton, Neil Patterson, John Riegen, Andrew Ryan, Bernard Venables, Conrad Voss Bark, John Wilshaw and Davy Wotton.

Trout and the creatures they feed on have not changed, although entomological science has renamed some species. In this revised and updated pocket edition the author has adopted nomenclature used by the Natural History Museum and by colleagues in the Riverfly Partnership. 

Simply an outstanding reference book - a must for all fishermen.

About the Author

Pat O’Reilly is an angling and wildlife author and broadcaster with over 40 years of experience in fly-fishing instruction, during which time he has personally tutored more than 8,000 individuals and fished for wild trout in over a dozen countries. As an active conservationist, he has served as an advisor to both the UK and Welsh governments on fisheries and environmental issues, and in 2003 he was awarded an MBE for services to conservation and fisheries.