FLY FISHING FOR BONEFISH: A comprehensive guide to the fish - and to the tackle, flies, skills, and techniques needed to catch it. By Dick Brown. 2008 new and revised edition.

(1993) 2008 revised edition. 4to (198 x 242mm). Ppxx,348. Colour plates of flies, colour photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in white.

A most comprehensive guide to the fish, tackle, flies and locations. Thirty-eight pages on tying bonefish flies. A new edition, now extensively revised and brought up to date. "Fly Fishing for Bonefish offers a definitive profile of this elusive fish and thoroughly describes the skills needed to catch it. Author Dick Brown shows how to find and see bonefish - how to spot feeding and mudding signs; how to understand the camouflage techniques the fish employs; and how temperature, tide, and weather all affect fish movement. He instructs how to target cruising and tailing fish, which stripping techniques work best, how to set your drag, and the most effective ways to strike and fight bonefish. An especially crucial section instructs the reader on fly selection and design, with color plates of more than seventy patterns tied by some of the most innovative fly tyers in the world, including Carl Richards, Craig Mathews, Jack Gartside, Jeffrey Cardenas, Lefty Kreh, Ben Estes, Tom Borski, and Jim Orthwein, among others. ...this is the definitive book on the species that is one of the greatest challenges in fly fishing." Chapters include: Fly fishing for bonefish: the ultimate challenge in angling; Understanding the bonefish; What bonefish eat; Reading bonefish water; Finding and seeing bonefish; Selecting bonefish flies; Casting to bonefish; Hooking, playing, and releasing; Wading for bonefish; Fly-fishing equipment; Personal gear, clothing, and other tackle; Tying bonefish flies; Bonefishing destinations; Advice from some veterans of the flats.