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Individual taste in books varies as much as the favorite rod or fly. With that in mind, we hope to review books and videos from the ever-growing fly fishing world, and share them with you. Books will be the best of all worlds, new and old. Many of the old books are now available in reprint, and the wisdom contained is timely today. Others can be found in second-hand book stores, or by mail order dealers. As we find videos we feel are outstanding they will be included. Be assured, reviews are based on what we have actually read or viewed, and due to that fact, may not appear weekly.
FLY-CASTING FINESE
Fly-Casting Finesse
Author: John L. Field
Forward by Macauley Lord
Hardcover, 158 pages, $29.99
Skyhorse Publishing, 2015
ISBN: 978-1-63220-2
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63220-853-8
Except for fly tying no other aspect of fly fishing has generated more ink on the printed page than the act of fly casting. John Field’s recent book takes a broad brush approach to this oft discussed practice covering not only the various casting techniques but also presentation, tackle and casting clubs and organizations. The book is well illustrated with color photos and line drawings.
While the book covers all the basic casting instruction that would be helpful to a beginning caster I believe that this book has a greater application for the more advanced fly caster that wishes to refine their casting technique.