New Stackpole Book Releases for 2015

Stackpole Books has announced the titles in their upcoming new release list for Spring 2015. From tying featherwing streamers to carp flies, Stackpole’s new releases hold something of interest for every angler.

Read more in the press release below.

New Stackpole 2015 Releases

Mechanicsburg, PA – Stackpole Books is proud to announce its lineup of Spring 2015 fishing books.

Every fly-fishing problem has a solution. 101 Trout Tips, a collection of advice from veteran instructor Landon Mayer, helps you analyze your past mistakes and learn how to adapt to a wide range of fishing conditions. Features unorthodox solutions for common fly-fishing problems and covers everything from fly selection and rigging to landing fish.

Based on five years of detailed notes and a lifetime of fishing, teaching, and coaching experience, Fly Fisher’s Playbook 2nd Edition by Duane Redford will help you improve your nymphing with a systematic approach to planning, rigging, and fundamental skills and techniques. Includes tips for reading water in a wide range of conditions and how to achieve a consistent, effective drift.

Fly fishing has a rich heritage of “founding flies” that revolutionized the sport, yet many of these classic flies have fallen out of use. In Tying the Founding Flies, a follow-up to his acclaimed book The Founding Flies, Mike Valla includes detailed instructions to help anglers tie and fish these historic, effective patterns. Features 21 classic fly patterns with step-by-step photo tutorials for tying them and tips on the best way to fish the founding flies today.

Learn the mysteries of the Carrie Stevens method of making Rangeley-style streamers in Tying Heritage Featherwing Streamers by Sharon Wright. Carrie’s streamers are among the most enduring, effective, and beautiful baitfish imitations for catching trout. Step-by-step photo tutorials walk the reader through the entire process of tying a featherwing streamer, from material selection and preparation to finishing the fly. Contains exclusive recipes from the author, appearing for the first time in print.

Classic Steelhead Flies by renowned steelhead author, fly tier, and photographer John Shewey is the definitive resource for tiers and anglers interested in the rich tradition of steelhead flies. Learn the histories of these classic flies, as well as how to tie them. Covers steelhead flies from their origins in the 1890s up through the mid-1970s. Includes flies that remain popular today, as well as forgotten classics that were once popular or that exhibit stylistic merit, all beautifully photographed by the author.

The Salmonfly, by veteran fly-fishing author Skip Morris, is the complete guide to fly-fishing one of North America’s most legendary insect hatches–the Salmonfly. Features tips on rigging and fly selection and tactics for both nymph fishing and dry-fly fishing. Also includes recipes for the most effective flies, tied and photographed by the author.

Hailed in previous editions by Lefty Kreh as the best recent fly-tying book and by Field & Stream as “a bible of invaluable secrets,” Production Fly Tying 3rd Edition by A. K. Best is a valuable resource for both beginner and expert tiers. Learn to tie effective, durable flies as efficiently as possible. This new edition was revised and updated with new materials and patterns and features a new foreword by John Gierach.

Carp are the fly rodder’s ultimate gamefish. The Best Carp Flies, by Umpqua signature fly tier Jay Zimmerman, is the first comprehensive book on tying the best flies for carp, featuring patterns and techniques from anglers around the United States. With over 600 step-by-step photos and over 20 patterns by tiers ranging from Barry Reynolds to Bob Clouser to the author, including fishing information, this book is the definitive fly-tying resource for those who love the challenge of fooling carp on the fly.

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