Favorite Flies for Maine: 50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts

by Bob Mallard

Overview

Maine offers some of the most diverse angling opportunities in the nation. Depending on the season, or your fishing preference, you can canoe a remote pond in search of native brook trout, cast dries in solitude for rising trout on a large freestone river, troll in a lake for salmon, or search for stripers along some of the most beautiful and rugged coastline in America. Because of this diverse fishing, it is no surprise that Maine also has a rich fly tying tradition. In this book, Maine guide, fly designer, and former fly shop owner Bob Mallard shares with readers 50 essential flies from guides and other experts around the region. Detailed recipes and photos are included for each fly as well as fishing tips and other information, making this book an invaluable resource for anyone planning to visit this state as well as residents that want to learn how to catch more fish in their local waters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811770057
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/14/2022
Series:	Favorite Flies , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Bob Mallard is a blogger, writer, author, fly designer, native fish advocate, guide, and former fly shop owner. He is the publisher and Northeast regional editor for Fly Fish America magazine, staff fly designer for Catch Fly Fishing, and national executive director for Native Fish Coalition. His writing, photographs, and flies have been featured at the local, regional, and national levels in Outdoor Life, Fly Fisherman, Fly Fish America, Fly Rod & Reel, American Angler, Fly Fishing & Tying Journal, Fly Tyer, Angling Trade, Eastern Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing New England, Southern Trout, The Maine Sportsman, Northwoods Sporting Journal,MidCurrent, and Orvis News. Look for his books Squaretail: The Definitive Guide to Brook Trout and Where to Find Them, 50 Best Places Fly Fishing the Northeast, and 25 Best Towns Fly Fishing for Trout. He lives in Skowhegan, Maine. Visit him at BobMallard.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction 1

Upping My Tying Game 3

Making Fly Fishing My Career 4

My Flies Get Noticed 5

Commercial Fly Tying 6

My Largest Trout 8

Why Write This Book? 9

Uniquely Maine 9

The Flies 11

Maine 13

Fly Fishing in Maine 15

Maine Fish Species 19

Maine Fish Food 20

Maine Fly Tying 22

Barnes Special 26

Better Baitfish 28

Big Trout Only (BTO) 30

Black Bunny Leech 32

Black Ghost 34

Blacknose Dace 36

Blue Damsel 38

Blue Dun 40

Cardinelle 42

Chief Needahbeh Streamer 44

Colonel Bates 46

Devil Bug 48

Floating Smelt 50

Foam Beetle 52

Footer Special 54

Fox Hole Special 56

Golden Retriever 58

Grey Ghost 60

Hexagenius 62

Hexamongous 64

Hex Nymph 66

Hornberg 68

Joe's Smelt 70

Lefty's Deceiver 72

Light Edson Tiger 74

Little Brook Trout 76

Maple Syrup 78

March Brown 80

Mickey Finn 82

Midge Pupa 84

Montreal Whore 86

Muddler Minnow 88

No Miss Mouse 90

Olive Heron 92

Olive X2 Caddis 94

Olive Yarn Leech 96

Orange Hopper 98

Orange Stimulator 100

Parmachenee Belle 102

Partridge and Orange 104

Picket Pin 106

Ripogenus Smelt 108

Royal Wulff 110

Shufelt Special 112

Sucker Spawn 114

Sure Bet 116

Warden's Worry 118

West Branch Caddis 120

White Wulff 122

Wood Special 124

About the Author 126