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Show a FpF (Dasitnimg l W Pave Mueller I How 'bout a good book? says Barnes, for those who wish to know "why the fish end up where they do and what they'll be feeding on and when. This isn't just a trout book either. It covers most of the fresh water game species and really does a good job of taking the mystery out of fishing." Snyderville resident Bob Dean cites as his favorite recent reading "The Year of the Angler," a vibrant account of the significance of the change of seasons to both the trout and the fisherman (Steve Raymond, Winchester Press). Dean also recalls the importance of Ray Bergman's "Trout" (Crown) in his own development as a fisherman. "Bergman's work took me from a bait fisherman to fly fisherman and tyer, step by step," says Dean. "Because of that, it remains my favorite." My own collection includes three favorites, "Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing" by Joe Bates, "Nymphs" by Ernest Schweibert (Winchester), and the humorous "Trout Madness" by Robert Traver (St. Martin's). Bates' volume runs down streamer patterns and fishing techniques for both fresh and salt water, and more than any other ten books has been responsible for the largest fish in my catch each year. "Nymphs" is probably the best book for gaining an understanding of aquatic insect life and contains a collection of fishing vignettes that are both instructive and entertaining. Dolly's bookstore Jan's Mountain Outfitters Outfit-ters and Wolfe's all have a stock of fishing titles available here in Park City, with Dolly's offering the widest selection. One volume caught my attention while looking through Dolly's shelves, a coffee table book by Tryckare, Cagner and Moss "The Lure of Sportfishing," Crown). "Lure" contains much general information about all forms of gamefishing but the highlight of the book is its thousands of fine drawings and illustrations. The widest selection in the area can be found at Anglers' Inn or in the larger Salt Lake bookstores. Zions, for instance, has 35 to 40 fishing titles on its shelves. More bad news: It'll be hard to make up your mind. Here's the bad news: too much rain, too . much water, too cold, and fishing is spotty, at '. best. And here's the good news: Now is an excellent time to tie up a season's worth of I flies or read a good book on fishing (possibly several). . That is what you might call making the '. best of the old situation. And when the '; fishing finally picks up the idea is to be armed with a wide selection of flies and a new chunk of know-how gleaned from the pages I; of one of the world's authorities. And when !; you are talking about fishing, there is no end '. to the number of authorities. I; Because on Father's Day a book is one of X the best gifts you can give or get. I called around to a few of my more fishy acquaintances and put together a shopping list of favorite titles, new and old. A few of X the books are specific in scope, some are pure X entertainment and a couple offer a wide X range of fishing facts and tips. In short, you will probably find something useful and X readable in this rundown, but by no means ; consider it complete, v Bill Hart, a Grand Rapids, Michigan native, is partial to the techniques of his X former neighbors Carl Swisher and Doug X Richards, who revolutionized mayfly patterns X with their work in "Selective Trout" (Crown ;; Publishing). "But their latest book "Stone- flies, ' ' W inchester Press, done in conjunction v with Fred Arbona, Jr.) is more useful for v Western fly fishing, says Hart. For pure v entertainment, Bill recommends "Flshless Days, Angling Nights" by Sparse Grey ;: Hackle (Crown). v "Wade a Little Deeper Dear" (California v living Press) was recommended by Nina v Kranstover, who said: "Gwen Cooper and v Evelyn Haas run down the women's v viewpoint of fishing and fishermen real X well." X For those who may be traveling to X Montana to sample some of the world-famous X fishing on the Madison River, Jan Peterson X said, "There is no better book on the v Madison than Charles Brooks "The Living v River" (Nick Lyons, Doubleday)." v Another book by Brooks is the widely-X widely-X acclaimed "Nymph Fishing for Larger X Trout" (Doubleday) a "must" says Charlee X Bames, employee at Anglers' Inn in v Sugarhouse. Bames also suggested several v other titles: "Fishing Dry Flies for Trout on v Rivers and Streams" by Art Lee (Atheneum), X "Fishing from Top to Bottom" by Sid W. X Gordon (Stackpole Books) and the two X volumes by Jack Dennis, "Western Trout Fly Tying" (Snake River Books). a The Gordon book is especially valuable, Tip of the week : Barnes says Soldier Creek Reservoir has been hot for cutthroats taken on flies (Wooly Worms, Wooly Buggers, 6, olive and brown) fished from float tubes with a slow twitch retrieve. Best locations include Skunk Hollow and the old channel directly below the Strawberry Dam. |