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Let me start by saying that this book has nothing to do with Spey Casting. But in actuality it does...
This book tends to follow the basic dogma that the best Bass fly rod is an 8 wt rod with either a sinking tip if you need to get flys down or a floating line for fishing topwater bugs. For most, this is just right. But there is more to Bass fishing than an 8 wt rod. Many people are discovering that much lighter gear is better suited to Bass fishing than tackle suitable for SaltWater angling. In some cases people are using 1 and even 0 wt rods and catching bigger and more Bass. They are not throwing the big bass bugs into weed choked lakes. They are thorwing size 12 spiders and even dry flies.
Having said that this book really does set the standard for smallmouth Bass fishing. It provides a good number of techniques and decribes how to catch smallmouth Bass in a way that will get you started right away. The techniques will work just about anywhere Bass live. There are even a good number of usefull Fly patterns with tying instructions in the back to get your fly collection started.
So why review a Bass Fly fishing book on Speypages? Becasue most places don't have stealhead or salmon waters to fish. In fact more places are likely to have bass water than stealhead/salmon water. And lets face it, we want to fish and we want to Spey cast to those fish. Based on the pictures in the book a good number of the rivers Mr. Murry fishes are wonderful Spey casting rivers. In other words I'm going to drag a good number of Bass fisherman into Spey casting and a good number of you Spey casters into bass fishing.
So, skip over the section on tackle. We already know a Spey rod is the way to go. Read the rest of the book on techniques and the flies. I highly recommend this book.
This book tends to follow the basic dogma that the best Bass fly rod is an 8 wt rod with either a sinking tip if you need to get flys down or a floating line for fishing topwater bugs. For most, this is just right. But there is more to Bass fishing than an 8 wt rod. Many people are discovering that much lighter gear is better suited to Bass fishing than tackle suitable for SaltWater angling. In some cases people are using 1 and even 0 wt rods and catching bigger and more Bass. They are not throwing the big bass bugs into weed choked lakes. They are thorwing size 12 spiders and even dry flies.
Having said that this book really does set the standard for smallmouth Bass fishing. It provides a good number of techniques and decribes how to catch smallmouth Bass in a way that will get you started right away. The techniques will work just about anywhere Bass live. There are even a good number of usefull Fly patterns with tying instructions in the back to get your fly collection started.
So why review a Bass Fly fishing book on Speypages? Becasue most places don't have stealhead or salmon waters to fish. In fact more places are likely to have bass water than stealhead/salmon water. And lets face it, we want to fish and we want to Spey cast to those fish. Based on the pictures in the book a good number of the rivers Mr. Murry fishes are wonderful Spey casting rivers. In other words I'm going to drag a good number of Bass fisherman into Spey casting and a good number of you Spey casters into bass fishing.
So, skip over the section on tackle. We already know a Spey rod is the way to go. Read the rest of the book on techniques and the flies. I highly recommend this book.