Ken Hanley's No Nonsense Guide to Fly Fishing in Northern California . . .

Sports & Outdoors

Hanley, Ken

Hunting & Fishing

David Communications Publisher

<li>First book devoted to this innovative and versatile techniques </li>
<li>20 new patterns, covering mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, damselflies and dragonflies, and grasshoppers and crickets </li>
<li>500 step-by-step color photos clearly show how to tie the flies In Tying Furled Flies, author Ken Hanley introduces readers to furling, the technique of twisting materials together. Furling has unlimited potential for creating distinctive mottled and variegated patterns to imitate some of the common (and not so common) foods that trout, bass, and steelhead feed on. Hanley offers insights on how to fish these patterns using techniques from standard presentations to more radical "puppeteering" to entice fish to strike.
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Tying Furled Flies: Patterns for Trout, Bass, and Steelhead

Headwater Books

Fly Fishing Afoot in the Surf Zone [Jan 01, 1991] Hanley, Ken

Fly Fishing Afoot in the Surf Zone

Frank Amato Pubns

Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore: Strategies for Estuaries, Bays, and Beaches

The bays, estuaries, and beaches that rim the west coast of North America--the Pacific inshore--offer some of the best fly-fishing opportunities to be found anywhere in the world. But the Pacific inshore offers its own unique set of challenges and demands. FLY FISHING THE PACIFIC INSHORE is an extraordinary book that will answer the questions posed by these complex saltwater environments. Author Ken Hanley has fly-fished for an amazing array of saltwater gamefish in the Pacific, including barracuda, sharks, bonito, seabass, salmon, halibut, striped bass, and tuna. He is widely recognized as the expert on the techniques and equipment it takes to catch the fish of the Pacific inshore. He has shared his knowledge with more than ten thousand anglers in the workshops and clinics he has taught over the past three decades. In this book, he has distilled these decades of experience into the most complete explanation ever written on this fascinating fishery. FLY FISHING THE PACIFIC INSHORE covers everything from the physical characteristics of estuaries, bays, and beaches to the many species of gamefish you can expect to find, the foods they eat, the equipment and flies you will need to catch them, and much more. Hanley delivers all this information in an engaging style that not only informs, but also leaves you anxious to get on the water and try it out for yourself. This book is required reading for anyone who wants to pursue the abundant fish of the Pacific inshore.

Lyons Pr

California Fly Tying and Fishing Guide

Unless it results in pointing too many other anglers to your pet spot, a new book that makes sense of close-to-home fishing opportunities is always welcome. For the West Coast saltwater fly angler who is interested in more than just the frequently - documented striped bass fishery, California Fly Fisher Contributing Editor Ken Hanley¹s latest book, Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore, offers a great deal of useful information. 
Hanley - who¹s probably getting old and gray enough to be a little distressed by just how many years he¹s actually spent prowling the beaches and estuaries of our long left coast- approaches his subject by dividing it into discussions first of habitat, then of gamefish behavior, and finally of tackle, tactics, and watercraft. These categories inevitabley meld into each other somewhat, but the basic approach lends necessary and helpful structure to the work. 
After an excellent overview of the geographical and hydrological peculairites of West Coast saltwater environments, Hanley follows with profiles on more than a dozen gamefish. There¹s lots of helpful information here, including some wonderful ideas on fly fishing for the leopard sharks that seem to be everywhere along our inshore coast. 
The tackle and tactics section covers appropriate rods, reels and lines, including the use of 6 and 7 weights and specialty fly lines.Throughout, one gets the feeling that Hanley is speaking about what he¹s done himself, that his information is the product of real trial and error fishing, and that what he says is bankable. In a welcome departure from most knee-jerk outdoor writing, he actually suggests that inshore fly fishers don¹t need much more that 75 yards of backing behind their fly lines unless they¹re after something large or fast. That¹s a courageous claim, albeit one that¹s sure to get him yanked from the freebie lists of backing manufacturers who seem to have convinced every other writer to proclaim the need for at least 150 yards of something expensive in order to safely bring to hand a 5-pound striper or a 14- inch smelt. 
The final chapters in the tactics and tackle section deal with presentation strategies, prey species and the flies that imitate them, the various watercraft that an inshore angler will find useful, and fly recipes. Again, there is much helpful information here ranging from the very basic, such as retrieving with the rod tip pointed down, to the innovative (how to outfit a canoe for fishing protected waters), to the refreshingly sensible (as in, ³First let me emphasize--strongly emphasize-- that I don¹t endorse float tubes and pontoon boats for general saltwater use²). 
The book itself has been handsomely produced by Greycliff -- large pages bound between hard covers, with easy to read print and spacious margins for those of us inclined to make notes.

Greycliff Pub Co

Ken Hanley and some very talented contributors like Jeff Solis, Dave Stanley, Katie Howe, and others have fly fished nearly every top water in California. This guide provides readers with all they need to discover the best places to fly fish in the Golden State--saltwater, bass, stealhead, and high mountains. Ken Hanley is certainly the most qualified fly fishermen to pen a NoNonsense fly fishing guide to the state of California. His fly fishing passion has accompanied him throughout his many adventures hiking the peaks in Tibet and the Himalayas and exploring the wilderness of Europe, Mexico, New Zealand, and Asia, but his Northern California home waters are what he knows best.

Fly Fishing California: A No Nonsense Guide to Top Waters

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Ken Hanley's No Nonsense Guide to Fly Fishing in Northern California . . .

Tying Furled Flies: Patterns for Trout, Bass, and Steelhead

Fly Fishing Afoot in the Surf Zone

Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore: Strategies for Estuaries, Bays, and Beaches

California Fly Tying and Fishing Guide

Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore: Strategies for Estuaries, Bays, and Beaches

Fly Fishing California: A No Nonsense Guide to Top Waters