Year of the Spider

Year of the Spider

Fly fishing made easy.

Follow journalist, author and trout angler Philip Storey through a summer on an urban river in the North-East of England fishing with centuries-old spider patterns. These are the flies that have stood the test of time and still work today. Year of the Spider contains images and recipes for possibly the simplest to tie flies you will find, along with a detailed diary recording the conditions (temperature, humidity, wind, air pressure, river height etc) in which they were successful along with lots of fish pictures taken one-handed and at odd angles. This is more than just a fishing guide or a â€˜how-toâ€™ manual; Year of the Spider takes the mystery out of fly fishing and selects nine, easy to tie flies that will carry you right through the season catching fish all the way.

Year of the Spider is ideal for anyone starting out in fly fishing or for more experienced anglers looking for an entertaining read and perhaps a few new ideas.

The flies are simple - sparsely-dubbed bodies with only a hackle (no wings) - and provide the angler with a ready match for every hatch. When wary trout are ignoring everything offered to them, the scaled-down simplicity of a Yorkshire Trout Fly might be just the thing to draw a response.

And for anyone wondering if North Country spider patterns only work in the North of England, hereâ€™s what TE Pritt had to say on the subject:

â€œThe originals, or others like them, have done service on half the rivers and lakes of England and Scotland, and have never failed to give a satisfactory account of themselves, despite the lugubrious warnings of local hands that â€˜they were no use thereâ€™. You will be told this probably on every new river visited; yet may you safely fish Yorkshire flies and laugh to scorn the dismal prophecies of anglers who believe that the trout in their own river differ in their choice of flies from those of any other river in the universe.â€

Also available in paperback

Philip is the author of The Complete Bad Angler (the collected 300-word short stories as they appeared in The Angling Times in the UK) and has published an updated version of Yorkshire Trout Flies, by TE Pritt, containing diagrams and recipes for North Country Spiders, along with directions for when and where they should be fished. He is also the author of the indispensable Cooking for Dads, a collection of meals that every father should know.
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Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-12-27
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-12-27
Format	Kindle eBook

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