Anglers Journal

The Armchair Angler

America’s Favorite Flies

By John Bryan and Rob Carter

Charles Creek Publishing

is likely the longest, most collaborative love letter to fly-fishing in the sport’s long history. The prodigious book pairs full-page spreads of a caster’s single, favorite fly with essays that deliver glimpses into why it is the imitation of choice. Not the most used fly, or even most effective, but the favorite. There are flies that catch a

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