Atlantic Salmon Flies / Mouches pour le saumon atlantique by Jacques HΓ©roux, Paperback, 9780864929730 | Buy online at Moby the Great

Atlantic Salmon Flies / Mouches pour le saumon atlantique

Mouches Pour le Saumon Atlantique

Author: Jacques HΓ©roux  

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The Atlantic salmon, the king of the rivers, is the ultimate prize for the angler. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together exquisite examples of nearly 300 salmon flies, tied by some of the best fly tiers and fishers in North America. Patterns tied by the author, Jacques HΓ©roux, accompany those by renowned tiers Allen Kay, Marc LeBlanc, Marc A. LeBlanc, Paul LeBlanc, Bob MacDonald, Steve Silverio, and Frank Walsh.

Conveniently organized into four sections β€” bombers and dry flies, bugs, streamers, and wet flies β€” this rich compendium includes colour photographs of flawlessly tied specimens complemented by detailed lists of materials. Biographical notes on each tier and a brief history of the art of fly tying round out the volume.

A beautiful tribute to the fly tier's art and an invaluable reference, Atlantic Salmon Flies illustrates the ingenuity and creative impulse behind the flies that hook the king of fish.

Le saumon atlantique, le roi des riviΓ¨res, est la rΓ©compense la plus convoitΓ©e du pΓͺcheur. Ce livre superbement illustrΓ© rΓ©unit des exemples de prΓ¨s de 300 mouches Γ  saumon, montΓ©es par certains des meilleurs monteurs de mouches et pΓͺcheurs de l'AmΓ©riques du Nord. Des modΓ¨les montΓ©s par l'auteur, Jacques HΓ©roux, cΓ΄toient d'autres montΓ©s par des mouteurs renommΓ©s : Allen Kay, Marc LeBlanc, Marc A. LeBlanc, Paul LeBlanc, Bob MacDonald, Steve Silverio et Frank Walsh.

Réparti en quatre sections — bombers et mouches sèches; bugs; streamers; et mouches noyés — ce recueil abonde en photographies-couleur de mouches impeccablement montées, accompagnées de listes détaillées des matériels utilisés. Des notes biographiques de chaque monteur ainsi qu'un bref historique de l'art du montage de mouche complètent le recueil.

Livre de rΓ©fΓ©rence prΓ©cieux, Mouches pour le saumon atlantique rend hommage aux artistes de la mouches, reflΓ©tant l'ingΓ©niositΓ© et l'Γ©lan crΓ©ateur qui inspirent ces pΓͺcheurs Γ  la recherche du roi des poissons.

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About the Author

Jacques HΓ©roux was born in Quebec and has been fishing since he was ten years old. He has written articles on fly fishing for magazines and websites, and many of his flies have been featured in magazines and books and on websites. He is also the co-author of the bestselling Salmon Country: New Brunswick’s Great Angling Rivers. In 2009, HΓ©roux was inducted into the Atlantic Salmon Hall of Fame. He won the Roderick Haig-Brown Award in 2015 for his work in salmon conservation and the Jean-Guy CΓ΄tΓ© Award in 2016 for his contribution to fly tying. Jacques HΓ©roux lives in Dieppe, New Brunswick.NΓ© au QuΓ©bec, Jacques HΓ©roux pratique la pΓͺche sportive depuis l’Òge de dix ans. Il a Γ©crit des articles sur la pΓͺche Γ  la mouche pour des magazines et des sites Web, et de nombreuses mouches qu’il a créées ont fait l’objet de mentions dans des pΓ©riodiques, livres et sites Web. Il est le coauteur de Salmon Country: New Brunswick’s Great Angling Rivers, un ouvrage qui a connu un grand succΓ¨s en librairie. En 2009, Jacques HΓ©roux a Γ©tΓ© intronisΓ© au temple de la renommΓ©e du saumon atlantique. Il a remportΓ© en 2015 le Prix Roderick Haig-Brown pour sa contribution Γ  la prΓ©servation du saumon et, l’annΓ©e suivante, le Prix Jean-Guy CΓ΄tΓ© en reconnaissance de sa contribution Γ  l’art du montage de mouches. Jacques HΓ©roux habite Γ  Dieppe au Nouveau-Brunswick.

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"Tying a salmon fly is either the ultimate expression of insanity or a sublime act of faith." -- Topher Browne, from the Foreword The Atlantic salmon, the king of the rivers, is the ultimate prize for the angler. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together exquisite examples of nearly 300 salmon flies, tied by some of the best fly tiers and fishers in North America. Patterns tied by the author, Jacques H

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The Atlantic salmon, the king of the rivers, is the ultimate prize for the angler. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together exquisite examples of nearly 300 salmon flies, tied by some of the best fly tiers and fishers in North America. Patterns tied by the author, Jacques H

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Product Details

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Published
21st February 2017
Format
Paperback
Pages
160
ISBN
9780864929730

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