The Atlantic Salmon

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A thoroughly updated version of the classic 1958 book by one of the world's leading anglers, with scores of new photographs, drawings, and several important new chapters.

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THE ATLANTIC SALMON.......2002-09-22

This is by far the most enjoyable book on Atlantic Salmon i've read and I have many. Wulff helps us learn all we need to know about the fish and how to angle it under all possible conditions. At the time of the second edition in 1983 the guy had 50 years experience in fishing for & attempting to preserve the most wonderful of all game fish. He also tells stories of flying to the wilderness of Northern Newfoundland & Labrador
in search of prime places to fish for salmon which paint pictures of what it must have been like at a time when the fish stocks were still healthy and the wilderness unspoiled. There are 8 pages of color pictures & lots of fabulous black & whites. If theres one book to have on the subject, this is the one.

Salmon Flies: Their Character, Style, and Dressing

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Color photos! a new "Stacked Hair Wing" and PJ wrote it!
Excellent
P. Jorgensen's Second Ed. of Salmon Flies...
A must for the flytyer's bookshelf!

Salmon Flies: Their Character, Style, and Dressing
Poul Jorgensen
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0811714268

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220 color photos, 9 x 8
Completely revised and updated
Now in full color
More than 160 patterns, with step-by-step tying instructions
First published twenty years ago, Salmon Flies has become a standard reference for salmon fly tiers worldwide. The new edition has been completely redone -the black and white photos replaced by color, new patterns added, text updated to reflect changes in materials, tools, and techniques. Styles covered include the strip wing, fully dressed feather wing, low water, dry, prawn and grub, Waddington shank, Dee, Spey, and tube.

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Good Book.......2007-01-19

A remake of the original with up to date techniques. A must for a begginer in the art of Classic Salmon Flies and to have for your library. It used to be the only one you could get on this subject for quiet awhile. Nice to see it back.

Color photos! a new "Stacked Hair Wing" and PJ wrote it!.......2002-09-17

Mr. Jorgensen has updated his classic work. His original sits beside my tying desk. The new one will replace the original.

Simple, clear and easy to understand (insofar as Atlantic Salmon Flies can ever be "easy") in technique and illustration.

This updated copy includes color photos (the old one apparently did not have the budget to print the photos in color) and addresses many issues that a starting Salmon Fly tier needs to know to start the steep learning curve for those patterns that are more art than function.

This isn't a book devoted to "Art Salmon Flies", but if you want to go in that direction this is as fine an introduction as there is.

This book addresses all aspects of tying these interesting and effective flies. You can easily tie a Jock Scott in hair wing or married wing with only a fair amount of time devoted to learning the new skills - if you are a decent intermediate Trout Fly tier.

A wonderful book by a living master.

Excellent.......2001-12-19

A book that shows clearly step by step tying of full dressed salmon flies.

The basics are taught whch can be applied to tye any fly.

The different types of flies are seperated and discussed in debth. Differences are explained and clear examples are given.

An excellent book for the beginner and I am sure there are things that the experienced tyier can learn.

I went from trout flies to salmon flies and found this book to be excellent.

P. Jorgensen's Second Ed. of Salmon Flies..........2000-02-16

This is a nicely done revision of what was likely the most available reference at the time of the first edition. Poul has updated his text and finally, added color photographs to document his mastry of the art. Having dog-eared my first edition with use, I was glad to see and buy the new addition. Probably two things stand out as still needed: 1) better photographs of the techniques, and 2) more photographs and description of the classic and substitute feathers and their selection for collars, beards and palmered bodies. Note that this is very well covered in his videos.

All in all, Paul Jorgensen is unquestionably a grand master of this art, and his book is valuable for that aspect alone. His methods are proven and his skill is tremendous, but that is a difficult aspect to communicate.

A must for the flytyer's bookshelf!.......1997-07-29

Poul Jourgensen has brought this ancient and beautiful art to life. The recognized master of the art trains anyone with basic fly tying skills how to build a masterpiece.

In the book, one learns not only the techniques on how to tie the Atlantic salmon patterns, but also the reasons behind specific asspects of the craft (How to use oval ribbing to protect the hackle from the fish's teeth).

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A passionate recounting of the natural history of the rise and fall of salmon in England, New England, and the Pacific Northwest-with recommendations for bringing the salmon back.

The salmon that symbolize the Pacific Northwest's natural splendor are now threatened with extinction across much of their ancestral range. In studying the natural and human forces that shape the rivers and mountains of that region, geologist David Montgomery has learned to see the evolution and near-extinction of the salmon as a story of changing landscapes. Montgomery shows how a succession of historical experiences -first in the United Kingdom, then in New England, and now in the Pacific Northwest -repeat a disheartening story in which overfishing and sweeping changes to rivers and seas render the world inhospitable to salmon. In King of Fish, Montgomery traces the human impacts on salmon over the last thousand years and examines the implications both for salmon recovery efforts and for the more general problem of human impacts on the natural world. What does it say for the long-term prospects of the world's many endangered species if one of the most prosperous regions of the richest country on earth cannot accommodate its icon species? All too aware of the possible bleak outcome for the salmon, King of Fish concludes with provocative recommendations for reinventing the ways in which we make environmental decisions about land, water, and fish.

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Say Goodbye to Salmon.......2005-09-13

I read this book with great interest and I am saddened by what I learned. I was raised in a town on the Columbia River and as a young fisherman, heard stories of large historic Salmon runs described in near myth-like terms. Back then I was taught to blame the tribes, gill netters and other commercial fisherman for the diminished runs. If only the problem were that simple. As Montgomery clearly describes, through an interesting comparative analsis, Salmon runs have historically been driven into extinction, first in Europe, then England, then New England, and now the Pacific Northwest in more or less the same fashion. As the areas around native salmon waters became populated and developed, our society has made certain choices, economic v. environmental, which not surpisingly have nearly always favored the economic. As a result, salmon runs were decimated by the construction of dams, overfishing, pollution, misguided hatchery programs, the clearing and diking of streams, destruction of wetlands, logging practices, and simply by population growth and development, which Montgomery describes as a death by a thousand cuts. Presently, salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest are at just 6-7% of their historical numbers. As the region's population is expected to double within this generation, conditions will likely only get worse. While Montgomery identifies steps than can be taken to revive these runs, it seems doubtful there is enough public sentiment or political will to effect these changes. If anything, this books is a sad commentary on our society's ability to manage its resources. Salmon, which are a symbol of the great Pacific Northwest, will soon be gone for good.

Capitalism can't protect the Salmon.......2004-05-22

Dr. Montgomery shows that if the toxic and human waste poured into the rivers of the industrial revolution did not poison Salmon, the incipient capitalist institution of commercial fishing would swallow most of them.. Montgomery quotes records from the holder of fishing rights on a specific part of the Thames river. The records of this particular holder shows he caught 66 salmon in 1801, 18 in 1812 and only 2 in 1821....by the 1960's, the annual salmon catch of England and Wales was a quarter of that a century earlier. He quotes an account of MP Robert Wallace about parliament blocking effective salmon protection laws at the behest of the commercial fishing industry, dam operators, etc.

He quotes accounts from the early 19th century including from Henry David Thoreau about the severe depletion of salmon stocks in Northeast U.S. rivers caused by the disruption of salmon spawning beds by the transportion of boats and logs down the river, dams, factory poisons and so on.

Salmon stocks continued to decline to near extinction in Eastern U.S. waters. The Danish government agreed to ban its fisherman from engaging in their highly destructive open ocean fishing off the coast of Greenland, where salmon from Britain, the U.S, and Canada often converge for their sojourns in the Ocean, in 1972. However Danes continued to fish heavily near the Greenland shore, and used vessels under other nation's flags to circumvent their salmon catch quota under the 1972 agreement.

Montgomery shows how salmon have been sacrificed since the Great Depression in favor of the dams which have provided water and electricity in the Eastern Pacific Northwest from the Snake and Colombia Rivers. In 1937, U.S. fisheries commissioner Franklin Bell let it be known that he wasn't going to strain himself too much on behalf of the Salmon. "Aside from blind restriction" of commercial fishing, he explained, "the protection of individual runs menaced by virtual extinction must be left to chance."

Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest thrived on salmon for subsistence, and to preserve the run, would commonly allow half of the run to pass through its nets. But with the coming of commercial fishing dominated by whites, Indian livelihood was wiped out. They could not compete in commercial fishing, lacking the wealth to purchase the sophisticated boats and nets increasingly becoming common. Indians became a racist scapegoat for the depletion of salmon stocks. He notes He notes though that state records that the entire Indian fishing catch from 1935 to 1950 was less than the total commercial catch during a typical year.

Washington State had always claimed that on traditional Indian fishing grounds based on treaties made regarding Colombian basin rivers in the 1850's, Indians merely had the same rights as whites to exploit salmon. But in 1970, federal district court judge George Boldt ruled that the treaties actually reserved for Indians half of the annual salmon supply. In 1975, the Supreme Court upheld Boldt's decision. In 1980, Federal Judge William Orrick declared that under the old treaties, maintaining decent habitat for salmon spawning fell to Washington state. Shortly thereafter a three-judge panel of the 9th circuit overturned the decision. The issue of maintaining the habitat has not been resolved. He points out that native Americans have not been given "special rights" in fishing, as white fisherman and the demagogues inflaming them have claimed but the treaties, signed as they were under pressure, were grants by the Indians to the White man on the Indian's land. Not grants by the white man to the Indian.

, Hatcheries were promoted as the catchall solution to salmon shortages. Huge investments were made in this new technology by Washington and Oregon governments beginning the late 19th century. However, writes Montgomery, in the long term, hatcheries have clearly failed. Salmon cannot simply adapt to any stream or river. They seem genetically programmed to operate in limited regions. Hatcheries salmon are selected from a very limited gene pool i.e. lack of genetic diversity and can produce defective offspring with their wild brethren. The hatchery salmon are found to be much more aggressive than their wild counterparts in eating up the food supply, thus making the wild ones lose out in the survival of the fittest. In particular hatchery fish, can introduce deadly diseases to their wild brethren. In the mid-70's a parasite from hatchery fish wiped out restored wild salmon stocks in Norwegian rivers.
By the early 1990's, while the Colombia river held an estimated 11 to 16 million salmon before the arrival of Europeans, by then it had dwindled to around 2 million wild fish. Yet the number of hatchery fish in the river was estimated at the time to be around a hundred million.

Likewise, on the East coast, salmon produced in "farms" i.e. maintained in cages at sea, sometimes accounted for the majority of spawning salmon in a river. An estimate of the National Research Council declares that 180,000 fish a year escape from their farms in Maine. They spread disease to wild salmon and mate with them, creating large numbers of genetically limited salmon. According to Montgomery, those 180,000 fish are ten times the number of wild salmon left in New England. In Europe, he notes, the amount of farm salmon being produced was 100 times the catch of wild salmon.

He advocates strictly enforced moratoriums on fishing, increased preservations of wetlands to allow for the creation of flood produced salmon-friendly side-channels, strictly enforced regulations on placing passageways for salmon in dams, regulations to prevent salmon waterways from being polluted and to make sure that salmon do not end up as carcasses on farmland after being swallowed through irrigation pumps. The economic actors involved continue to block serious efforts to protect the salmon as they always have. He notes how the Bush administration has blocked efforts to address over-fishing.

How to Save Salmon - Lessons from History.......2004-03-20

Montgomery's book is centered on the notion that we are failing to learn from history when it comes to the Pacific salmon crisis. In England, eastern North America, and now the Pacific Northwest, human actions that inevitably destroy the "king of fish" have been repeated. Overfishing, blocking salmon from their spawning habitat, and causing the deterioration of habitat quality through pollution, land clearing, and simplification of the river are the culprits. Montgomery also tells why hatcheries are not the solution and never have been. He closes with a clear and, to me, indisputable analysis of what we must do to preserve and recover this most amazing of creatures. The book is quite accessible to a layperson; you don't need a scientific background, or even any knowledge of the problems facing Pacific salmon, in order to enjoy and learn from the book.

The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide

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Great addition and amplification of ACW battlefield guides.
Much more than a travel guide

The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide
John S. Salmon
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0811728684

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Great addition and amplification of ACW battlefield guides........2006-08-30

If you are familiar with either or both of the two editions of the excellent "Civil War Battlefield Guide", then you should add "The Official Virginia Civil War Guide" to your collection. This book has the advantage than in focusing on about 1/3rd as much of the war, it can do so in far greater depth.

Many small conflicts that don't receive more than a mention in the other guides are prominently and competently presented here. This makes the work a handy reference tool and an interesting read in its own right.

The layout is an improvement over the previously mentioned guides in several ways. Not only is there increased depth, but tactical maps are included for every event covered--rather than just the major ones. In addition, simple campaign maps are also included (something missing in many battle monographs even.) One weakness is that the tactical maps are not overlaid onto topographical maps, so in cases where the guides both have maps the general work is preferable in most instances.

The information on visitor centers, directions, and interesting background is very helpful as well. Also of note, the introduction states that all royalties from the book will go towards preservation efforts in Virginia.

One can only hope that similar works will be produced for other regions. This guide sets a fine standard for others to follow.

Much more than a travel guide.......2004-07-16

This is one of the most useful guides I've ever read. Virginia was host to nearly 1/3rd of all Civil War engagements, and this guide covers them all like a mini-history of the war. Unlike travel books that are organized geographically, this guide organizes them chronologically. Each campaign is prefaced by a detailed overview, followed by concise (from 1 to 4 pages, depending on the battle's importance) but engrossing descriptions of the individual engagements. These descriptions make this a great book to browse through when you're not in the car. Most sites' summaries touch on their condition--whether they're threatened by development (as too many are) and whether they're in private hands or protected by the park service.

But the maps are where this book really stands out. Each battle features a very clear map designating army positions and historical roads, as well as historical markers (the author also wrote the /A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers/), parking, and visitors' centers. Best of all, though, many battles are illustrated with paintings or photographs of the sites, and the point-of-view of these pictures is marked on each map!

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easy instruction

Awsome

a good place to start

An Essential Reference Work

Superb Photographs and a well done presentation

Tying the Classic Salmon Fly: A Modern Approach to Traditional Techniques

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Binding: Hardcover

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Salmon flies, those colorful yet seemingly impossible creations of fur and feathers on a deadly hook, are within the reach of any fly-tier prepared to study the secrets of several generations of fly-tying pioneers. Editor Michael Radencich goes a long way to present the most up-to-date information on this hallowed art form in the big, beautiful Tying the Classic Salmon Fly: A Modern Approach to Traditional Techniques. With large, crisp color photographs and detailed step-by-step tying instructions, this is a comprehensive guide that instructs while dazzling the eye. You may even want two copies--one for the tying desk and one for the coffee table.

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easy instruction.......2007-03-21

The last 2 chapters may come in handy over the years, but the first 3/4 of the book are excellent

Awsome.......2007-01-19

For a modern approach there is no one better than Radencich. To tie with such perfection; its great to see he is sharing his secrets.

a good place to start.......2005-09-19

If you are a fly tyer of any sort and want to try your hand at traditional featherwing flys this is an excellent place to start. With enough hisorical background and excellent menus this volume gives in great detail methods to perform the traditional tasks as well as how to build the flys themselves.

An Essential Reference Work.......2000-08-23

Distinguished by sharp colour photography and clean layout, this book is highly recommended as a reference work for anyone interested in tying and presenting the Classic Salmon fly. I enjoyed the chapter on hook making, (flashbacks to college metal work days), and having previously undertaken some picture framing, found the tips in the fly mounting chapter very useful.The colour photography of the Traherne collection and other patterns presented is excellent. The books contents will be of considerable use to beginner and expert alike.

Superb Photographs and a well done presentation.......2000-02-16

Radencich has produced a work of art in this book. The photographs are outstanding, and there are not enough superlatives to do them justice. The steps are so well done as to present a short course in photos alone. Very well done.

As other reviewers have noted, this book is not strong on its historical content or presentation of utilitarian (read: flies for fish...) patterns. It also goes into excruciating detail on wall mounts which while interesting, might have been better spent on other patterns. I found the section on hook making to be very interesting and unique in the literature of salmon flies. This book is hard to put down and sets a new standard of graphics for this genre. Well done, Michael.

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The Atlantic Salmon
Lee Wulff
Manufacturer: A. S. Barnes and Company New York, NY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O926O0

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Fishing Atlantic Salmon

Fishing Atlantic Salmon: The Flies and the Patterns
Joseph D. Bates , Pamela Bates Richards , and Bob Warren
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Fishing Atlantic Salmon.......2007-09-26

This must have book for anyone taking up salmon fishing or for those people that just want to know more about the subject. I consider this book the BIBLE of all Altantic Salmon fishing books. It covers it all in great detial.

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Atlantic Salmon: A Fly Fishing Primer
Paul C. Marriner
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Fishing the Big Three: Tarpon, Bonefish, Atlantic Salmon

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Fishing the Big Three: Tarpon, Bonefish, Atlantic Salmon
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Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies
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