The Trout-Fly Patterns of John Goddard

by John Goddard; Introduction by Nick Lyons

• ISBN13: 9781592285839
• ISBN10: 159228583X
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

John Goddard is one of the world's most supremely successful and versatile fishermen-Lefty Kreh calls him the best-and this unique book is his magnum opus. It's like sitting at the bench with a master, watching him weave the wonderful creations that are well-tied flies. Goddard has fished for trout everywhere from the U.K. to Kenya, from New Zealand to the American West, using every variety of fly. It is a testament to his experience that just one of the more than one hundred flies he details in this omnibus has caught no fewer than fifty fish. Goddard blends traditional natural furs and feathers with a wide variety of artificial materials like Lurex, Antron, poly yarn, Krystal Flash, and Microfibetts. No one anywhere has been more successful in extending the fly tyer's arsenal of materials, and this blending may in itself be the single most exciting development in fly tying in several decades. He details his insights on such creations as the black fly, the black gnat, the Blue-Winged Olive Dun, the copperknob, the damsel wiggle nymph, and more. Goddard's pioneering work has profoundly affected modern fly tying, and has improved the success of thousands of fly fishers. This 144-page book, filled with anecdotes and practical fly-tying wisdom, shows why. A 32-page color section highlights the best of his work.

Author Biography

JOHN GODDARD is coauthor with Brian Clarke of the groundbreaking The Trout and the Fly, and author of A Fly Fisher's Reflections, as well as countless magazine and newspaper articles. For decades, he has fished all over the world for all species of gamefish.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	13	(1)
Introduction	14	(3)
Nick Lyons
Preface	17	(5)
The Black Fly	22	(2)
The Black Gnat	24	(2)
The Blue-Winged Olive Dun	26	(2)
The Copperknob	28	(2)
The Damsel Wiggle Nymph	30	(2)
The Gerroff	32	(2)
The Ghost Pupa	34	(2)
The Goddard Caddis	36	(3)
The Goddard Smut	39	(2)
The Hatching Midge Pupa	41	(3)
The J G Emerger	44	(3)
The Last Hope	47	(2)
The Mating Shrimp	49	(3)
The Negative Nymph	52	(2)
The Persuader	54	(2)
The Poly Caddis	56	(2)
The Poly May Dun	58	(3)
The Poly May Spinner	61	(2)
The Poly Western Drake	63	(2)
The Poly May Emerger	65	(2)
The Pond Olive Spinner	67	(2)
The PVC Nymph	69	(3)
The Red or Green Larva	72	(2)
The Sedge Pupa	74	(2)
The Shrymph	76	(3)
The Super Grizzly	79	(2)
The Super Grizzly Emerger	81	(2)
The Suspender Midge Pupa	83	(4)
The Suspender Olive Emerger	87	(2)
The Tadpolly	89	(2)
The Hackled Tadpolly	91	(1)
The Tungsten Hare's Ear	92	(3)
The Tungsten Glister Green	95	(2)
The USD Paradun	97	(2)
The USD Poly Spinner	99	(2)
Index	101