BEST FLIES FOR IDAHO. By Greg Thomas.

2000 1st edition. 8vo paperback (152 x 228mm). Ppxiv,146. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs, bibliography.

"Greycliff Best Flies series volume one." "Idaho - home of the Henry's Fork, Silver Creek, the Middle Fork of the Salmon, the Snake River, and myriad other fly fishing waters - is one of North America's great angling meccas." Detailed look at the best flies developed in this region, for trout, steelhead and many warm-water species. Lots of good patterns that will work anywhere, not only in Idaho, obviously. "Best Flies for Idaho is the result of exhaustive surveys of fly tyers and shops throughout Idaho to determine what are truly the most effective flies available. ...In addition to more than 100 recipes, Greg Thomas includes an intriguin look at the origins of these best flies and their creators. Look in these pages for the historic Bing's Hopper created by Bing Lempke and Ted Trueblood's Otter Nymph, and more modern flies, such as Gary LaFontaine's Emergent Sparkle Pupa and Mike Lawson's Henry's Fork Hopper."