Название: Mayflies “Top to Bottom”
Автор: Shane Stalcup
Издательство: Frank Amato Publications
Год: 2002
Страниц: 158
ISBN: 1-57188-243-X
Формат: Djvu
Качество: Хорошее
Язык: English
Размер: 20,26 мб

Книга по изготовлению имитаций поденок от Шэйна Сталкапа.
Наверное, лучшая книга по описанию имитаций. Пошагово стеб-бай-степ показано вязание всех стадий развития различных видов поденок.
Язык английский, правда языка не так много - все стадии отсняты очень качественно.
Очень красивая книга с большим количеством мушек.

First things first - I really enjoyed this book. So much so, that I've been scouring my mail order catalogs searching for the materials he uses, because I want to add some of his patterns to my fly boxes.
As the title suggests, Shane's book is devoted to mayfly imitations of each major stage - nymph, emerger, adult, and spinner - top to bottom as he says. For each section, he offers up several patterns, each with a introductory essay, step-by-step tying instructions, and a list of variations.
What I found fascinating about his flies is that he managed to achieve realism with minimal materials and tying steps. These are not "eyeballs and elbows" flies, yet they are imitative in style. With a modest selection of materials, he has given readers a huge variety of patterns that can be adapted to the mayflies found in the their own streams.