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Robert Behnke on trout and John Barr on flies
Seth Norman
Barr Flies
How to Tie and Fish the Copper John, the Barr Emerger and Dozens of Other Patterns, Variations and Rigs
By John Barr
(Stackpole Books: 2007; 800-732-3669; www.stackpolebooks.com)
184 pp.; hardcover; $39.95
I love this title and can't wait to Google "Barr Files" and add a pair of the designer-cum-author's pattern names to the search-"Tung Teaser" and "Meat Whistle."
Talk about a Viagra alert.
Thomas Pynchon (with apologies to Flannery O'Connor) etched the line in a million minds: "All that rises must converge." Nobody who's drifted a size 22 Hail Mary over trout during a trico hatch believes this, but the idea still appeals, like karma or heaven. But convergence describes what happened in 1978 when Van Rollo, a successful fishing rep, convinced John Barr to submit pattern samples to a fly producer with a controversial project-a program to pay royalties to tiers who submitted "original" designs.
Umpqua Feather Merchants bought several of Barr's submissions, and in time provided "the moment that eventually enabled me to combine my lifelong passion for fly-fishing with the business side of the fly industry." Yes indeed-by becoming read more »
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By John Barr
(Stackpole Books: 2007; 800-732-3669; www.stackpolebooks.com)
184 pp.; hardcover; $39.95
I love this title and can't wait to Google "Barr Files" and add a pair of the designer-cum-author's pattern names to the search-"Tung Teaser" and "Meat Whistle."
Talk about a Viagra alert.
Thomas Pynchon (with apologies to Flannery O'Connor) etched the line in a million minds: "All that rises must converge." Nobody who's drifted a size 22 Hail Mary over trout during a trico hatch believes this, but the idea still appeals, like karma or heaven. But convergence describes what happened in 1978 when Van Rollo, a successful fishing rep, convinced John Barr to submit pattern samples to a fly producer with a controversial project-a program to pay royalties to tiers who submitted "original" designs.
Umpqua Feather Merchants bought several of Barr's submissions, and in time provided "the moment that eventually enabled me to combine my lifelong passion for fly-fishing with the business side of the fly industry." Yes indeed-by becoming read more »
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hello, where's the article on behnke's book? page 17 of this issue