Terrasporta Press / Forage & streamers
New England Baitfish
… and Their Imitations
Know the forage. Give your streamer a purpose.
Explore the smelt, dace, shiners, and other forage fish behind traditional streamers and bucktails, with illustrated plates and fly dressings.
Inside the book
- Illustrated baitfish plates for visual comparison
- Traditional and classic streamer dressings
- Recipes organized by component and material
ILLUSTRATED REFERENCEPRINT ISBN 979-8-951514-01-1
Buy the Kindle ebookAvailable now on Amazon. Printed edition under review.
Edition note: Silver Minnow and Candlefish are indexed, but their recipes were absent from the original source scan.
Choosing your reference
For fly tiers exploring forage and streamers
Start here when your interest is the baitfish behind a streamer or bucktail. Illustrated forage-fish plates sit alongside traditional fly dressings, with recipes organized by component and material. Smelt, dace, and shiners give the patterns a natural-history context for time at the tying bench.