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
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Edition note: Silver Minnow and Candlefish are indexed, but their recipes were absent from the original source scan.
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From the natural to the imitation.
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Actual pages from the book · Illustrations, species notes, and practical reference.
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.