Short takes

Short reviews of things that we've read or seen, but not reviewed in-depth.

Raising the Ghost Action and conservation, displaying some thrilling dry fly fishing for steelhead (with dead drifted green drakes!), but also airing the concern that many anglers have for this magnificent fish....	Giants of the Em Large Baltic sea trout caught on spey rods in the classical waters of the river Em. Beautiful autumn impressions from a water that has been world class for a century.	Fly Fisherman's Guide to Saltwater Prey If you are into fly fishing saltwater and like to tie your own flies, this is a book worth considering.
The Scandinavian Spey Cast - Part II Lots of very nice footage of very nice salmon caught in very nice water. Concentrating on dry fly fishing for salmon and on developing your casting technique. Taking place on Bonaventure and the...	Trout Hunting This is a book that gets better every time I pick it up. Some of the photos inside reflect the dawn of the digital camera (i.e. a little noisy), but buy the book for the text, not the pretty pictures...	Fly-Fishing Secrets of Alaska's Best Guides A guidebook to Alaska's best waters, organized by region. I'd probably still want to hire a guide if I was making the trip, but this book will give the reader some thoughts on where to go...
The Fishing Club A collection of who's who and where's where of the fly fishing world, as Bob Rich rubs elbows with the famous and well-to-do.	The Best Fly-Fishing trips Money Can Buy If money was no object, where would you go fishing? This book has some ideas on that, and a gazillion beautiful pictures of amazing fish in amazing places.	How To Catch the Biggest Trout of your Life For those who are interested in chasing the biggest trout around, this book is chock full of excellent advice.
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide An excellent, udpated overview of fly fishing as you would expect from someone like Tom Rosenbauer.	Loughs of Ireland Peter O'Rielly is the definite authority on fishing in Ireland, and in this book he covers lake fishing (loughs) in his usual, thorough manner.	Master your Fly Casting! Chapralis is one of the grand old men in fly casting and has taken part in casting competition both as a younger man and lately as a senior. In this book he conveys his knowledge about casting in an...