In order to imitate the sculpin, a baitfish known to be a favorite food of the large brook trout found in Ontario, Canada’s Nipigon River, Don Gapen of Anoka, Minnesota, created the Muddler Minnow.

This book has it all for those who are wont to cast warm-water flies -- and those folks are legion these days. There are sharp, well-lit photos, pithy and accurate histories of each fly (though ...