Can't believe the late Gary LaFontaine was not mentioned, the man thought so far outside the box, that the box did not even exist. The amount of research that Gary put into his patterns was incredible, like scuba diving and watching the reaction from trout while his colleagues drifted different flies over them. I own all his books and refer to them on a monthly basis when creating a different twist to a pattern, or a new evolving prototype. All fly anglers should have Gary's books in their library, some of his stories are so well written and very humorous. He was the man... - J.