Written by a professional fly fishing guide, instructor, and outdoor author with over thirty-five years of fly fishing experience and, over 1,500 articles and eight books, to his credit, this book is divided into 5 sections and 35 chapters consisting of:
•What to know before wading into the art of fly fishing
•All about fly rods, reels, lines, leaders and, knots
•Trout and their environment
•Tout foods and their imitations
•Approach, presentation, and short range fly casting techniques
Designed to be a truly comprehensive guide to the art of freshwater stream fly fishing, this book is based upon the lifetime of hours the author has spent on the stream observing both insect and fish behavior and thus, it not only contains proprietary fly fishing information that you will not find elsewhere, it also presents the information in an unique manner that has proven to be extremely successful at teaching students the art of fly fishing! It includes chapters on the following:
•What You Need to Get Started Fly Fishing
•How to Find Places to Fly Fish
•Not Just for Trout Anymore
•Why Hire a Fly Fishing Guide
•How to Select a Fly Rod
•How to Select a Fly Reel
•How to Select a Fly Line
•How to Select a Fly Leader
•Fly Fishing Knots Made Simple
•The Three Most Common Trout Species
•How to Identify Each Trout Species
•An Insight into Trout Mentality
•A Trout's Preferred Habitat by Species
•The Three Types of Trout Lies
•The Effects of Barometric Pressure on Trout
•Trout Foods and Their Imitations
•The Different Types of Trout Flies
•How to Choose a Fly Selection
•How to Read a Trout Stream
•How to Approach a Trout Lie
•Basic Short Range Fly Casting Technique
•Advanced Short Range Fly Casting Techniques
•And much more!
•What to know before wading into the art of fly fishing
•All about fly rods, reels, lines, leaders and, knots
•Trout and their environment
•Tout foods and their imitations
•Approach, presentation, and short range fly casting techniques
Designed to be a truly comprehensive guide to the art of freshwater stream fly fishing, this book is based upon the lifetime of hours the author has spent on the stream observing both insect and fish behavior and thus, it not only contains proprietary fly fishing information that you will not find elsewhere, it also presents the information in an unique manner that has proven to be extremely successful at teaching students the art of fly fishing! It includes chapters on the following:
•What You Need to Get Started Fly Fishing
•How to Find Places to Fly Fish
•Not Just for Trout Anymore
•Why Hire a Fly Fishing Guide
•How to Select a Fly Rod
•How to Select a Fly Reel
•How to Select a Fly Line
•How to Select a Fly Leader
•Fly Fishing Knots Made Simple
•The Three Most Common Trout Species
•How to Identify Each Trout Species
•An Insight into Trout Mentality
•A Trout's Preferred Habitat by Species
•The Three Types of Trout Lies
•The Effects of Barometric Pressure on Trout
•Trout Foods and Their Imitations
•The Different Types of Trout Flies
•How to Choose a Fly Selection
•How to Read a Trout Stream
•How to Approach a Trout Lie
•Basic Short Range Fly Casting Technique
•Advanced Short Range Fly Casting Techniques
•And much more!
