A Comprehensive Guide to Freshwater Fly FIshing (Doc Trout's Fishing Wisdom Series Book 1) - Softcover

Bernhardt, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1520406460 ISBN 13: 9781520406466

Publisher: Independently published, 2017

Synopsis

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 along with eight books to his credit, this book is divided into 5 separate 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 actively observing both insect and fish behavior and thus, this book not only contains proprietary fly fishing information that you will not find elsewhere, it also presents the information in an unique manner and, from a unique point of view, that has proven to be extremely successful at teaching students the art of fly fishing! Therefore, it includes chapters on the following:•A Short History of Fly Fishing•Why You Should Learn to Fly Fish•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•Wader Safety: A Matter of Life and Death•How Graphite and Fiberglass Fly Rods Are Made•Bamboo Fly Rods: worth the cost?•How Fly Rods Work•How to Select a Fly Rod•What You Need to Know About Fly Reels•What You Need to Know About Fly Lines•What You Need to Know About Fly Leaders•Fly Fishing Knots Made Simple•Eastern Trout Species•How to Identify Each Trout Species•An Insight into Trout Mentality•Trout's Preferred Habitat by Species•The Three Types of Trout Lies•The Effects of Barometric Pressure on Trout•Putting it All Together•Trout Foods and Their Imitations•A Basic Entomology Lesson•Forage Fish, Crustaceans, and Mollusks•The Different Types of Trout Flies•A Philosophy on Fly Selection•How to Choose a Fly Selection•The Fly Casting System•How to Read a Trout Stream•How to Safely Wade a Trout Stream•How to Approach a Trout Lie•Precision Casting: the key to proper presentation•Basic Short Range Fly Casting Technique•Advanced Short Range Fly Casting Techniques

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1520406460
• ISBN 13: 9781520406466
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 203