Instinctive Fly Fishing: A Guide's Guide to Better Fishing - Hardcover

Streit, Taylor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592281907 ISBN 13: 9781592281909

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2003

Synopsis

In fly fishing, as in life, the very simplest things are the most important, and the easiest to overlook. In this book, Streit reveals what he has learned in more than 20 years of guiding fly-fishing trips. Streit has witnessed thousands of clients catch trout over the years, and their successes and failures often boiled down to a few elementary rules: keep the sun at your back, keep your silhouette off the water, keep your fly in productive water, think like a predator, and so on. With an almost Zen-like scrutiny, Streit discusses his distilled techniques for fishing pressured trout. He looks into what separates the beginner from the expert caster and dissects the mechanics of the perfect strike. Other chapters include Streit's thoughtful approaches to: drift; nymphs; dries; drag-free swing; bluegills and bobbers; reading water; riffles; eddy fishing; hiring a guide; fighting fish; wading; catch and release; and reading maps.

About this title

About the Author

Hall of Fame guide Taylor Streit started fly fishing a half century ago in New York's Catskill Mountains. Besides guiding for the last 25 years he's been a fly shop owner, commercial fly tier, and bonefish guide. He currently runs a guiding service in New Mexico and Argentina.

He is the author of No- Nonsense Guide to Fly Fishing New Mexico and writes and photographs for various outdoor publications. He conducts seminars and schools based on Instinctive Fly Fishing and can be contacted though his web page-www.streitflyfishing.com

He lives in Taos, New Mexico, near his daughter Chelsea and son Nick

From the Back Cover

In fly fishing, as in life, the very simplest things are the most important, and the easiest to overlook. Taylor Streit, in this important new book, reveals what he has learned in more than twenty-five years of guiding fly-fishing trips.
Streit has witnessed thousands of clients catch trout over the years, and their successes and failures often boil down to a few elementary rules: keep the sun at your back; keep your silhouette off the water; keep your fly in productive water; think like a predator, and so on.
With an almost Zen-like scrutiny, Streit discusses his distilled techniques for fishing pressured trout. He looks into what separates the beginner from the expert caster, and dissects the mechanics of the perfect strike.
Other chapters include Streit's novel approaches to: nymph and dry-fly fishing; proper casting strokes; dealing with slack; bluegills and bobbers; reading water; riffles; eddy fishing; hiring a guide; fighting fish; wading; catch and release; using maps to find good angling opportunities; fishing with kids; and much more.
The result is a refreshing take on how simple this complex sport really is.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592281907
• ISBN 13: 9781592281909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224