Essential Fly Fishing: Learning The Right Way and Improving The Skills You Have - Softcover

Meade, Tom

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9781599213507: Essential Fly Fishing: Learning The Right Way and Improving The Skills You Have

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599213508 ISBN 13: 9781599213507

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2008

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Presents the fundamentals of fly fishing. This book contains helpful illustrations that enable you to: find fish in streams, lakes, and salt water; select and assemble proper, balanced tackle; cast a fly line with authority - with rhythm, not strength; recognize and learn to simulate natural fish foods; and learn fishing techniques.

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""A lucid and concise introduction."--"Library Journal

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Essential Fly Fishing presents the fundamentals of this great sport quickly and effectively. Proven teaching techniques and bright, helpful illustrations enable you to: find fish in streams, lakes, and salt water; select and assemble proper, balanced tackle; cast a fly line with authority?with rhythm, not strength; recognize and learn to simulate natural fish foods; learn fishing techniques that really work; tie effective knots that have maximum strength; and begin the endlessly interesting process of tying your own flies. This easy-to-follow book concisely explains fishing ethics, offers helpful safety precautions, and defines basic angling terms. The chapter on fly-rod fish describes the unique sport that many species?from trout to whitefish?offer fly fishers. Essential Fly Fishing is a superbly illustrated primer of the highest rank.

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