The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations (Orvis Guides) - Softcover

Rosenbauer, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1628737824 ISBN 13: 9781628737820

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Every fly fisher would agree that knowing your mayflies from your stoneflies is strongly correlated with a successful day on the water. This knowledge is vital because, as author Tom Rosenbauer notes, trout are shy and careful and can be fussy about what they eat. In addition, they won’t hesitate to swim away and leave a meal if they feel threatened.

In The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations, Rosenbauer explains how and when to use many types of trout foods, including aquatic insects, terrestrial insects, crustaceans, and more. Designed with both the novice and intermediate fly fisher in mind, Rosenbauer teaches readers how to:

Ambush trout
Identify types of insects
Present trout food properly
Observe what trout are eating
Use imitation trout foods
And more

With The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations at their sides, fly fishermen will be able to tell the difference between mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, midges, and a variety of other insects. In addition, they will also know when to use real foods and when to rely on the imitations in their tackle boxes.

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Review

Like having a personal fly-fishing instructor on twenty-four-hour call. If a subject isn’t covered here, you don’t need it.”
—Jerry Gibbs, fishing editor, Outdoor Life

From the Back Cover

There are pocket guides to specific types of insects and complicated, detailed volumes on all aquatic insects. This book fills a void - a pocket guide to all types of common trout foods and how to imitate them. Within, The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations shows: how to tell a stonefly from a caddisfly; when trout are feeding on minnows; what midge larvae look like and how to imitate them; the difference between a mayfly dun and a spinner.The many color photographs and detailed diagrams will help identify what's hatching or living under rocks on the stream bottom. (41/4 X 61/2, 180 pages, color photos, diagrams, charts)

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1628737824
• ISBN 13: 9781628737820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104