
The Complete Book of Fly Fishing
Tom McNally(Author)
Ragged Mountain Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 16. September 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-07-045638-9 (ISBN)
Description
There's an old saying among fly fishers that equipment isn't the only thing, it's everything. But the best equipment in the world will catch few fish if you don't know how to use it. Experienced anglers with dimestore equipment can outfish the superbly equipped tyro every time--because they know how it's done.With nearly fifty years of fly fishing to look back on, Tom McNally knows how it's done, from angling for tiny brook trout in mountain streams to fly casting for giant marlin in the open ocean--and everything in between. This book is the culmination of a long and respected career as one of the world's best-known outdoor writers--the collected knowledge of almost half a century of fly fishing condensed to fit between two covers. Here, in plain language, is a complete book of fly fishing from a complete fly fisherman.
Reviews / Votes
"One of the best thought-out basic texts I've seen" Fly Rod & Reel "To say any single book about a subject so diverse as fly fishing is 'complete' is tall talk, but this one delivers." FlyfisherMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
300 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
708 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-045638-9 (9780070456389)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
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Content
ForewordPreface to the Second EditionIntroduction1. About Fly Fishing2. Fly Rods3. Fly Reels4. Fly Lines5. Leader Design and Construction6. Popular Fly-Fishing Knots7. Fly-Casting Basics8. Advanced Fly Casting9. Gear for the Fly Fisherman10. Trout-Fishing Flies11. Special Flies and Bugs12. How to Tie Flies13. Wet-Fly Fishing14. Dry-Fly Fishing for Trout15. Nymph Fishing for Trout16. Streamer Fishing for Trout17. Hooking, Playing, and Landing Fish with a Fly Rod18. On the Stream19. Techniques for Low-Water Trout20. Fishing Bass Bugs21. Spinners and Porkrind for Bass22. Streamers and Nymphs for Bass23. Dry Flies for Stream Smallmouths24. Fly Fishing for Northern Pike25. Panfish on Flies and Bugs26. Lake Fly Fishing27. Fly Fishing Salt Water, Inshore28. Fly Fishing Salt Water, Offshore29. Special Fish SpeciesAfterwordIndex