
The Fly-Fisher's Companion
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While the handmade steel hooks, horsehair lines, and carefully crafted wooden loop-rods have long given way to nylon and fluorocarbon leaders, multipiece graphite rods, and synthetic lines, the fundamentals of the craft have remained basically the same. In The Fly-Fisher's Companion, the author carefully goes through all the basics, all within the context of modern fly-fishing situations.
This companion may serve as a foundation or a supplement for fly-fishing instruction. It may also be a reminder or reference for the more experienced angler. As a retired educator, the author recognizes that instructors present material in different ways. Instructors may wish to select only those topics that fit their syllabus while omitting others. Over the years, these instructions and commentary have produced a host of competent fly fishers. We all learn by image, word, and action. Since the sepia days of Walton and Cotton, fly fishing has been an enthralling sport. And, as this companion hopefully makes clear, there is more to fishing than fish. There is an infinite amount of pleasure in learning a skill and doing it well.
Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Darrel Martin is a professor of Old and Middle English and is an avid fly fisher as well. He resides in Tacoma, Washington.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Tackle and Trim
- Selecting the Fly Rod
- The Dedicated Fly Rod
- The Fly Rod Handle
- Fly Rod Care and Maintenance
- The Fly Reel
- The Fly Line
- Rigging the Rod, Reel, and Line
- Boots and Wading
- The Fly-Fisher's Vest
- 2. The Knots
- The Duncan Loop
- The Blood Knot
- The Perfection Loop
- The Tube Knot
- The Seaguar Knot
- The Spinning Knot
- The Backing Loop
- The Pitzenknots
- The Double Pitzenknot
- The Pitzenbauer Silver-Ring Leader System
- The Pitzenbauer Leader-Line Connection
- The Water Knot
- 3. Fly Casting
- The Roll Cast
- The Roll-Cast Line Shoot
- The Overhead Cast
- Stress and Strain
- The Dynamic Cast
- The Music of the Rod
- The Double Haul and Forward Line Shoot
- The Ground Method: Learning the Double Haul
- The Overhead Double Haul
- The Single-Handed Snap-T Cast
- The Center Curve Casts
- The Line Drills
- 4. The Presentation
- Diminishing Line Drag
- The Trout Window
- The Line Tactics
- Water Entry and Wading
- The Fundamental Line Tactics
- The Hook Casts
- The Dropper
- 5. The Strike and Capture
- 6. Fly-Tying Tools
- The Thread
- The Thread Bobbin
- The Hackle Pliers
- The Fly-Tying Scissors
- The Tying Vise
- The Hair Stacker
- The Wing Burners
- The Whip-Finisher
- 7. Fly-Tying Tactics
- The Traditional Hook Designs
- Extracting a Barbed Hook
- Mounting the Hook
- Mounting Tying Thread
- The Soft Loop
- Hackling the Dry Fly
- Hackling the Wet Fly
- Stripped Peacock Herl Body
- Hair Spinning
- Winging Patterns
- The Dubbing Tactics
- Whip-Finishing the Head
- 8. Fly-Tying Proportions
- The Traditional Dry Fly
- The Catskill Dry Fly
- The Thorax-Wing Dun
- The Compara-Dun
- The Hair-Wing Dry Fly
- The Folded-Wing Wet Fly
- The Soft-Hackle Fly
- The Parachute Dry Fly
- No-Hackle Dun
- Hen-Spinner Dry Fly
- The Streamer
- The Larva, Pupa, and Shrimp
- The Nymph
- The Floating Emerger
- The Salmon Fly
- Composite Salmon Fly Nomenclature
- Salmon Fly Types
- 9. The Patterns: A Touch of Tying
- The Poly-Humpy
- The Spun Wooly Bugger
- The Damselfly Nymph
- The Panel-Wing Mayfly
- The CDC Spent Spinner (A Soft Variant)
- The BWO Puff Dun
- 10. The Basic Insects
- The Caddis, the Sedge
- The Midge, the Chironomid
- The Corixa
- The Damselfly
- The Dragonfly
- The Mayfly
- The Stonefly
- Bibliography
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