Basic Fly Fishing
1st Edition
Published on 6. September 2006
120 pages
978-0-8117-4668-7 (ISBN)
Description
Selecting the rod, reel, line, leader, and flies to fill the trout fly box with step-by-step photos and instructions on the forward cast, sidearm cast, roll cast, and slack-line cast and includes six knots you need to know.
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Lefty Kreh has been an outdoor writer for more than 45 years and was named "Angler of the Year" by Fly Rod and Reel magazine in 1997. He currently can be seen fishing with Tom Brokaw, Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia), and Michael Keaton on the Outdoor Channel's Buccaneers & Bones. He lives in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Barry and Cathy Beck are renowned outdoor photographers based in Benton, Pennsylvania. Jay Nichols is the former managing editor of Fly Fisherman magazine and lives in Pennsylvania.
Content
- Basic Fly Fishing
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Gear
- Outfit Weight
- Rod
- Fly Line
- Backing
- Leaders
- Reel
- Other Gear
- 2. Knots and Rigging Up
- Arbor Knot: Backing to Reel
- Nail Knot: Fly Line to Backing
- Surgeon's Loop: Leader to Fly Line, Part 1
- Loop-to-Loop Connection: Leader to Fly Line, Part 2
- Surgeon's Knot: Tippet to Leader
- Improved Clinch Knot: Fly to Tippet
- Rigging Up
- 3. Casting
- The Lefty Kreh Casting Method
- Basic Posture
- Forward Cast
- Loop Control
- False Casting and Shooting Line
- Sidearm Cast
- Roll Cast
- Slack-Line Cast
- 4. Trout Flies
- Basic Fly Types
- Fly Size
- Aquatic Insects
- Mayflies
- Caddisflies
- Stoneflies
- Streamers
- Terrestrials
- Woolly Bugger
- Identifying Aquatic Insects
- Fishing with Searching Patterns
- A Basic Fly Box
- 5. Trout Fishing
- Trout Species
- Finding Trout
- Fishing with Underwater Flies
- Fishing with Dry Flies
- Drag-Free Drift
- Setting the Hook and Playing the Fish
- 6. Fly-Fishing for Bass and Pike
- Outfits for Bass and Pike
- Double Haul
- Smallmouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass
- Pike
- Resources
