Selectivity
1st Edition
Published on 11. January 2014
272 pages
978-0-8117-5666-2 (ISBN)
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Wow. What a book and what an undertaking. This should be a must-read for the most exacting fly fisherman. I would guess that it will be one of the most important reference volumes ever written. It should be read and re-read many times.
--Ed Shenk, author of Ed Shenk's Fly Rod Trouting
--Ed Shenk, author of Ed Shenk's Fly Rod Trouting
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Matt Supinski owns and operates Gray Drake and Trout & Eagle lodges (www.graydrake.com) in Newaygo, Michigan. He has published hundreds of articles in leading angling magazines, including Fly Fisherman, Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, Fly Rod & Reel, American Angler, Fly Fish America, and Eastern Fly Fishing. His work has also appeared in Forbes, Men's Journal, Outside, Gourmet, and Food & Wine. Supinski is the author of River Journal: Pere Marquette, Steelhead Dreams and Steelhead Dreams 10 Year Anniversary Edition, and Orvis Guide to Great Lakes Salmon and Steelhead.
Content
- Intro
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Some Notes for Nonbelievers
- Selectivity: The Phases
- Trout: An Overview
- Trout Selectivity
- Trout: Habitat, Behavior, and Tactics
- Spring Creek Leaders
- Cracking the Code: Garbage Feeding
- The Catoctin Creek Conundrum: When Mountain Freestone Trout Behave like Spring Creek Sophisticates
- The Selective/Reflective Trout
- Cracking the Code: Wiggle Nymphs
- A Sweet 16: Naturals and Important Considerations
- Cracking the Code: The Drive-By
- Favorite S/R Trout Flies
- Blue-Wing Olives
- Sulphur
- Crustacean
- Caddis
- Midge
- Stonefly
- Mayflies
- Nymphs/Soft Hackles
- J:son Sweden Mayfly Duns
- J:son Stoneflies
- The Aggressive/Active Trout
- Hopper Madness
- Favorite A/A Trout Flies
- Mayflies
- Freestone Dry/Prospecting
- Night Uglies and Mice
- Trout Streamers/Sculpins
- Terrestrials
- Steelhead
- Steelhead Selectivity
- Favorite Steelhead Flies
- Steelhead Egg/Nymph
- Senyo A-1 and Slim Shady Intruders
- Leeches and Tubes
- Howell and Senyo Intruders
- Tubes and Minnows
- Egg Invader and Space Invader
- Atlantic Salmon
- Atlantic Salmon Behavior
- The Doddi Orange
- Favorite Atlantic Flies
- Icelandic/Scandinavian/Russian
- Salmon/Steelhead Dries and Subsurface Wets
- Roadkill and Traditional Atlantic Flies
- Fly Plate Recipes
- BLUE-WING OLIVES
- SULPHUR
- CRUSTACEAN
- CADDIS
- MIDGE
- STONEFLY
- MAYFLIES
- NYMPHS/SOFT HACKLES
- J:SON SWEDEN MAYFLY DUNS
- J:SON STONEFLIES
- MAYFLIES
- FREESTONE DRY
- NIGHT UGLIES AND MICE
- TROUT STREAMERS/SCULPINS
- TERRESTRIALS
- STEELHEAD EGG/NYMPH
- STEELHEAD-SENYO A-1-SLIM SHADY INTRUDER
- STEELHEAD LEECHES AND TUBES
- STEELHEAD-HOWELL AND SENYO INTRUDERS
- STEELHEAD-TUBES AND MINNOWS
- STEELHEAD EGG INVADER AND SPACE INVADER INTRUDERS
- ATLANTIC SALMON-ICELANDIC/SCANDINAVIAN/RUSSIAN FLIES
- ATLANTIC SALMON-STEELHEAD DRIES AND SUBSURFACE WETS
- ROADKILL AND TRADITIONAL ATLANTIC FLIES
- Index
- Back Cover
- Discover More
