The absolute beginner's guide to fly fishing Tips, lessons, and techniques for tying knots, reading the water, casting, and catching more fish
Book - 2021
As a licensed fishing guide, John Symonds fishes with anglers of all talent levels, from rank beginners to experienced old-timers. He has seen the common mistakes that many fly fishers make and, over the years, and developed lessons that help anglers overcome their mistakes. This teaches: Basic skills, from stringing your fly rod to tying on backing, fly line, leader, and tippet ; How to make casts for a variety of stream and lake conditions ; How to figure out what fish are feeding on, and then picking the proper imitation ; How to determine where fish are in lake or river ; Tips on using dry flies, nymphs, streamers, and caddis imitations.
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New York, NY :
Skyhorse Publishing
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Originally published as "How Flyfish" by Merlin Unwin Books, 2014.
"50 proven tactics from an expert."--Cover. - Physical Description
- 89 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 85) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781510765467
- Basic skills
- Stillwater flyfishing
- Lake flyfishing
- Dry fly fishing
- Nymph flyfishing
- Fishing the Caddis imitation
- Fly casting
- Tenkara
- Salmon fishing
- Leaders
- Safety checklist.