by Tom Rosenbauer Lyons Press/Globe Pequot Softcover
A fully updated, completely revised edition of the classic beginners guide to fly fishing book that's helped more than 200,000 anglers learn or improve upon the basics of fly fishing, Tom Rosenbauer's The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide remains the best-selling book for fly anglers ever published! Whether you're a soon-to-be fly fisher looking for the right book to get you started, or the latest info on how to care for your waders, or how to fish a dry fly in tricky currents, this invaluable best-selling guide comes filled with the latest most up-to-date and trustworthy information available! Topics discussed in detail include:
Tackle selection and care - rods, reels, lines, leaders and knots
Casting methods and techniques w/ instructive line drawings and diagrams by Bob White
Hundreds of flies in full color - including 50 new patterns
Presentation, striking, playing and landing fish
Tactics for stream, stillwater, and salt
NEW techniques like Tenkara and Czech nymphing
How to fish for all major gamefish both freshwater and salt, including salmon/steelhead
Plus a new chapter on conservation, stream etiquette, and giving back
With more than 400 new full color images that will make it even easier for thousands more anglers to enjoy learning this great pastime, The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide is sure to please. Art by Bob White, Softcover, 271 pages.