Every fly fisher knows how crucial leader construction and knot tying are. But with continual changes in line technology, what served as effective leader and tippet connections a decade ago might not be optimal now. By updating the original Orvis Streamside Guide to Leaders, Knots, and Tippets, this handy take-along book addresses the technical issues surrounding leaders and connections in relation to state-of-the-art line materials and types, and details the best overall knots for fly-line connections. Staying connected to the fish just got easier!
In The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations, Rosenbauer explains how and when to use many types of trout foods, including aquatic insects, terrestrial insects, crustaceans, and more.
Sub-title from cover: A fully illustrated guide to the strategy, finesse, tactics and paraphernalia of fly fishing.
A steelhead guide once told me, “With fly-fishing gear, you probably have only a couple of feet of drift on each cast when the fly is at the proper spot—when it's quartering downstream.” At any other point in its drift, ...
Generously illustrated with color photographs and detailed line drawings, this book includes all the knots a fresh water fly fisher will need. (41/4 X 61/2, 152 pages, color photos, diagrams, charts)
This book is helpful, instructive, easy to understand, and will help you bring more of your catch to the net.
This book examines the stillwater fly fisher's kit bag, expectations, and offers an introduction to the diverse stillwater food sources.
a fly, and the more you do it, the pickier you become. There are two basic kinds of muskie flies: topwater flies and subsurface flies. ... They are that special to our little group that fishes and guides together.
There are many thousands of fly-tying videos all over the web, both on youTube and on various independent fly-tying blogs and websites. And don't fight it— that's the way we learn in today's world. The best way to get kids started in ...
This fly was originally developed by Green River guide Emmett Heath, but Rocky Mountain guides soon made their own variations of the fly, and variations on it also were also the top patterns in the 1998, 1999, 2003, and 2005 One-Fly ...
This Pocket Guide is the perfect tool for you to carry in your fly vest whenever you're out on the water.