Bert Darrow's Practical Fly Fishing How to Cast and Fish Naturally

by Darrow, Bert; Walinchus, Rod

• ISBN13: 9781592284245
• ISBN10: 1592284248
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Bert Darrow doesn't just teach his students to fish; he teaches them to live the sport. It's an unusual, holistic approach that comes from thirty-five years of fly fishing, and nearly the same amount of time teaching it.

Author Biography

BERT DARROW has fly fished for more than thirty-five years, and has spent over 25,000 hours on rivers throughout the Northeast as well as Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. He has worked for conservation with the Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited for over twenty-five years, and is a longtime member of the Theodore Gordon Flyfishers. He has been teaching fly fishing since 1978 to beginning as well as intermediate and expert fly anglers. He has appeared on a number of television programs, including In Search of Fly Water on ESPN2, Red Hawk Outdoors on the Outdoor Network, as well as spots on Fox News and PBS. He lives in Kingston, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Bob Jacklin	vii
1. Why I Fly Fish	1	(4)
2. Choosing a Rod that Works for You	5	(10)
3. Rod Assembly and Transporting It Safely	15	(6)
4. Holding the Cork Grip	21	(6)
5. Casting: Preparing the Student	27	(4)
6. Force Used to Make the Cast Work	31	(6)
7. Creating the Loop	37	(8)
8. Initial Casts and Accuracy	45	(4)
9. The Tennis Exercise	49	(6)
10. Roll Casting	55	(8)
11. The Single Haul	63	(8)
12. The Double Haul	71	(4)
13. Shooting Line	75	(8)
14. Exercise Can Be Fun	83	(4)
15. Practice to Music	87	(4)
16. How to Put Slack in the Line while Casting	91	(10)
17. Mending Fly Line on The Water	101	(4)
18. Arrival at the Water	105	(4)
19. Aquatic Insects and Artificial Flies	109	(10)
20. The Dry Fly	119	(12)
21. Fishing with Nymphs	131	(8)
22. Fishing the Streamer	139	(6)
23. Fishing with Wet Flies	145	(6)
24. Playing and Landing Fish	151	(10)
25. Tough Trout	161	(4)
26. Getting Started with Useful Equipment	165	(12)
27. Fly Lines	177	(6)
28. Finding New Places to Fish	183	(4)
29. Our Fly-Fishing Expectations	187	(2)
Index	189