The Orvis Pocket Guide to Dry-Fly Fishing A Detailed Field Guide to Casting, Strategies, Fly Selection, and Presentation

by Rosenbauer, Tom; Walinchus, Rod

• ISBN13: 9781585747962
• ISBN10: 1585747963
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

This handy reference and guidebook covers the essential elements of this most exciting form of fly fishing, including tips on how to select the right dry fly for the situation, the best types of water and the best times of day to fish dries, identifying riseforms and what the fish are eating, special leaders and the right rod and line, and ways to present the fly to make it look natural. Also included are valuable tips on how to approach a rising fish without spooking it, and how to cast the fly on fast, slow, or still water to obtain the best results. Whether you are fishing the water for unseen trout or for rising selective feeders, this pocket reference book should always be in your tackle bag or vest. Illustrated with color photographs and superb drawings by Rod Walinchus, this pocket guide will prove indispensable for beginners and experts alike.

Author Biography

TOM ROSENBAUER is the author of The Orvis Guide to Reading Trout Streams (page 158), The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide (page 158), The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide (page 158), and many other important books for fly fishers. He is the vice president of marketing at the Orvis Company in Manchester, Vermont and lives in nearby Arlington. ROD WALINCHUS has illustrated numerous books, including Western Fly-Fishing Strategies (page 163), Practical Fishing Knots (page 159), Presenting the Fly (page 159), and The Orvis Streamside Guide to Approach and Presentation (page 159). He lives in Livingston, Montana.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
What's a Hatch?	p. 1
What Happens During a Hatch	p. 2
How Trout Feed on Dry Flies	p. 9
How Trout React to a Hatch	p. 10
Hatches Change with the Season	p. 13
Effects of Water Level and Temperature	p. 17
Insects And Their Imitations	p. 21
Selectivity	p. 21
Mayflies	p. 24
Caddisflies	p. 33
Stoneflies	p. 43
Midges	p. 46
Terrestrials	p. 55
Other Interesting Surface Food	p. 63
Attractor Flies	p. 64
Basic Fly Selection	p. 67
Dry-Fly Tackle	p. 73
Rods	p. 73
Lines	p. 74
Reels	p. 76
Leaders and Tippet	p. 76
Flotants, Drying Agents, and Boxes	p. 83
Dry-Fly Techniques	p. 88
Drag and Why It's So Bad	p. 88
Special Casts	p. 90
Slack Line Cast	p. 90
Reach Cast	p. 93
Mending and Skidding the Fly Into Position	p. 95
Curve Cast	p. 97
The Moving Dry Fly	p. 99
Proper Use of the Basic False Cast	p. 104
Angles for Drift and Approach	p. 105
Straight Up	p. 105
Quartering Up	p. 108
Across Stream	p. 109
Quartering Downstream	p. 109
Straight Downstream	p. 111
Keeping Track of an Unseen Fly	p. 112
Fishing To Hatches	p. 116
Finding Rising Fish	p. 116
Types of Rises and How to Spot Them	p. 121
Visible Trout, Difficult Fish, and Cruisers	p. 130
Prospecting with a Dry When There is No Hatch	p. 136
Index	p. 141
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