Fly Fishing

by Hawkins, Trevor

• ISBN13: 9781865130712
• ISBN10: 1865130710
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Australian Fishing Network

Summary

Trevor Hawkins is recognized as a leading angling illustrator and has numerous books and magazine articles to his credit. He has been fly fishing for thirty-seven years in both fresh and salt water, at home and abroad. This book, while not an exhaustive volume of flyfishing knots and rigs, has listed, illustrated in colour and given precise tying notes for all of the commonly used flyfishing knots for both fresh and salt water. There are rigs and leader recipes suitable for most flyfishing scenarios, all of which are laid out in an easy-to-follow format. This book is a must for any person taking up fly fishing or for the fly angler who wants or needs to expand his repertoire of knots or rigs whether on fresh or salt water.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(1)
Conversion table for leaders and tippet diameters	5	(1)
Table of fly sizes to leader tippets	5	(1)
What knots to use	6	(2)
List of knots and rigs	8	(3)
Knot construction---things to remember	11	(1)
Knots	12	(34)
Strike indicator knots	46	(3)
Tandem fly and dropper rigs	49	(5)
Leader types	54	(5)
Leader recipes	59