The New North American Trout Fishing

by Merwin, John; Lussier, Ernest

• ISBN13: 9780785811923
• ISBN10: 0785811923
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Book Sales

Summary

One of America's top experts shares decades of experience to cover trout fishing history, stream ecology, various trout behavior, and fly tying tips to aid any level of fly fishers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Preface	xi
Looking Backward	1	(14)
PART ONE The Quarry
The Nature of Trout Streams	15	(10)
The Nature of Trout	25	(11)
Brook Trout	36	(13)
Brown Trout	49	(14)
Rainbow Trout	63	(11)
Cutthroat Trout	74	(10)
Selective Trout	84	(13)
PART TWO The Tools
The Modern Fly Rod	97	(12)
Some Notes on Fly Lines	109	(12)
The Balanced Leader	121	(10)
An Angling Gadgeteer	131	(13)
On Waders and Wading	144	(9)
Fly-Casting Magic	153	(12)
PART THREE The Puzzle
Maple Leaves and Mouse's Ears	165	(9)
Some Notes on the Biology of Mayflies	174	(9)
PART FOUR The Game
Those Old-Fashioned Wet Flies	183	(10)
Streamers or Bust	193	(9)
Nymphs	202	(9)
The Upstream Dry Fly	211	(10)
Dry Flies Downstream	221	(9)
Emergers	230	(9)
A Time for Terrestrials	239	(12)
PART FIVE Special Situations
High Water and Low	251	(9)
Merrily Down the Stream	260	(7)
Small Streams	267	(7)
Some Thoughts on Fly Tying	274	(14)
The New Compleat Angler	288	(9)
Appendix A---Metric Equivalents	297	(1)
Appendix B---Knots	298	(3)
Appendix C---Fly Patterns	301	(15)
Bibliography	316	(13)
Index	329