Orvis Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing Secrets From The Orvis Experts

by Rosenbauer, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781592285846
• ISBN10: 1592285848
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

This is a grand tour of the world of fly-fishing strategies and techniques, from Orvis's world-famous team of experts and advisors. In large format with rich and helpful color photos and drawings, the book covers everything from basic fishing knots and casts to expert techniques you won't see in standard books. Besides trout technique and secrets for rivers and lakes, the book also covers the worlds of fly fishing for bonefish, striped bass, permit, bluefish, largemouth bass, small-mouth bass, and steelhead. Experts describe techniques swinging a classic wet fly, finding stripers, which knots work best for saltwater fly fishing, how to read a trout stream and approach the fish, and secrets for catching trout on dry flies and nymphs. All this and much more in the most comprehensive and attractive book in the Orvis line.

Author Biography

TOM ROSENBAUER is the author of The Orvis Guide to Reading Trout Streams, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide, and many other important books for fly fishers. He is the vice president of marketing at the Orvis Company in Manchester, Vermont.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(6)
Tom Rosenbauer
PART I: GENERAL
Defining the Cast	12	(3)
Tom Deck
Casting Loops	15	(3)
Tom Deck
The Pick Up-and-Lay Down Cast	18	(6)
Tom Deck
The Line Hand and Shooting Line	24	(4)
Tom Deck
Roll Casting	28	(4)
Tom Deck
The Single Haul and Double Haul	32	(6)
Tom Deck
Presentation Casts	38	(4)
Tom Deck
Picking the Right Leader	42	(7)
Tom Rosenbauer
Attaching a Fly to the Tippet	49	(2)
Tom Rosenbauer
Tying Leader Material Together	51	(3)
Tom Rosenbauer
Tying Loops in Monofilament	54	(4)
Tom Rosenbauer
PART II: TROUT
How Trout Feed	58	(6)
Tom Rosenbauer
A Brief Life History of Aquatic Insects	64	(5)
Tom Rosenbauer
A Quick Guide to Insect Identification	69	(4)
Tom Rosenbauer
How Do You Tell What They're Taking?	73	(3)
Tom Rosenbauer
Angle and Attitude of Approach	76	(3)
Tom Rosenbauer
Effects of River Conditions on Approach and Presentation	79	(10)
Tom Rosenbauer
Fishing to Hatches	89	(10)
Tom Rosenbauer
Dry-Fly Techniques	99	(10)
Tom Rosenbauer
Nymph Fishing Techniques	109	(14)
Tom Rosenbauer
Stillwater Trout Techniques and Stategies	123	(23)
Jim Lepage
PART III: STEELHEAD
Great Lakes Salmon and Steelhead: Presentation and the Fly	146	(17)
Matthew Supinski
The Wet Fly Swing	163	(13)
John Shewey
PART IV: BASS
Bass On Top	176	(7)
William G. Tapply
Bass Under the Surface	183	(5)
William G. Tapply
Casting and Retrieving for Bass	188	(10)
William G. Tapply
PART V: SALT
Saltwater Leaders	198	(4)
Tom Rosenbauer
Saltwater Knots	202	(7)
Tom Rosenbauer
Bonefish and Permit Habitat	209	(3)
Jack Samson
Feeding Habits of Bonefish and Permit	212	(7)
Jack Samson
Finding Bonefish and Permit (and How to See Them)	219	(3)
Jack Samson
Saltwater Wading and Poling, Casting and Catching	222	(9)
Jack Sampson
Fishing Different Types of Flies for Stripers and Bluefish	231	(3)
Lou Tabory
Special Types of Water and How to Fish Them for Stripers and Bluefish	234	(19)
Lou Tabory
Index	253