Whether you're a soon-to-be fly fisher looking for the right book to get you started or you're reasonably proficient at at the sport and need a refresher course on tying knots for saltwater or the latest info on how to care for your waders or how to fish a dry fly in tricky currents, this invaluable best-selling guide is for you.
The latest and most up-to-date and trustworthy information on:

• Tackle selection and care - rods, reels, lines, leaders, and knots
• Casting - with instructive line drawings by Bob White
• Hundreds of flies in full colour, including fifty new patterns
• Presentation, striking, playing, and landing
• Tactics for stream, stillwater, and salt
• New techniques, including Tenkara and Czech nymphing
• How to fish all the major game fish, fresh and saltwater, including salmon and steelhead
• Plus a new chapter on conservation, stream etiquette, and giving back.

About the Author
Tom Rosenbauer has been a fly fisher for four decades, and was tying flies commercially at age fourteen. He is the author of numerous books, as well as countless articles for American Angler, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, and other periodicals. He is a marketing manager with the Orvis Company in Manchester, Vermont, and lives in nearby Pawlet.

Reviews
This Guide may be the single most valuable item a novice angler can buy . . . and most of us would do well to re-read the sections on flies, fly selection, and stream tactics every spring before pulling on our waders for the first time.



Book Information
ISBN 9781493025794
Author Tom Rosenbauer
Format Paperback
Page Count 408
Imprint The Lyons Press
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 1320g
Dimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm * 19mm