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| fly fishing gift guide: Lords of the Fly Monte Burke, 2020-09-01 From the bestselling author of Saban, 4th and Goal, and Sowbelly comes the thrilling, untold story of the quest for the world record tarpon on a fly rod—a tale that reveals as much about Man as it does about the fish. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in the quiet little town on the west coast of Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers in the world—Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate and others—all gathered together to chase the same Holy Grail: The world record for the world’s most glamorous and sought-after fly rod species, the tarpon. The anglers would meet each morning for breakfast. They would compete out on the water during the day, eat dinner together at night, socialize and party. Some harder than others. The world record fell nearly every year. But records weren’t the only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts and marriages didn’t survive, either. The egos involved made the atmosphere electric. The difficulty of the quest made it legitimate. The drugs and romantic entaglements that were swept in with the tide would finally make it all veer out of control. It was a confluence of people and place that had never happened before in the world of fishing and will never happen again. It was a collision of the top anglers and the top species of fish which would lead to smashed lives for nearly all involved, man and fish alike. In Lords of the Fly, Burke, an obsessed tarpon fly angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines the growing popularity of the tarpon, an amazing fish has been around for 50 million years, can live to 80 years old and can grow to 300 pounds in weight. It is a massive, leaping, bullet train of a fish. When hooked in shallow water, it produces “immediate unreality,” as the late poet and tarpon obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it. Burke also chronicles the heartbreaking destruction that exists as a result—brought on by greed, environmental degradation and the shenanigans of a notorious Miami gangster—and how all of it has shaped our contemporary fishery. Filled with larger-than-life characters and vivid prose, Lords of the Fly is not only a must read for anglers of all stripes, but also for those interested in the desperate yearning of the human condition. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Tactical Fly Fishing Devin Olsen, 2019-02-01 Devin Olsen explains how the techniques he has used to become a repeat medalist in fly fishing competitions around the world can be adapted to everyday fly fishing situations. He covers strategies, tactics, and flies for rivers, small streams, and still waters, allowing anyone to fish more successfully by applying the approaches taken by competitive anglers. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide Tom Rosenbauer, 2017-05-01 Now for the first time in ten years, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide appears in a revised edition that solidifies its place as the flagship title of the Orvis brand. A best-selling, fully illustrated, and comprehensive book, this large-format volume has been required reading for every angler for nearly three decades. Included here are instructions for tackle selection; casting and presentation; flies and their specific uses; successful techniques on stream, pond, or ocean; and the select tackle, flies, and methods for pursuing every major gamefish in fresh and salt water, from bass to bonefish, tarpon to trout. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers John Gierach, 2020-06-02 Witty, shrewd, and, as always, a joy to read, John Gierach, “America’s best fishing writer” (Houston Chronicle) and favorite streamside philosopher, extols the frequent joys and occasional tribulations of the fly-fishing life. “After five decades, twenty books, and countless columns, [John Gierach] is still a master” (Forbes). Now, in his latest fresh and original collection, Gierach shows us why fly-fishing is the perfect antidote to everything that is wrong with the world. “Gierach’s deceptively laconic prose masks an accomplished storyteller...His alert and slightly off-kilter observations place him in the general neighborhood of Mark Twain and James Thurber” (Publishers Weekly). In Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers, Gierach looks back to the long-ago day when he bought his first resident fishing license in Colorado, where the fishing season never ends, and just knew he was in the right place. And he succinctly sums up part of the appeal of his sport when he writes that it is “an acquired taste that reintroduces the chaos of uncertainty back into our well-regulated lives.” Lifelong fisherman though he is, Gierach can write with self-deprecating humor about his own fishing misadventures, confessing that despite all his experience, he is still capable of blowing a strike by a fish “in the usual amateur way.” The “voice of the common angler” (The Wall Street Journal), he offers witty, trenchant observations not just about fly-fishing itself but also about how one’s love of fly-fishing shapes the world that we choose to make for ourselves. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Simple Fly Fishing Yvon Chouinard, Craig Mathews, Mauro Mazzo, 2014-04-15 Modern-day fly fishing, like much in life, has become exceedingly complex, with high-tech gear, a confusing array of flies and terminal tackle, accompanied by high-priced fishing guides. This book reveals that the best way to catch trout is simply, with a rod and a fly and not much else. The wisdom in this book comes from a simpler time, when the premise was: the more you know, the less you need. It teaches the reader how to discover where the fish are, at what depth, and what they are feeding on. Then it describes the techniques needed to present a fly at that depth, make it look lifelike, and hook the fish. With chapters on wet flies, nymphs, and dry flies, its authors employ both the tenkara rod as well as regular fly fishing gear to cover all the bases. Illustrated by renowned fish artist James Prosek, with inspiring photographs and stories throughout, Simple Fly Fishing reveals the secrets and the soul of this captivating sport. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Elements of Fly Fishing f-Stop Fitzgerald, 1999 Featuring the informed commentary of some of the most respected writers in the field, this comprehensive guide to fly fishing addresses casting strategies for fresh and salt water to the conversation concerns facing the sport. 180 illustrations. |
| fly fishing gift guide: A River Runs through It and Other Stories Norman MacLean, 2017-05-03 The New York Times–bestselling classic set amid the mountains and streams of early twentieth-century Montana, “as beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway” (Chicago Tribune). When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs Through It and Other Stories to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, “it has trees in it.” Today, the title novella is recognized as one of the great American tales of the twentieth century, and Maclean as one of the most beloved writers of our time. The finely distilled product of a long life of often surprising rapture—for fly-fishing, for the woods, for the interlocked beauty of life and art—A River Runs Through It has established itself as a classic of the American West filled with beautiful prose and understated emotional insights. Based on Maclean’s own experiences as a young man, the book’s two novellas and short story are set in the small towns and mountains of western Montana. It is a world populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, but also one rich in the pleasures of fly-fishing, logging, cribbage, and family. By turns raunchy and elegiac, these superb tales express, in Maclean’s own words, “a little of the love I have for the earth as it goes by.” “Maclean’s book—acerbic, laconic, deadpan—rings out of a rich American tradition that includes Mark Twain, Kin Hubbard, Richard Bissell, Jean Shepherd, and Nelson Algren.” —New York Times Book Review Includes a new foreword by Robert Redford, director of the Academy Award–winning film adaptation |
| fly fishing gift guide: A Fly Rod of Your Own John Gierach, 2017-04-04 “After five decades, twenty books, and countless columns, [John Gierach] is still a master,” (Forbes) and his newest book only confirms this assessment, along with his recent induction into the Flyfishing Hall of Fame. In A Fly Rod of Your Own, Gierach brings his ever-sharp sense of humor and keen eye for observation to the fishing life and, for that matter, life in general. Known for his witty, trenchant observations about fly-fishing, Gierach’s “deceptively laconic prose masks an accomplished storyteller…his alert and slightly off-kilter observations place him in the general neighborhood of Mark Twain and James Thurber” (Publishers Weekly). A Fly Rod of Your Own transports readers to streams and rivers from Maine to Montana, and as always, Gierach’s fishing trips become the inspiration for his pointed observations on everything from the psychology of fishing (“Fishing is still an oddly passive-aggressive business that depends on the prey being the aggressor”); why even the most veteran fisherman will muff his cast whenever he’s being filmed or photographed; the inevitable accumulation of more gear than one could ever need (“Nature abhors an empty pocket. So does the tackle industry”); or the qualities shared by the best guides (“the generosity of a teacher, the craftiness of a psychiatrist, and the enthusiasm of a cheerleader with a kind of Vulcan detachment”). As Gierach likes to say, “fly-fishing is a continuous process that you learn to love for its own sake. Those who fish already get it, and those who don’t couldn’t care less, so don’t waste your breath on someone who doesn’t fish.” A Fly Rod of Your Own is an ode to those who fish that “brings a skeptical, wry voice to the peril and promise of twenty-first-century fishing” (Booklist). |
| fly fishing gift guide: Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die Chris Santella, 2013-11-15 “A lavishly photographed dreambook of the world’s top angling spots” (Men’s Journal) Amateur or expert, every angler dreams of landing “the big one,” but that’s only part of the appeal of fly fishing. Because even when hours pass without a bite, nothing beats the rugged beauty of the surroundings. For both armchair travelers and avid outdoorsmen who may have already started a checklist of their own, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die maps out the meccas of the fly-fishing world. Through in-depth interviews with the sport’s acknowledged gurus, author Chris Santella goes beyond standard guides to convey the very essence of the recommended locations. Readers can vicariously cast mouse patterns to fifty-pound taimen in the wilds of Mongolia, wrangle with wily permit off the Florida Keys, and match the hatch on Montana’s Armstrong’s Spring Creek. Jardines de la Reina, Cuba (tarpon), the Zhupanova River, Kamchatka (rainbow trout), and the Rio Negro, Brazil (peacock bass) are also included. The fifty essays include a cultural and natural history of each site, along with colorful anecdotes based on the author's and authorities’ experiences. With breath-takingly-beautiful photos of the spots, many by celebrated fly-fishing photographer R. Valentine Atkinson, the book also provides adventurous anglers with enough travel-and-tackle information so that they, too, can start planning excursions to go fish around the globe. Praise for Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die “Santella offers 50 short takes on the ultimate fly-fishing destinations in this beautifully photographed and nicely packaged volume . . . With its elegant descriptions, gorgeous photos and practical information, this book is a dream travel guide for avid fly-fishers.” —Publishers Weekly “Everything dad needs to tackle his next trip.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Optimist David Coggins, 2022-05-10 The perfect fly fishing book for today's novice, enthusiastic amateur, as well as the devoted angler is part narration of the author's own angling obsessions and adventures, part practical how-to, and part meditation on a connection to the natural world. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies Ian Whitelaw, 2015-04-07 A look at the development of the sport over the past six centuries. Once limited to trout and salmon, today fly-fishing techniques are used to catch every fish species from minnows to marlin in rivers, lakes and oceans from the Amazon to the Arctic. From the many thousands of fly patterns developed over the centuries, The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies focuses on fifty iconic flies chosen to represent the evolution not only of fishing flies and fly tying but also the sport itself. Filled with illustrations and photographs of the flies (the fifty are just the starting point—more than 200 flies are mentioned or shown in the book), as well as profiles of key characters, The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies charts the growth and diversification of this fascinating sport from the fifteenth century to the present day and its spread from Britain, Europe and Japan to North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, and now to every country in the world. The evolution of fly-fishing tackle—rods, reels, lines and hooks—is also covered in a series of essays spread throughout the book. Praise for The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies “A delightful ramble along the stream of fishing history.” —Star Tribune “This glorious book of lures will get you itching for a new toy, a new boat, a new rod—anything to experience the relaxation of this old hobby.” —Foreword Reviews |
| fly fishing gift guide: Flyfisher's Guide to California Vinci, Greg, 2015-09-23 The biggest, most comprehensive flyfishing guide ever on California. Includes expert coverage of: Bishop Creek Cosumnes River Crowley Lake Davis Lake Eagle Lake East Carson River East Walker River Fall River Feather River Hat Creek Hot Creek Klamath River Lake Almanor Little Truckee River Lower American River Lower Kings River Lower Owens River Lower Sacramento River Lower Stanislaus River Lower Yuba River McCloud River McGee Creek Merced River Mi. Fork Feather River Mi. Fork Stanislaus River Mokelumne River No. Fork Kern River North Yuba River Owens Gorge Pit River Putah Creek Red Lake Creek Rush Creek Russian River So. Fork American River So. Fork Kings River So. Fork San Joaquin Truckee River Tuolumne Meadows Upper Owens River Upper Sacramento River Upper Trinity River West Carson River West Walker River Yellow Creek Author Greg Vinci brings a long-time local's point of view, with tips like access areas where vehicle numbers/parking spots are limited, campgrounds where you'll need reservations, and historical context of the fisheries. His spectacular full-color photography fills the pages with flyfishing bliss. |
| fly fishing gift guide: South Island Trout Fishing Guide John Kent, 2009-09-28 Watch your coast unroll from the road to fall silently into the peaceful water. Feel the strike on the rod, the running of the reel, the intense concentration of playing the fish. With the South Island Trout Fishing Guide, you will discover all the tips and techniques you need for a successful trip to the world-renowned waters of this anglers' paradise. Drawing on over sixty years' experience of fishing New Zealand's back-country rivers and lakes, John Kent has created an unparalleled, practical guide for local and visiting anglers alike. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide Tom Rosenbauer, 2019-07-01 This essential book on fly tying will teach anyone how to tie flies. All the important techniques are illustrated with color photographs, from starting the thread on the hook to whip finishing. The book lays the basic ground work by fully explaining simple tying techniques, and then progresses to detailed tying instructions for some of the most popular, modern patterns. How to choose and prepare the correct material, and all the necessary tying steps for each fly, are detailed in superb, large, color photographs. Even if you have no previous tying experience, you'll be able to tie dries, nymphs, streamers, saltwater offerings, and bass bugs after just a few sessions with this book. The tyer is then advised how to progress to similar patterns using the same basic techniques. Also included is a huge reference of fly patterns - more than four hundred flies from the Orvis catalog are shown in full color, along with the tying recipes and proportions for each one. This book, drawing from the Orvis Company's vast resources and teaching experience and written by an author whose name is synonymous with Orvis, has become the bible for fly-tyers of all skill levels. |
| fly fishing gift guide: How to Fly-Fish Cliff Hauptman, 2004 Rods, reels, lines, leaders, knots, flies, waders, and other equipment you'll need to start fly fishing Demystifies fly fishing and shows you how to keep it simple The ten most versatile flies for freshwater fishing, plus detailed illustrations that show necessary gear, flies, and how to tie knots Fly fishing has a reputation for being complex and difficult, and it can be both fascinating and intimidating to newcomers. This book covers the basic essentials of what you need to get started and then, when you're ready to take on more, shows you how to explore further. Soon-to-be fly fishers will find this a useful introduction. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Best Carp Flies Jay Zimmerman, 2015-03-01 Carp are the fly rodder's ultimate gamefish. This is the first comprehensive book on tying the best flies for carp, featuring patterns and techniques from anglers around the United States. With over 600 step-by-step photos and over 20 patterns by tiers ranging from Barry Reynolds to Bob Clouser to author Jay Zimmerman, including fishing information, this book is the definitive fly-tying resource for those who love the challenge of fooling carp on the fly. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Complete Guide to Fly Fishing Maine Bob Newman, 1994 A Down East sportsman shares his knowledge of fishing in Maine. This guide is filled with information, from strategies to helpful insights on locations, gear, and finding a guide. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The L. L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing Macauley Lord, Dick Talleur, Dave Whitlock, 2005 A compilation of the best instructional books on fly fishing available today, authored by some of the world's foremost fly-fishing experts. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Dave Whitlock's Guide to Aquatic Trout Foods Dave Whitlock, 2007-06-01 This outstanding guide is filled with scores of practical observations on all of the trout foods of importance to fly fishers. The chapters include: * Concepts of Imitation * Water * How Trout Feed * Mayflies * Stoneflies * Caddisflies * Midges and Crane Flies * Dragonflies and Damselflies * Crustaceans * Forage Fish * Leeches, Eels, and Similar Trout Foods Superb black-and-white illustrations throughout reinforce the techniques outlined in this book. A central full-color section includes size and color charts for mayflies, stoneflies, dragonflies, caddisflies, damselflies, crustaceans, and forage fish. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Instinctive Fly Fishing Taylor Streit, 2012-03-06 This thoroughly revised and expanded new edition of Taylor Streit’s classic Instinctive Fly Fishing addresses the “real reasons people catch trout,” and offers suggestions and tips to help the aspiring angler take advantage of his or her own fly-fishing instincts. Since Instinctive was first published in 2003, the author has kept track of certain essential elements that were missing from the first edition. Even as he’s been out on a guide trip with a client, he’s kept notes about what “should have been in Instinctive.” This thorough revision benefits from more than seven years of his instinctive rumination. Rewritten with an eye toward a new audience, Instinctive aims for those who fish in competitive situations and overfished waters, which appeals especially to those in the eastern half of the United States. Additional content includes fishing tailwaters with tiny flies, practical information on insect hatches (tricos, blue winged olives, and green drakes) and illustrations of knots and rigs. Also included are additional chapters on the environment, stream manners, and safety. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Chasing Rumor Cameron Chambers, 2015-06-09 A blip of prosperity at the turn of the 20th century brought American trout to Patagonia, then for a half-century they were forgotten to fight wars and build a nation. Rediscovered by fishermen a half-century later, the fish had grown to epic proportions. In Chasing Rumor, Cameron Chambers chronicles his modern-day pilgrimage to the rivers of Patagonia in pursuit of these legendary 20-pound trout. What started as a trip focused on catching fish became a love affair with the Patagonian landscape, environment, and, mostly, the people. From a business mogul turned B&B owner to a kid determined to save a local trout population, Chasing Rumor is at times the story of a handful of fishermen, and at other times a tale of enormous trout. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Curtis Creek Manifesto Sheridan Anderson, 1978-04 Sub-title from cover: A fully illustrated guide to the strategy, finesse, tactics and paraphernalia of fly fishing. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Sea Forager's Guide to the Northern California Coast Kirk Lombard, 2014-10 An indispensible guide to coastal foraging and fishing in the intertidal regions of our Northern California coast where fish, small and large, plus abalone and many other tasty items can be found |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing Kirk Deeter, Charlie Meyers, 2010-05-01 Two highly respected outdoor journalists, Kirk Deeter of Field & Stream and Charlie Meyers of the Denver Post, have cracked open their notebooks and shared straight-shot advice on the sport of fly fishing, based on a range of new and old experiences—from interviews with the late Lee Wulff to travels with maverick guides in Tierra del Fuego. The mission of The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing is to demystify and un-complicate the tricks and tips that make a great trout fisher. There are no complicated physics lessons here. Rather, conceived in the “take dead aim” spirit of Harvey Penick’s classic instructional on golf, The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing offers a simple, digestible primer on the basic elements of fly fishing: the cast, presentation, reading water, and selecting flies. In the end, this collection of 240 tips is one of the most insightful, plainly spoken, and entertaining works on this sport—one that will serve both novices and experts alike in helping them reflect and hone in their approaches to fly fishing. |
| fly fishing gift guide: 101 Fish Lefty Kreh, 2012-08-11 From farm ponds to the Amazon, Lefty's wit and wisdom captured in 101 stories about his most memorable fly-caught fish. |
| fly fishing gift guide: 50 Best Tailwaters to Fly Fish Terry Gunn, Wendy Gunn, 2018-12-05 Featuring individual chapters written by expert local outfitters and guides, including contributions from many of the most seminal names in the field, this book is organized into four sections--the West, Rockies, South, and East--and beautifully illustrated with over 200 color photographs throughout--Page [4] of cover. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Fifty Places to Fish Before You Die Rob Sloane, 2006 For many people, fly-fishing is a passion. Some see it as a sport, some as a personal challenge, and others as an escape from daily life and a chance to travel to new places and relax in extraordinary settings. Australia and New Zealand offer some of the best fishing and most beautiful scenery in the world. Fifty Places to Fish Before You Die is your guide to the most picturesque and rewarding locations, and is a must for any keen fisher - avid adventurers and armchair travellers alike. The contributors are all expert anglers familiar with their chosen location and its idiosyncrasies, and they provide detailed advice on the best tackle and flies to use. You'll also find tips on how to make the most of your holiday, including non-fishing activities in the local area. Australia: from flats fishing in Hervey Bay to game fishing out of Port Stephens New Zealand: from the Fiordland rivers in the south to Lake Taupo in the north Open this book at any page and you'll be packing your gear for a fly-fishing adventure. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Total Fly Fishing Manual Joe Cermele, The Editors of Field and Stream, 2015-05-26 From the same team that brought you the Total Fishing Manual , comes the book fly fishing fanatics have been waiting for: The Total Fly Fishing Manual: 307 Tips and Tricks from Expert Anglers. The Total Fly Fishing Manual is the most comprehensive collection of expert fly fishing advice and up-to-date gear reviews. This book gathers the best tips, old school-techniques that still deliver and adds a wealth of new material. With high-quality design, intricate detail, and a durable flexicover—this manual is the perfect gift! Filled with over 300 hints from the best anglers in both salt and fresh water, the editors of Field and Stream give you everything you need to make the perfect pitch, find a secret spot and score a fish. TOOLS From the best flies of all time to the best reel for the job and when to change your hooks learn about the tools you needed for the job. As well as practical skills like tying a Palomar knot, how to unravel flylines, the five-minute fly, tying a clouser minnow, and how to lose the tailing loop. TECHNIQUES From old to new, everything you need to know to strike in the night, put a different spin on it, spot and stalk, shoot the breeze and find where they feed. TACTICS Put yourself in the best position for the catch: get up the creek for a late-season trout, find a secret spot, sneak up on more fish, fish headwaters for autumn trout, fish with your eyes, hook more rising fish, take the long shot, and dominate the shoreline. Whether you’re fishing for, salmon, bass or carp this guide will help you improve your technique, upgrade your equipment and hook your prize fish. Packaged in a durable, wipe-clean flexicover with metallic corner-guards, this practical manual withstands heavy-duty use indoors and out. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Fly Fishing Southern Colorado Craig Martin, Tom Knopick, John Flick, 2007-09 From the majestic San Juan Mountains to the wide-open expanses of the San Luis Valley, few fishing areas rival the pristine beauty, diversity, and solitude of southern Colorado's rivers and trout streams. This guide thoroughly explores the region's watersheds: the Conejos, Rio Grande, San Juan, Piedra, Los Piños, Animas, and Dolores, as well as the still waters of high mountain areas. Included are detailed maps of the region and each watershed; area regulations and conservation policies; safety precautions, weather, and wildlife information; and a list of the region's important aquatic insects. For those willing to hoof it, southern Colorado's streams and rivers offer old fashioned, have-the-river-to-yourself fly fishing. But with this guide, even the roadside angler can find idyllic spots to cast a fly, making Fly Fishing Southern Colorado an essential guide for any angler interested in knowing and fishing the Little Switzerland of Colorado. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Fly Fishing Treasures Steve Woit, 2018 An inside view of a community of extraordinary people: the leading collectors, dealers and auctioneers of antique fly fishing tackle. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Trout Fishing in the Shenandoah National Park Harry W. Murray, 1997 |
| fly fishing gift guide: The ORVIS Kids' Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing Tyler Befus, 2021-02-02 Kids can fly fish, too! Tyler Befus loves to fly fish. He has won awards and traveled all over the world to fish in different places. In this guide, originally written when Tyler was eight years old and updated numerous times since, Tyler shows that any kid can learn to fly fish. Discover fascinating information about where fish live and what fish eat, and learn tips about what equipment you’ll need, casting techniques, and much, much more to get you started on your own fly-fishing adventure. Fly fishing is an awesome way to spend time outdoors with your family, and with this book, any kid can become an expert! The ORVIS Kids’ Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing is filled with a personal collection of photos taken by Tyler himself. Because it has been written by an actual kid-turned-teen, this fully revised and updated book is a one-of-a-kind guide that kids can understand and easily learn from. Filled with all kinds of great tips and tricks, this is a valuable resource for any kid who wants to know more about fishing. After all, fly fishing isn’t just for the adults! For fishing enthusiasts ages 8 and up, this is the perfect first-stop shop for learning all you can about fly fishing. The perfect gift for those who love to fish and want to teach younger kids the skills behind fly fishing or for that kid who just loves reading about the outdoors. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying Charlie Craven, 2014-05-14 Learn to tie 17 popular nymphs, dry flies, and streamers Master fundamental tying techniques in a series of practical lessons Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying is a modern course in fly-tying fundamentals covering the essential tools, materials, and techniques needed to tie a wide range of popular flies. With 1,000 photos, Craven covers cutting-edge techniques for the more tried-and-true classics, such as the Royal Wulff, Adams, and Hare's Ear, and shares innovative approaches to current patterns such as the Brassie, RS2, and Copper John. With clear, concise text, Craven provides tips and techniques from his over thirty years of tying flies for fly shops on Colorado's Front Range. This book is built on Craven's successful fly-tying classes, which start out with simple flies and work toward more complex patterns, all the while teaching techniques and introducing materials by tying popular patterns that catch fish in Eastern and Western streams. This series of lessons show how flies build on one another, enabling readers to tie a wide range of patterns simply by breaking them down into parts. Craven illustrates the progression with his meticulous directions to fingerbusters like Copper Johns, Stimulators, and Humpies. This book, which is sure to become a standard text for basic fly tying, covers 17 flies (including recipes for popular variations), including the Brassie, Black Beauty, RS2, Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail, Prince Nymph, Copper John, Woolly Bugger, Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulator, Adams, Rusty Spinner, Parachute Blue-Winged Olive, X Comparadun, Royal Wulff, Humpy, and Goddard Caddis. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Fly Fishing Belize Jim Klug, 2014-06-01 |
| fly fishing gift guide: Fly Fishing in Salt Water Lefty Kreh, 2023-05 This is the saltwater fly fisher's bible. In clear, practical terms and with helpful photographs and line drawings, Fly Fishing in Salt Water treats the techniques needed to catch all the major saltwater species--bonefish, tarpon, striped bass, bluefish, salmon, permit, snook, sharks, cobia, tuna, billfish, and more. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Keystone Fly Fishing Henry Ramsay, Mike Heck, Len Lichvar, 2017-02 The definitive, up-to-date guide to Pennsylvania's best fly fishing by regional experts and guides. Includes over 200 rivers and streams across the state as well as information on where to fish for trout, smallmouth bass, and other game fish species. First ever guidebook to the state written by a group of regional experts (professional guides, fly fishing instructors, lecturers, fly tiers) to provide insider knowledge to the best fishing opportunities. Stunning color photographs, accurate maps (created with GIS), and over 200 local fly patterns are featured. |
| fly fishing gift guide: Advanced Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead Rick Kustich, 2013 Tactics for Great Lakes steelhead, including new two-handed and switch rod techniques and Spey and tube flies Specifics on key rivers and streams in each of the Great Lakes states and provinces Understanding steelhead behavior, choosing where to fish, and reading the water |
| fly fishing gift guide: Tenkara Daniel Galhardo, 2017 A complete guide to the techniques, gear, history and philosophy of tenkara, the Japanese method of fly-fishing. |
| fly fishing gift guide: The Greatest Gift Guide Ever Judith King, 1993 |
| fly fishing gift guide: Mid Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide , 2007 |
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These guide sizes may seem small to some anglers but they have been carefully worked out and it's my recommendation they not be changed. One of the important characteristics of my designs
An Angler’s Guide - Wandle Valley
This fisherman’s guide to the river divides it into four distinct sections. Each is introduced below, followed by detailed description of the fishing potential from source to delta.
Curtis Creek Manifesto A Fully Illustrated Guide To The Fishing
Mountain environment https www youtube com watch v ZKMwEkKj9jg The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide Tom Rosenbauer,2017-05-01 Now for the first time in ten years The Orvis Fly Fishing …
FLY-FISHING MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR GUIDE - Scouting
The Fly-Fishing merit badge pamphlet, available at all BSA Scout shops, will discuss each of the points in the requirements so the counselor is encouraged to read it thoroughly before …
Pacific Bay Fly Guide Spacing Chart - Pacific Bay International
*As with any guide spacing, this chart is a resource for developing a calculated starting point for your guide spacing and while it's built on many traditional guide spacing formulas it is not an …
Newsletter of the Suncoast Fly Fishers of St. Petersburg …
their fly casting, fly tying and related fly-fishing skills. SFF meets monthly where we talk fly fishing, tie flies and most months feature a speaker with a program highlighting local fly-fishing …
Beginners Corner Fly Rod Guide Sizing - Rod building
In the past two issues, we discussed guide sizing for cast- ing and spinning rods. Now let’s turn to fly rods. Just as with the previous two, there is simply nothing to be gained by using every size …
December Meeting: Tuesday December 17, 2024 7:30 pm
Each following player can choose to either (a) pick a new unwrapped gift from the pile or (b) “steal” a previous player's gift. Anyone who gets their gift stolen in this way can do the same – …
GUIDE SPACING CHART - Get Bit Outdoors
Spinning Rods. Casting Rods.
Getting Started in Fly Fishing eGuide - goldrushtu.org
This guide isn’t about teaching someone how to fly fish, but rather the gear, supplies and tools needed at varying price points especially entry level, to demonstrate for about $400 you can …
The Ultimate Fly Fishing Check List - Guide Recommended
It can be conveniently downloaded as a .PDF and printed off. If you’re starting the season out, do some practice casting. This gets the muscle memory going. You want to make your first cast …
The Essential Guide To Fly Fishing Knots - Northwest …
This guide to fly fishing knots contains illustrated instructions to essential and other commonly used knots in fly fishing as well as a description of what each knot is used for. If you don't want …
Fishing Guides, Gear & Shuttles - Friends of the Teton River
As owners and operators of one of the oldest fly fishing lodges in the west, the Berry Family is involved in every aspect of the fly fishing, guiding, and hospitality.
Over 50 Proven Fly Fishing Tips, Tricks and ... - Guide …
Over 50 Proven Fly Fishing Tips, Tricks and Techniques that will help you catch more fish! Thank You! I appreciate you signing up for my email list. I know how easy it is to be bombarded with …
2025 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary - PA.GOV
Contact Outreach and Education for information about fishing and boating programs and boating safety education. Office hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
THE ORVIS-ENDORSED FLY FISHING GUIDE MANUAL
he Orvis-Endorsed Guide manual represents a summary of information obtained from Orvis-endorsed rendezvous, guide schools, and discussions with various endorsed guides …
7:30 pm @ Stonegate Country Club Fly Fishers Of Davis …
The fly casting skills development program was a big hit with the leadership of Russ Carpenter & Sarah Trenschel and other certified casters from the Golden Gate Angling & Casting Club.
Carp On The Fly A Flyfishing Guide (Download Only)
Comprehensive look at fly fishing across the Great Lakes The Orvis Guide to Hatch Strategies Tom Rosenbauer,2017-05-30 The definitive and comprehensive guide to strategies for fishing …
O S E 2 N BASIC FISHING TACKLE AND TECHNIQUES
fishing rods and reels: spin-casting, spinning, bait-casting and fly rods. Spin-casting is generally considered the easiest to use while bait-casting and fly rods are considered the hardest to use. …
Guide License Daily Trip Log DFW 992b - California
Submit to the Department, the log(s) for big game mammal hunting or fishing guided trips that took place during the month. The Department must receive the log no later than the 10th day …
GUIDE SPACING & SIZE CHART - Washington Fly Fishing
These guide sizes may seem small to some anglers but they have been carefully worked out and it's my recommendation they not be changed. One of the important characteristics of my designs
An Angler’s Guide - Wandle Valley
This fisherman’s guide to the river divides it into four distinct sections. Each is introduced below, followed by detailed description of the fishing potential from source to delta.
Curtis Creek Manifesto A Fully Illustrated Guide To The Fishing
Mountain environment https www youtube com watch v ZKMwEkKj9jg The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide Tom Rosenbauer,2017-05-01 Now for the first time in ten years The Orvis Fly Fishing …
FLY-FISHING MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR GUIDE - Scouting
The Fly-Fishing merit badge pamphlet, available at all BSA Scout shops, will discuss each of the points in the requirements so the counselor is encouraged to read it thoroughly before …
Pacific Bay Fly Guide Spacing Chart - Pacific Bay International
*As with any guide spacing, this chart is a resource for developing a calculated starting point for your guide spacing and while it's built on many traditional guide spacing formulas it is not an …
Newsletter of the Suncoast Fly Fishers of St. Petersburg …
their fly casting, fly tying and related fly-fishing skills. SFF meets monthly where we talk fly fishing, tie flies and most months feature a speaker with a program highlighting local fly-fishing …
Beginners Corner Fly Rod Guide Sizing - Rod building
In the past two issues, we discussed guide sizing for cast- ing and spinning rods. Now let’s turn to fly rods. Just as with the previous two, there is simply nothing to be gained by using every size …
December Meeting: Tuesday December 17, 2024 7:30 pm
Each following player can choose to either (a) pick a new unwrapped gift from the pile or (b) “steal” a previous player's gift. Anyone who gets their gift stolen in this way can do the same – …
GUIDE SPACING CHART - Get Bit Outdoors
Spinning Rods. Casting Rods.
