The fastest and easiest way to try your hand at fly fishing

Getting Started in Fly Fishing is dedicated to the simple but neglected truth that the best learning happens while doing. With leisure time more precious and limited than ever, author Tom Fuller gets readers started with only the information that's absolutely necessary for that first day on the stream. In a few quick strokes, Fuller introduces the contents of a pared-down start-up kit and identifies heavily promoted items of gear that are definitely not needed. With succinct, easy-to-follow instructions, he shows readers how to:

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments | Introduction

PART 1: GETTING OUT THERE

1. The Start-Up Kit Rod, Reel, and Line | Leader and Tippet | Flies | Tools: Fly Boxes, Nippers, Hemostats, Fly Floatant, Landing Net, and Sunscreen | Waders | Clothing and Sunglasses | Vests

2. Before You Wet Your Line Knots: Attaching the Leader to the Fly Line, the Tippet to the Leader, and the Fly to the Tippet | Casting the Line | Wading In | Deciding Where to Fish | Knowing How Flies Should Look to Fish

3. Your First Day on the Stream Gearing Up: Planning When and Where to Go, Assembling the Fly Rod, Choosing and Attaching the Fly, Donning Waders and Vest | Your First Cast onto the Water | Your First Cast to a Rising Trout | Hooking, Playing, and Landing Your First Fish | Checking Your Leader, Tippet, and Fly Before Casting to Your Next Fish | Fishing Varieties of Trout Water | Quitting Time

4. Your Second Day on the Stream Watching the Water | Tying on the Right Dry Fly | When and How to Fish a Nymph | When and How to Fish a Wet Fly | When and How to Fish a Streamer | Mending Line

5. More About Trout and How to Catch Them More About Trout | More About Trout Streams | Fishing in Lakes and Ponds

PART 2: THE ART and SCIENCE of FLY FISHING

6. Casting Problems and Solutions The Line Doesn't Straighten Out on the Backcast or the Forecast | The Line Cracks Like a Whip | Unwanted Knots in the Leader: The Tailing Loop | There's No Room for a Backcast | Casting Sinking Line and Heavier Flies | Casting in the Wind

7. More on Understanding and Imitating What Trout Eat The Foods Trout Eat | Mayflies | Caddisflies | Stoneflies | Terrestrials | Still-Water Foods | Forage Fish

8. Presenting Flies to Trout Dry Fly Strategies | Nymph Strategies | Strategies for Wet Flies and Streamers | Still-Water Strategies

9. Trout Waters and Stream Safety Groundwater | Rising Water to High Water | Falling Water to Low Water | Stream Safety—Again

10. The Future of Fly Fishing Stream Etiquette | Local Conservation | Regional Conservation Groups | National Groups

PART 3: GOING FARTHER and FURTHER

11. Beyond Trout Salmon and Steelhead | Other Freshwater Quarry | Saltwater Fly Fishing

12. Flies and Fly Tying Attractor Flies | All-Purpose Flies | Imitator Flies | Dry Flies | Wet Flies | Nymphs | Streamers | Saltwater Flies | Fly Tying | Tom's Terrific Twenty-Four for Trout

Bibliography | Resources

PRODUCT DETAILS:
Publisher: Ragged Mountain Press — 2004
Binding: Paperback — 7¼ x 9 inches
Pages: 196 — Black & white photos and illustrations