The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Revised

Tom Rosenbauer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

408 Seiten

2018 | Revised edition
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-2579-4 (ISBN)

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Now thoroughly revised and updated, the essential Orvis primer on fly-fishing, addresses every requirement of the sport and providing an excellent foundation for years of pleasurable fishing. It includes instructions for tackle selection; casting and presentation; flies and their specific uses; essential knots and how to tie them; and much more.

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.

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.

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE. WHAT IS FLY FISHING?
CHAPTER TWO. FLY RODS AND LINE SIZES
CHAPTER THREE. LINES AND REELS
CHAPTER FOUR. GEAR AND ACCESSORIES
CHAPTER FIVE. LEADERS AND KNOTS
CHAPTER SIX. FLY CASTING
CHAPTER SEVEN. UNDERSTANDING FLIES AND WHAT THEY IMITATE
CHAPTER EIGHT. FLY SELECTION
CHAPTER NINE. STREAM TACTICS
CHAPTER TEN. STILLWATER TACTICS
CHAPTER ELEVEN. SALMON AND STEELHEAD
CHAPTER TWELVE. SALT WATER
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. STRIKING, PLAYING, AND LANDING
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. CARE OF FLY-FISHINGTACKLE
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. STREAM ETIQUETTE AND GIVING BACK
RESOURCES
INDEX

Erscheinungsdatum	04.05.2017
Reihe/Serie	Orvis
Verlagsort	Guilford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 280 mm
Gewicht	1320 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
ISBN-10	1-4930-2579-1 / 1493025791
ISBN-13	978-1-4930-2579-4 / 9781493025794
Zustand	Neuware