Book
Artful profiles of trout, char, and salmon and the classic flies that catch them : tips, tactics, and advice on taking our favorite gamefish
Publication Information
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2018]
Physical Description
xii, 164 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary
"This is a collection of articles spanning Dave Whitlock's career, all of which are essential reading for any fly-fisher. Here, Whitlock deftly, accessibly, and thoroughly goes through a vast range of topics, including:Insights into the many subspecies of trout, char, and salmon; casting methods for every scenario; drawing out shy fish; types of flies for different waters and situations; accurately imitating food sources; and much more!"--
Contents
- Trout profiles
- Rainbow trout
- Brown trout
- Brook trout
- Cutthroat trout
- Golden trout
- Apache trout
- Arctic char
- Dolly Varden
- Lake trout
- Bull trout
- Hybrids
- Arctic grayling
- Mountain whitefish
- Steelhead
- Atlantic salmon
- Landlocked salmon
- The Pacific salmon
- King, or Chinook salmon
- Coho salmon
- Sockeye salmon
- Chum salmon
- Pink salmon
- Trout flies
- The traditional wet fly
- The traditional dry fly
- North country spiders-classic soft hackles
- The classic trout fisher's nymph
- Classic feathered trout streamers
- Classic terrestrial flies
- Classic midges
- Classic bucktail streamers
- Classic no-hackles
- The incredible muddler minnow
- The upright hair-wing dry fly
- Small crustacean flies
- The flat hair-wings.