Basic Essentials Fly Fishing (Basic Essentials Series) - Softcover

Michael Rutter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762709553 ISBN 13: 9780762709557

Publisher: Falcon, 2001

Synopsis

For a generation, the Basic Essentials series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. Information-packed tools for the novice or handy references for the veteran, these volumes distill years of knowledge into affordable and portable books. Whether you're planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, Basic Essentials books tell you what you need to know.

In Basic Essentials Fly Fishing learn how to: buy the right equipment, including rod, reel and line; cast without tangles; tie the essential fly-fishing knots; fish with dry flies, wet flies, and streamers; find fish by "reading the water"; catch and release.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Rutter (Orem, Utah) is a lifelong fly fisher, an angling instructor, and freelance writer. He is the co-author of Fly Fishing Made Easy (The Globe Pequot Press, 2000) and has been widely published in sporting journals, including Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, Fishing World, Sports Afield, Fly Fishing, and The Flyfisher.

From the Back Cover

For a generation, the Basic Essentials series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. Information-packed tools for the novice or handy references for the veteran, these volumes distill years of knowledge into affordable and portable books. Whether you're planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, Basic Essentials books tell you what you need to know. In Basic Essentials Fly Fishing learn how to: buy the right equipment, including rod, reel and line; cast without tangles; tie the essential fly-fishing knots; fish with dry flies, wet flies, and streamers; find fish by 'reading the water'; catch and release. (5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 80 pages, b&w photos, diagrams)

Edition details

• Publisher: Falcon
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762709553
• ISBN 13: 9780762709557
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80