What a Trout Sees: A Fly Fishing Guide to Life Underwater

Do trout sleep? And if so, when? And how does that affect their feeding patterns? Does a rising or falling barometer affect feeding habits? How does refraction influence a fish’s approach to a surface fly, human shadow, or false cast? How much do fish need to eat, under what conditions will they grow the largest?

For the first time, an accessible, well-written title shows us what the world is like under the water, from the fish’s perspective. Geoff Mueller, acclaimed senior editor with The Drake magazine, travels throughout some of the best trout habitat in America, talking with the experts and donning swim fins and mask to meet trout on their own turf. With What a Trout Sees, curious anglers interested in taking their skill levels up a notch or two will finally have all the information they need.

Geoff Mueller is the former managing editor of Fly Fisherman Magazine and currently senior editor at TheDrake Magazine and a contributing editor at Angling Trade Magazine. He’s fished in the Arctic, Cuba, Mexico, the Bahamas, and more, and spends most of his on-the-water time chasing and studying trout in Colorado and Wyoming.

Tim Romano is a frequent contributor to Field & Stream and a co-writer of the magazine’s fly fishing blog, fsflytalk.com. He is the managing editor of Angling Trade Magazine (the business publication for the Fly Fishing Industry) and photo editor of the upcoming Flyfish Journal.