How To Fly Fish: Your Step By Step Guide To Fly Fishing

If you want to learn how to fly fish, then get "How To Fly Fish" guide which is written by a person with real life experience in fly fishing.

"How To Fly Fish" is a beginner’s guide to the sport of fly fishing. In it, you will find everything a new fly fisher should know about getting started in this rewarding, lifelong pastime.

You’ll learn about:

- Fish, mainly trout – their habits, favorite foods, secret hiding places and how to fool them with a tiny artificial fly

- Equipment – from rods and reels to nets and waders, what to look for in good gear and what you need in a beginner’s setup

- Reading water – recognizing structure and current patterns that make for good fly fishing water; temperature, clarity and flow rates for optimal conditions

- Insects – mayflies, caddis flies, stone flies, even grasshoppers; why the fish cannot resist them; selecting artificial flies to match the real thing

- Casting – basic instruction on how to get the fly in the air and onto the water; we’ll look at tempo and line management, and provide a couple of expert tips

- Hooking and playing a fish – what to do when you hook into a big, strong fish; techniques for working the rod and controlling the line

- Landing and releasing fish – how to handle and remove the hook from a tired trout in as little time as possible, sending it back home alive and well

- Hiring a guide – the benefits of spending a little cash for a lot of experience

- Drift boats – the allure of fly fishing from a river craft designed to maximize your success on the water

About the Expert

Lloyd Bentley earned a B.A. in Communications in Montreal, and continues to hone his craft, seeking out new challenges that feed his passion and test his skill.

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Release date

Lydbog: 13. marts 2020