Flyfishing Small Lakes for Trout: A Beginner's Guide
CONTENTS
1. CATCHING TROUT ON FLIES ................................................................1
The
Joys of Flyfishing
What This Book Has to Offer
2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ..................................................................7
Rainbow
Trout
What Trout Eat
Feeding Behaviour
3. BASIC EQUIPMENT ...............................................................................23
Flies
Rods, Reels and Lines
Other Equipment We Recommend
How to Put It All Together
Tube or Boat?
Caring for Your Equipment
4. BASIC SKILLS ......................................................................................49
Trolling
Casting
Trolling Tips
Casting Tips
Rod and Line Control
How to Retrieve the Fly, Detect the Take and Set the Hook
How to Land the Fish
5. YOUR FIRST DAY ..................................................................................71
Choose
a Lake
Make a Plan
Troll Around the Lake
Review Your Plan
Review Your Day
Other Anglers
6. FISHING IMITATIVE PATTERNS .............................................................83
Selecting
the Imitative Patterns
Insect Identification
How to Fish Imitative Patterns
- In the Early Season
- During Emergences and Hatches
- During the Summer Doldrums
- During the Late Season
7. FISHING THE CHIRONOMID HATCH .......................................................101
Our
Advice - Fish the Pupal Stage
Enlarge Your Fly Box
Prerequisites for All Chironomid Techniques
The 'Indicator' or 'Bobber' Technique
The Count-down Method
Chironomid Tips
Trolling Tip
Strike Indicators
8. IMPROVING YOUR SKILLS ....................................................................113
Learn More About:
- Equipment
- Technique
- Tubing
- Casting
- Insects
Learn
to Tie Flies
Search the Internet
Join a Club
Hire a Guide for a Day
Concluding Comments
Appendix A 119 ..........................................................................................119
Terms You May Hear Anglers Use
Appendix B 121...........................................................................................121
Knots
- Tips on Tying Knots
- How to Tie a Duncan Loop
- How to Hold the Knot when Tying a Duncan Loop
- How to Tie a Nail Knot
- How to Tie a Perfection Loop
- How to Tie a Triple Surgeon's Knot
We Endorse These Manufacturers ..............................................................130
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