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The Orvis Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing: Secrets from the Orvis Experts

The Orvis Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing: Secrets from the Orvis Experts

Current price: $34.95
Publication Date: April 16th, 2024
Publisher:
Lyons Press
ISBN:
9781493081554
Pages:
256
Bear Pond Books of Montpelier
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Description

The OrvisUltimate Book of Fly Fishing is a grand tour of the world of fly-fishing strategies and techniques, from Orvis's world-famous team of experts and advisors. In large format with rich and helpful color photos and drawings, the book covers everything from basic fishing knots and casts to expert techniques you won't see in standard books. Besides trout technique and secrets for rivers and lakes, the book also covers the worlds of fly fishing for bonefish, striped bass, permit, bluefish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and steelhead.

Learn how to nymph for steelhead from Matt Supinski. Find out how to catch the elusive permit from Jack Samson. Take a lesson from John Shewey on swinging a classic wet fly for West Coast steelhead. Learn how to find stripers along Northeast beaches from Lou Tabory. Find out which knots work best for saltwater fly fishing. Tom Rosenbauer will tell you how to read a trout stream and approach the fish, then reveals his secrets for catching trout on dry flies and nymphs. Jim Lepage shares his knowledge on catching trout in ponds and lakes, then Bill Tapply will tell you how to catch freshwater bass on flies. Polish your fly casting with world expert Tom Deck. All this and much more in the most comprehensive and attractive book in the Orvis line.

About the Author

Tom Rosenbauer has been a fly fisher for five decades and was tying flies commercially at age fourteen. He is the author of numerous books, as well as countless articles for American Angler, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, and other periodicals. He has worked for the Orvis Company in various capacities since 1976. He lives in Pawlet, Vermont.