Philip Monahan

The Orvis Quick-Start Guide to Fly-Fishing

Everything You Need to Know to Catch Fish Your First Time Out

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Produktbeschreibung

The Orvis Quick-Start Guide to Fly Fishing will allow any reader to learn exactly what tackle to buy for any given fishing situation, how to make basic casts, and basic fly-fishing techniques.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 214mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9781493036486
• ISBN-10: 1493036483
• Artikelnr.: 70988787

Autorenporträt

After four summers as a fly-fishing guide in Alaska and Montana, Phil Monahan spent two years working as an editor at Outdoor Life and a decade as editor-in-chief of American Angler. From 2010 to 2024, he wrote and edited the Orvis Fly Fishing blog, and is now editor-in-chief of MidCurrent.com. He continues to write feature articles for the traditional sporting press as well. Phil holds a BA in English from Columbia University, an MA in literature from the University of New Hampshire, and completed all but the dissertation for a PhD in English from Rutgers University. He lives in Sandgate, Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter I: Why Fly Fishing?
Chapter II: What Kinds of Fish Can You Catch on a Fly Rod?
Chapter III: Fly-Fishing Gear
Chapter IV: Setting Up Your Rod and Reel
Chapter V: Fly Casting
Chapter VI: Trout Flies
Chapter VII: Finding Trout and Reading Water
Chapter VIII: Fly Presentation
Chapter IX: Hooking, Landing, and Releasing Trout
Chapter X: Warmwater Fly Fishing
Chapter XI: Where to Go from Here
Acknowledgments