"Rosenbauer enables the weekend warrior to fish more insightfully."Booklist
This book, by America's oldest fishing tackle business, offers beginners a chance to learn the fundamentals of the great sport of fly fishing quickly and easily. The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing can be the start of a lifetime journey of discovery that will increase your intimacy with the natural world and allow you to gain skill and finesse in your fly fishing techniques.
Proven teaching methods and bright, helpful illustrations will enable new fly fishers to:
Find fish in streams, lakes, and salt water.
Select and assemble proper, balanced tackle.
Cast a fly line with authority.
Recognize and simulate natural fish foods.
Tie effective knots.
Orvis concisely explains fishing ethics, offers helpful safety advice, defines basic angling terms, and convinces the new angler that fly fishing couldn't be simpler or more fun. The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing is a crisp, helpful, and finely illustrated primer of the highest rank. 200 color photos and 100 color illustrations.
Tom Rosenbauer has been fly fishing for over forty years and is the vice president of marketing at Orvis. He lives in Sunderland, Vermont. The Orvis Company, America's oldest fish-tackle business, mails 55 million catalogs each year. Its headquarters are in Manchester, Vermont.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Distributor: W. W. Norton
Publication Date: 01-05-2009
Pages: 192
Measurements: 8in X 6in
