Three well-known fly fishers (and friends) come together to share the solid technical know-how they've learned from years of fishing the ever-elusive trout.Chapters cover fishing with nymphs, dry and wet flies, emergers, streamers, and moreEnhanced with more than 200 full-color photos and QR codes that link to video segmentsAuthors recount their personal experiences with fussy trout, tactics and presentation, choosing fly rods, and organizing their...

Originally published in 1994, this book was a fly-fishing phenomenon in the way Howell Raines's Fly Fishing Through the Mid-Life Crisis was. Taking his fishing hobby to near metaphysical levels, Ted Leeson tells about his passions: rivers, trout, and fly fishing. With wry humor and rare insight, he explores questions that engage most fishermen: What is it about rivers that draws us so irresistibly, and why does fly fishing seem such an aptly suited...