Fishing Small FliesThe fishing companion to Tying Small FliesInstructions and illustrations for tricky casts, including pile, reach, parachute, and downstream-and-across reachTechniques for dead-drift nymphing, freestyle nymphing, and fishing dry-fly and in-the-film plus how to fish tiny mayflies, Tricos, Pale Morning Duns, midges, microcaddis, terrestrialsMost small-fly books concentrate on the fly patterns, but presentation and tactics are just as important as the pattern itself. Small-fly fishers must carefully observe the trout and constantly adjust their techniques as they go. Engle covers the difficulty of detecting strikes and how to best play trout caught on small flies and gives advice on the aquatic insect orders and how to fish the hatches, depending on the water and the stage of the hatch. Covered too are special considerations for rods and reels for small-fly fishing and tactics for light tippets. Engle describes fishing specific waters, including tailwaters, freestone rivers, and spring creeks. |
Contents
| 1 | |
Tackle for Fishing Small Flies | 15 |
The Power of Observation | 35 |
Basic SmallFly Nymphing Techniques | 51 |
Basic DryFly and IntheFilm SmallFly Techniques | 75 |
The Fine Arts of Striking Hooking Playing and Landing Trout on Small Flies | 97 |
Fishing the Major SmallFly Hatches | 113 |
SmallFly PatternType Dictionary | 117 |
The Elements of Style | 149 |
Books of Interest to SmallFly Fishers | 155 |
Index | 155 |
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adults anglers aquatic insect backcast bamboo bank beadhead blue-winged olive bulges caddis caddisflies casting position catch clinch knot close detect strikes drag drag-free drift drifts downstream dry fly dry-fly emerging feeding lanes fishing small flies floating nymph fluorocarbon fly fishers fly fishing fly line FLY PATTERN TYPES fly rod forward cast Freestyle nymphing graphite head-to-tail rises inches John Gierach land larva lift loop mayfly mayfly hatches mend microcaddis microcaddisfly midge hatch midge larva midge pupae move nylon nymph imitation pale morning duns point fly presentation reel reservoir riffles riseform rising trout rod tip set the hook shuck sidearm cast sipping slack-line casts small-fly fishers Soft hackle sometimes South Platte River species spent spinners spook spot spring creeks strike indicator surface film swing TACTICS tail tailwaters tiny tion tippet material trout are feeding trout rising trout takes trout's head upstream water temperatures water's surface weight