Instinctive Fly Fishing by Taylor Streit
In fly fishing, as in life, the very simplest things are the most important, and the easiest to overlook. In this book, Streit reveals what he has learned in more than 20 years of guiding fly-fishing trips. Streit has witnessed thousands of clients catch trout over the years, and their successes and failures often boiled down to a few elementary rules: keep the sun at your back, keep your silhouette off the water, keep your fly in productive water, think like a predator, and so on. With an almost Zen-like scrutiny, Streit discusses his distilled techniques for fishing pressured trout. He looks into what separates the beginner from the expert caster and dissects the mechanics of the perfect strike. Other chapters include Streit's thoughtful approaches to: drift; nymphs; dries; drag-free swing; bluegills and bobbers; reading water; riffles; eddy fishing; hiring a guide; fighting fish; wading; catch and release; and reading maps.
Taylor Streit was wading the fabled waters of the Catskills before he was 10; then tying flies commercially and guiding in his teens. He moved to northern New Mexico in the late 1960s where he opened a fly shop. He's guided fly fishermen for 25 years--primarily in New Mexico but in the Bahamas and Argentina as well. In 2001 he was unanimously inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a legendary guide. He authored a popular book on fly fishing New Mexico and writes for various magazines and newspapers. His photos have appeared in Fly Rod and Reel and Gray's Sporting Journal. He lives in Taos, New Mexico near his favorite river-- the wild Rio Grande.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781592281909 |
| ISBN 10 | 1592281907 |
| Title | Instinctive Fly Fishing |
| Author | Taylor Streit |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2003-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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