The Adaptable Flyfisher: Wild Trout and Coarse Fish on Fly

168 Pages·2002·11.69 MB·English

by  Lou Stevens

THE
ADAPTABLE
ELY H SH ER
Lou
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The
Adaptable
Flyfisher

The
Adaptable
Flyf isher
Wild Trout and
Coarse Fish on Fly
Lou Stevens
SWANHILL
PRESS
Copyright © 2000 Lou Stevens
2nd Edition first published in the UK in 2000
by Swan Hill Press, an imprint of Airlife Publishing Ltd
1st Edition published in 1990 by Blandford
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ISBN 1 84037180 3
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For Eddie Bassin -
who was much more tihan just a friend
By the same author:
Trout and Terrestrials (Swan Hill Press)
Improve Your Flycasting (Swan Hill Press)
Trout and the Subsurface Fly (Swan Hill Press)
Flyfishing - Tactics on Small Streams (Swan Hill Press)
Contents
Introduction 9
1 The Week-end Flyfisherman 11
2 Tackle 15
3 Casting a Fly 22
4 The Wild Trout 35
5 Locating Trout 41
6 Coarse Fish - The Free-Risers 48
7 Coarse Fish - The Predators 55
8 Occasional Encounters 64
9 The Wet Fly 67
10 Natural Flies and Imitations 83
11 The Dry Fly 89
12 Lures 102
13 Terrestrials 113
14 Hooking, Playing and Landing 122
15 Spate Streams 129
16 Fly Dressing Techniques 135
17 Nylon 145
Afterword 153
Index 154