A complete introduction to drift boat fly fishing. Easy-to-follow chapters cover rowing mechanics, fishing techniques, reading the water for proper boat maneuvering and positioning, and buying, equipping, and rigging the right boat for one's needs. Includes helpful illustrations and photos.
Provides sufficient detail to model 10 boats to scale or build them full size. Instruction and step-by-step photos for building a traditional boat to scale. With measured drawings for 10 traditional boats, including the Light McKenzie River Boat and the Rogue River Driver.
Driftboats have a long, and at times controversial, history in their native Oregon. Commonplace on Pacific Northwest waters, the popularity of driftboats is enjoying a surge eastward and today are found in every state. Now comes a comprehensive guide to driftboats, this book covers: the history; the controversy; contemporary boats; purchasing and outfitting a driftboat; rowing basics; reading water; drifting a river; solutions to common river problems; checklists; the future of driftboating; and more. Written with safety and courtesy at the forefront, this guide has all the information you need to be a responsible boat owner and operator.
One of the most studied yet intimidating aspects of fly fishing for trout is an understanding of insect hatches. This unique book teaches fly fishers enough entomology to be successful, and instead of focusing on insect identification, it stresses learning how to approach trout, how to find where they feed, and how to present the fly so it is accepted as natural food without hesitation. It helps fly fishers catch more fish on dry flies, streamers, and nymphs, and teaches the angler more about trout than the life history of insects. Published in association with The Orvis Company.
Veteran fishing guide John Marshall shares fish catching wisdom and insights (both fly fishing and spinning) gained through close to 3 decades of catching trout and smallmouth bass - and pleasing hundreds of clients - on the Upper Connecticut River between New Hampshire and Vermont. This book will help advance the beginner through intermediate angler while offering a great refresher to the more advanced. Most who enter fly fishing learn quickly the first season or two but then become bogged down. It is difficult for them to improve their skills past a certain point. John shows them how to break through this invisible barrier while bringing their fly fishing skills and knowledge to another level. A fishing releated book is well worth the price if it can offer a usable pearl or two. This reading offers several and consists of Techniques, Tips and True Life Experiences from a 25 Year Licensed & Registered Trout & Smallmouth Guide on the Upper Connecticut River. Fish On! ISBN 9781449906511
A comprehensive book on tactics for streamers, including new approaches for trout, steelhead, muskie, and bass. Features over 450 detailed photos and illustrations of casting and presenting streamers.
The all-in-one manual for catching smallmouth bass in rivers. This is the first book to combine both how-to and where-to, with 17 chapters of comprehensive instruction plus the 102 best rivers destination descriptions. The reader-friendly format includes 34 illustrations, 17 charts, 8 maps, and 130 photos, many of them in color. By Tim Holschlag, the author of Stream Smallmouth Fishing (Stackpole Books, 1990) and Smallmouth Fly Fishing (Smallmouth Angler Press, 2005), and creator of the DVD Stream Smallmouth Fishing (Smallmouth Angler Productions, 2007)
New and specific presentation techniques beyond traditional dead driftingLong-line nymphing, no-line nymphing, downstream strategies, micronymphing, nymphing lakes, and designing your own imitationsInstruction on hauling with weighted rigs, hammering, jabbing, tilting the rod plane, roll casting, elliptical casts, curve casts, downstream loadingNo other form of fly fishing has broader application on so many types of water for both active and inactive trout. So argues Osthoff, who challenges the long-held notion that nymphing involves little more than dead drifting with the current. Osthoff advocates an active strategy of moving the nymph, applying effective casting and creative presentation techniques that will attract the most elusive trout. With comprehensive advice on rigging and prospecting, practice tips for a wide variety of casts, and strategies for precise control to bring your nymph to life, this is your guide to becoming a truly versatile angler.
“Beautiful. ... A lyrical companion to his father’s classic, A River Runs through It, chronicling their family’s history and bond with Montana’s Blackfoot River.” —Washington Post A "poetic" and "captivating" (Publishers Weekly) memoir about the power of place to shape generations, Home Waters is John N. Maclean's remarkable chronicle of his family's century-long love affair with Montana's majestic Blackfoot River, the setting for his father's classic novella, A River Runs through It. Maclean returns annually to the simple family cabin that his grandfather built by hand, still in search of the trout of a lifetime. When he hooks it at last, decades of longing promise to be fulfilled, inspiring John, reporter and author, to finally write the story he was born to tell. A book that will resonate with everyone who feels deeply rooted to a landscape, Home Waters is a portrait of a family who claimed a river, from one generation to the next, of how this family came of age in the 20th century and later as they scattered across the country, faced tragedy and success, yet were always drawn back to the waters that bound them together. Here are the true stories behind the beloved characters fictionalized in A River Runs through It, including the Reverend Maclean, the patriarch who introduced the family to fishing; Norman, who balanced a life divided between literature and the tug of the rugged West; and tragic yet luminous Paul (played by Brad Pitt in Robert Redford’s film adaptation), whose mysterious death has haunted the family and led John to investigate his uncle’s murder and reveal new details in these pages. A universal story about nature, family, and the art of fly fishing, Maclean’s memoir beautifully captures the inextricable ways our personal histories are linked to the places we come from—our home waters. Featuring twelve wood engravings by Wesley W. Bates and a map of the Blackfoot River region.