fly fishin book

while i know a book cannot take the place of lessons, can anyone recommend
to me a good guide for beginning fly fishing- something that would talk
about rods, and flies, and where to catch what with what, etc?
thanks in advance for any help-

snakefiddler

snakefiddler wrote:
while i know a book cannot take the place of lessons, can anyone recommend
to me a good guide for beginning fly fishing- something that would talk
about rods, and flies, and where to catch what with what, etc?
thanks in advance for any help-

You live in North Cakalaky, right? I'll save you some money.

A three-weight 9' rod with a floating line and a half-dozen Royal Humpies.

:-)

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On Thu, 20 May 2004 17:57:51 -0400, "snakefiddler"
wrote:

while i know a book cannot take the place of lessons, can anyone recommend
to me a good guide for beginning fly fishing- something that would talk
about rods, and flies, and where to catch what with what, etc?
thanks in advance for any help-

The Curtis Creek Manifesto is a decent starting place.
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Charlie...

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 17:57:51 -0400, "snakefiddler"
wrote:

while i know a book cannot take the place of lessons, can anyone
recommend
to me a good guide for beginning fly fishing- something that would talk
about rods, and flies, and where to catch what with what, etc?
thanks in advance for any help-

The Curtis Creek Manifesto is a decent starting place.
--
Charlie...

thanks, charlie
snake

Charlie Choc wrote:
wrote:

while i know a book cannot take the place of lessons, can anyone recommend
to me a good guide for beginning fly fishing- something that would talk
about rods, and flies, and where to catch what with what, etc?
thanks in advance for any help-

The Curtis Creek Manifesto is a decent starting place.

Yep, that's the book that always gathers the most recommendations
for a beginning text on roff.

I like that one too, but I like _How to Fool Fish With Feathers:
The Incompleat Guide to Fly-Fishing_ by Jon Margolis & Jeff MacNelly
a little better.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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The Curtis Creek Manifesto is a decent starting place.


How to for Gen X,

I never understood why that book, while an enjoyable read, is so highly
recommended on Roff as a beginning "how to" book.

The Orvis and LL Bean Guide books as well as Kreh's Ultimate Guide to Fly
Fishing make a hell of alot more sense IMO.

I agree lefty kreh always seems to make sense. His books and films are
loaded with great common sense tips.

I don't have a fly shop near by but this newsgroup reminds of sitting in
an outfitters store in montana. I have really learned alot. But you
really learn out on the water that's where your education begins.

A good friend once told me to read on days when you can't fish and learn
to be a flyfishermen when your on the water.

Every water, species and location is different. My advice trial and
error. If you have a fly shop nearby then ask about your area and take
some lessons. I learned alot from fly tying classes and casting clinics
each time if I just learned one new tip I felyt it was worth it.
Sometimes local clubs offer casting classes free of charge out on the
water. Heck that was my first guided trip, I had one on one training
with an awesome angler who really helped and it was all free (I did buy
him lunch and joined the club, best move I ever made). The fastest way
to success is to follow the path of a successful angler.

Steve

"Wayne Knight" wrote:

"Charlie Choc" wrote in
message
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The Curtis Creek Manifesto is a decent starting place.


How to for Gen X,

I never understood why that book, while an enjoyable read, is so
highly
recommended on Roff as a beginning "how to" book.


It's simple, and holds the attention of anyone over 6 years old.
Seeing his extreme oversimplification of fly tying, I just had to try
it. It was basically as simple as he says, and it turned out to be so
much richer as well. The book is like that. Read it once as a novice,
and you're all charged up to go fishing. Fish for a few weeks, feel a
bit humbled, and read it again. You'll wonder how you missed all that
good stuff. Get a friend interested in fishing a couple years later,
buy him a copy of the book, and take a look just to refresh your memory
before you give it to him. "Damn! Look at all that stuff I missed
last time!"

The only book in academia I can think of that has that multiple level
apeal is the Feynman Lectures on Physics.

Chas
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snakefiddler wrote:

while i know a book cannot take the place of lessons, can anyone recommend
to me a good guide for beginning fly fishing- something that would talk
about rods, and flies, and where to catch what with what, etc?
thanks in advance for any help-

Some resources I put together a while ago for a friend wanting to take
up the sport:

General FFing on-line:

This has very nice sections on equipment, assembly, and the basic knots:
http://www.associatedinternet.com/fl...01/default.htm

This has some good stuff, although the text in some of the sections is a
bit cutesy:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/begin/101/

Good knot site:
http://www.killroys.com/knots/knots.htm

Nice sections on lines ("Fly Line Anatomy") and leaders ("Leader Calc")
he
http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/

Some interesting articles geared for beginners:
http://www.fishandfly.co.uk/beginners.html


Books:

Trout Fishing by Joe Brooks. An absolute classic. Out-of-print, but
you can no doubt find a copy on http://www.abebooks.com

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide by Tom Rosenbauer. Straight-forward, solid
info.

Curtis Creek Manifesto by Sheridan Anderson. Very simple, with
cartoon-like illustrations, but a lot of folks say it helped them when
they were beginners.

Good source of fly-fishing books:
http://www.wildadv.com/fishing.html

Bibles (even for beginners):
- Trout and Salmon of North America, by Robert Behnke
- Fly Tyer's Benchside Reference, by Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer

Favorite "Fireside reading"
- A River Never Sleeps, by Roderick Haig-Brown
- The Habit of Rivers, by Ted Leeson
- Year of the Angler and Year of the Trout, both by Steve Raymond
- Trout Madness, by Robert Traver
- Fishless Days, Angling Nights, by Sparse Grey Hackle


Gear
(here are some sources whose reliability I have confidence in, but don't
forget to support your local shop if you have one and they're not
dopes):

Kaufmann's Streamborn: http://www.kman.com

EZ FlyFish: http://www.ezflyfish.com/ezflyfish/

The Fly Fishing Shop, Welches, OR: http://www.flyfishusa.com/

Feather Craft: http://www.feather-craft.com/2004MAster/

Dan Baileys: https://www.dan-bailey.com/

Hunters Angling: http://www.huntersangling.com/

Cabela's: http://tinyurl.com/2xtjb


Fly-Tying

The very best on-line tutorials, for tying some of the best of the basic
flies (there are few places you couldn't catch with just the flies
illustrated here). Also a good on-line source to buy flies:
http://www.troutflies.com/tutorials/

Not a bad general introduction:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/

My favorite site (esp. good for the West)
on bugs, http://www.westfly.com/ento/ento.htm
and on flies, http://www.westfly.com/patterns/patterns.htm

Cool, comprehensive pattern list:
http://www.danica.com/flytier/patternindex.htm


A miscellany of favorite sites:

Excellent site on the history of FFing:
http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/contents.htm

Real-time streamflow info: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt

Favorite (but kind of grab-bag) list of FFing links:
http://blueox.uoregon.edu/~dmason/Mc...ts/byinfo.html

OK, not FFing, but be honest, you really should read it again,
especially at the office....... :
http://eserver.org/thoreau/walden00.html

JR

On Fri, 21 May 2004 00:31:58 GMT, "Wayne Knight"
wrote:

I never understood why that book, while an enjoyable read, is so highly
recommended on Roff as a beginning "how to" book.

Because it is a good beginning how to book. g

The Orvis and LL Bean Guide books as well as Kreh's Ultimate Guide to Fly
Fishing make a hell of alot more sense IMO.

Good reference books, but not what I would consider good beginning how
to books.
--
Charlie...