Full Description
When fishing gets tough, fly fishers might be tempted to use bigger, flashier flies, but expert angler Ed Engle knows that tiny, sparsely dressed flies often work when nothing else will. With a little attention to tying the flies and fishing technique, fly fishers will take trout on flies as small as 24, 28, and even 30.
Now combining his two classic books on small fly tying and fishing in one updated, second-edition volume, Engle covers the patterns and how to fish them. You'll learn how to find and observe trout in small-fly water, how to evaluate the major small-fly hatches, how to fish the surface and below, and how to strike, play, and land trout on tiny flies. Engle deftly covers small-fly history and how the flies have developed. Tying tools, special materials, specific patterns for aquatic insects, tying techniques, and a full complement of patterns complete the book.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Anatomy of a Small-Fly River
2. Tackle for Fishing Small Flies
3. The Power of Observation
4. Basic Small-Fly Nymphing Techniques
5. Basic Dry-Fly and In-the-Film Small-Fly Techniques
6. The Fine Arts of Striking, Hooking, Playing and Landing Trout on Small Flies
7. Fishing the Major Small-Fly Hatches
8. The Elements of Style
9. Small Flies History
10. Small-Fly Hooks and Tying Tools
11. Hanging by a Thread
12. A Little Flash
13. Wired
14. Getting Down — Weight for Small Flies
15. Midge Larvae and Midge Pupae
16. Midges on Top and in the Surface Film
17. Blue-Winged Olives
18. Tiny Parachutes
19. Tricos
20. Floating Nymphs
21. Pale Morning Duns
22. Microcaddis
23. Microscuds
24. Tiny Ants
25. Tiny, Simple, Old, New, and Effective Small-Fly Patterns
26. Guide's Choice
27. Poor Man's CDC
28. Tiny Flies
Books of Interest to Small-Fly Fishers
Index
