The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing offers a simple, digestible primer on the basic elements of fly fishing: the cast, presentation, reading water, & selecting flies. In the end, this collection of 240 tips is one of the most insightful, plainly spoken, & entertaining works on this sport—one that will serve both novices & experts alike in helping them reflect & hone in their approaches to fly fishing. 5x7 inches, 224 pgs.
The mission of The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing is to demystify & un-complicate the tricks & tips that make a great trout fisher. There are no complicated physics lessons here. Rather, conceived in the "Take dead aim" spirit of Harvey Penick's classic instructional on golf, The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing offers a simple, digestible primer on the basic elements of fly fishing: the cast, presentation, reading water, & selecting flies. In the end, this collection of 240 tips is one of the most insightful, plainly spoken, & entertaining works on this sport—one that will serve both novices & experts alike in helping them reflect & hone in their approaches to fly fishing.
TWO HIGHLY RESPECTED OUTDOOR WRITERS,
Kirk Deter and Charlie Meyers, have cracked open their notebooks to
share straight-shot advice on Ay fishing. There are no complicated
physics lessons here. Their book is a simple, digestible primer on
casting, presentation, reading water, and selecting flies, with 250 tips
that will help every angler to hone his or her approach to fly fishing
KIRK DETER is the vice president and editor-in-chief of Trout
Media, the communications wing of Trout Unlimited. He is also the
editor of Angling Trade. His work has appeared in numerous media,
including Wired, USA Today, Garden & Gum, Field & Stream, and
elsewhere. Known for his "out there" and sometimes offbeat story
angles, his work has taken him fishing on five continents, from the
tip of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina to north of the Arctic Circle in
Russia, from the Tasmanian highlands to the Amazon jungle. He
lives in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
CHARLIE MEYERS was the outdoors editor for the Denver
Post and contributed stories to Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Fly Fish-
erman, Fly Fishing in Salt Waters, and many other outdoor magazines.
