Instinctive Fly Fishing A Guide's Guide To Better Trout Fishing

This thoroughly revised and expanded new edition of Taylor Streit's classic Instinctive Fly Fishingaddresses the "real reasons people catch trout," and offers suggestions and tips to help the aspiring angler take advantage of his or her own fly-fishing instincts. Since Instinctivewas first published in 2003, the author has kept track of certain essential elements that were missing from the first edition. Even as he's been out on a guide trip with a client, he's kept notes about what "should have been in Instinctive." This thorough revision benefits from more than seven years of his instinctive rumination. Rewritten with an eye toward a new audience, Instinctiveaims for those who fish in competitive situations and overfished waters, which appeals especially to those in the eastern half of the United States. Additional content includes fishing tailwaters with tiny flies, practical information on insect hatches (tricos, blue winged olives, and green drakes) and illustrations of knots and rigs. Also included are additional chapters on the environment, stream manners, and safety.

Taylor Streit was wading the fabled waters of the Catskills before he was 10; then tying flies commercially and guiding in his teens. He moved to northern New Mexico in the late 1960s where he opened a fly shop. He's guided fly fishermen for 25 years--primarily in New Mexico but in the Bahamas and Argentina as well. In 2001 he was unanimously inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a legendary guide. He authored a popular book on fly fishing New Mexico and writes for various magazines and newspapers. His photos have appeared in Fly Rod and Reel and Gray's Sporting Journal. He lives in Taos, New Mexico near his favorite river-- the wild Rio Grande.

Chapter 1: Instinctive Fly Fishing Chapter 2: The Fly Fishing Personality Chapter 3: Tips To be expanded by approximately 700 words. Chapter 4: Casting To be expanded by approximately 750 words. Chapter 5: Water and Weather Conditions Chapter 6: Sun, Shade, and Silhouette Chapter 7: Fishing Pressure / Selective Trout To be expanded by approximately 1,000 words. Chapter 8: Hatches To be expanded by approximately 1,200 words. Chapter 9: Strike! Chapter 10: Drift To be expanded by approximately 200 words. Chapter 11: Flies To be expanded by approximately 1,000 words. Chapter 12: Nymphs To be expanded by approximately 500 words. Chapter 13: Dries To be expanded by approximately 400 words. Chapter 15: Swing Chapter 16: Bluegills and Bobbers Chapter 17: Kids Chapter 18: Reading Water To be expanded by approximately 200 words. Chapter 19: Riffles Chapter 20: Eddy Fishing Chapter 21: Lakes Chapter 22: Hiring a Guide Chapter 23: Fighting Fish Chapter 24: Wading Chapter 25: Snagged Chapter 26: Gear To be expanded by approximately 350 words. Chapter 27: Catch and Release Chapter 28: Explore Chapter 29: Maps Additional Chapters 1. Combat fishing (strategies for crowed waters, etiquette): 600 words 2. Tailwaters (selective trout, small flies, presentation) 1100 words 3. Traveling (where, when, how to get there—US & Abroad) 1200 words 4. Small Streams (beaver ponds, pocket water, brush) 900 words 5. Backpacking 400 words 6. Catching Big Trout (night fishing, meat flies) 700 words 7. Trout Species 150 words 8. Safety (bugs, bites, skin, clothes, GPS) 300 words