Inshore Fly Fishing, 2nd A Pioneering Guide to Fly Fishing along Cold-Water Seacoasts

In this classic book, expert Lou Tabory provides professional advice on how to fly fish for striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, and other cold-water marine species. Tabory clearly instructs on how to "read" rips, bars, beaches, flats, jetties, reefs, tidal estuaries, and all other important fishing areas. He outlines what tackle fly fishermen need, which flies are most effective (and when and how they should be fished), and how to hook and play inshore game fish. There are also special sections on tides, night fishing, the use of a stripping basket, drags, and drag systems--all the information a beginning or expert marine fly fisherman needs to bring his or her skill set to the next level.

Lou Tabory has been an outdoor writer for over forty years, having published in Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, and many other magazines. He is the author of Lou Tabory’s Guide to Saltwater Baits and Their Imitations, The Orvis Pocket Guide to Fly Fishing for Striped Bass and Bluefish, and Stripers on the Fly (all Lyons Press). He lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Contents Foreword by Lefty Kreh xi Introduction xiii Part One Reading and Fishing Inshore Waters 1 1 The First Cast 3 2 Rips 8 3 Beaches 18 4 Flats 37 5 Jetties 47 6 Rocky Cliffs 56 7 Reefs and Rocky Points 64 8 Small Creeks 74 9 Estuaries 85 10 Saltwater Estuaries 95 11 Offshore Rips 103 12 Blue Water 111 13 Open Water 117