Synopses & Reviews
With more than 200,000 copies sold,
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide has been a mainstay on the angler’s shelf for twenty years. Now thoroughly updated, with new information on the latest equipment, color photos throughout, and more of the discussions of trout behavior that made the first editiona classic,
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide is ready for the next millennium.
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Revised and Updated is a complete, down-to-earth, and highly practical introduction to the exciting sport of fly fishing. All the important elements and types of fly fishing are presented: tackle selection, casting, presentation, flies and their special uses; successful techniques on stream, pond, or ocean; and tackle, flies, and special methods of fishing for every major gamefish in fresh and salt water, from bass to bonefish, tarpon to trout.
Whether for beginners looking for a complete basic course or more experienced anglers needing a refresher, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Revised and Updated has proven invaluable. As the editor of Rod & Reel noted on its original publication: "This guide may be the single most valuable item a novice angler can buy. . . and most of us would do well to re-read the sections on flies, fly selection, and stream tactics every spring before pulling on our waders for the first time."
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All the essential information for the beginner and intermediate fly fisher.
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Now for the first time in full color, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide appears in a completely revised and updated edition that solidifies its place as the flagship title of the Orvis books. A best-selling, fully illustrated, and comprehensive book, this large-format volume has been required reading for every angler for the past two decades.
With new illustrations and paintings by renowned fly-fishing artist Bob White, this wholly rewritten edition addresses every significant requirement of the sport and provides an excellent foundation for pleasurable years of fishing. Included here are instructions for tackle selection; casting and presentation; flies and their specific uses; essential knots and how to tie them properly; successful techniques on stream, pond, or ocean; and information on the best tackle, flies, and methods for pursuing major gamefish in fresh and salt water, from bluegill to tarpon.
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Tom Rosenbauer, who has also written
The Orvis Guide to Reading Trout Streams, works in Manchester, Vermont, as vice president of marketing at Orvis.
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The most complete beginner's guide to fishing in print.
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Now for the first time in full color, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide appears in a completely revised and updated edition that solidifies its place as the flagship title of the Orvis books. A best-selling, fully illustrated, and comprehensive book, this large-format volume has been required reading for every angler for the past two decades.
About the Author
Tom Rosenbauer has been with the Orvis Company for twenty-seven years, and while there has been a fishing school instructor, copywriter, public relations director, merchandise manager, and editor of
The Orvis News for ten years. Rosenbauer has been a fly fisher for over thirty-five years, and was a commercial fly tyer by age fourteen. He has ten fly-fishing books in print, including
The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide, which won a 2001 National Outdoor Book Award. He has also been published in
Field & Stream,
Outdoor Life,
Catalog Age,
Fly Fisherman,
Sporting Classics,
Fly Rod & Reel,
Audubon, and others. He lives in southern Vermont on the banks of his favorite trout stream.