How to Get Started in
Fly Fishing

Without going broke, crazy or to Patagonia

Frederic Thorner

How to Get Started in Fly Fishing

How To Get Started In Fly Fishing lays out the basics of the sport in a straightforward, easy-to-understand manner. It is a true primer that focuses on the needs of the beginner. This practical guide will provide a painless introduction tot he exciting and fun-filled world of fly fishing.

You will Learn:
     How to outfit your self without spending a fortune
     How to find places to fly fish close to home
     All about equipment, casting, knots and rigging, flies, insects
       and more, all carefully explained and demystified
     With the aid of over 100 concise and  easy-to-follow illustrations
 

Self Published 2011
Paperback, 151 pages
9 x 6  in.

Condition as new, no sign of wear. Signed by the author

Contents

Introduction

Why Fly Fish

Equipment

Where To Fly Fish

What To Buy

Rigging Up

Casting

Fish And What They Eat

Flies

Fishing

Tenkara

Sportsmanship

Safety

Some Final Thoughts

Further Reading

Index



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“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.

We've all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish. It is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up.


Warning:

The hooks are sharp.
The coffee's hot.
The fish are slippery when wet.

Beware of the Dogma

All the hooks sold on TenkaraBum.com, whether packaged as loose hooks or incorporated into flies, are sharp - or as Daiichi says on their hook packages, Dangerously Sharp. Some have barbs, which make removal from skin, eyes or clothing difficult. Wear eye protection. Wear a broad-brimmed hat. If you fish with or around children, bend down all hook barbs and make sure the children wear eye protection and broad-brimmed hats. Be aware of your back cast so no one gets hooked.

Also, all the rods sold on TenkaraBum.com will conduct electricity. Do not, under any circumstances, fish during a thunder storm. Consider any fishing rod to be a lightning rod! Fishing rods can and do get hit by lightning!