| When looking for information on how to fly fish, | | | | attained the desired position, he should remain |
| fly fishing tips or fly fishing techniques, many | | | | there long enough to allow all commotion made by |
| anglers, or anglers to be,who limit their search to | | | | his entry to cease, during which time no motion |
| books or material written ithin the last few years | | | | of the rod should be made, because the sight of |
| or decades are short-changing themselves.Fact is, | | | | any moving object will send the now alert trout |
| many anglers continue to miss out on great fly | | | | scurrying, while the ripples will make him uneasy |
| fishing information by not reaching back into the | | | | for a short time only. The horizontal cast should |
| rich history of the sport and seeking the advice | | | | be used if possible. The fly should be floated |
| and wisdom of true fly fishing pioneers.Now when | | | | down about a foot from the bank, and it should |
| I say pioneers, I'm talking about the guys who | | | | not be retrieved until it has traveled more than |
| didn'thave anyone to learn from - the | | | | half the distance between the angler and the spot |
| groundbreakers.Remember that when dry-fly | | | | where it alighted....When satisfied that no trout are |
| fishing first made its appearance here in America | | | | within the section covered by the fly, the angler |
| from England it came without instructions.That's | | | | should lengthen his line and fish the fly a few feet |
| when anglers such as Emlyn Gill, George La | | | | above-always permitting the fly to travel over |
| Branche, Theodore Gordon and Samuel Camp, | | | | the water already fished. He should continue this |
| just to name a few, came up with their own set | | | | until the maximum line that can be handled neatly |
| of instructions for dry-fly fishing.Yes, they were | | | | without moving from the original position is being |
| the true pioneers - and they wrote the first | | | | cast. When the line becomes unwieldy (in this |
| books about the artistry and craftsmanship of | | | | method and position it is courting failure to |
| what it took to successfully fly fish in these | | | | attempt anything over thirty-five to forty feet, |
| American waters.For some strange reason, the | | | | even if one is expert) an advance may be made |
| last few generations of anglers have not been | | | | a few yards up-stream as closely to the bank as |
| exposed to this classic fly fishing information that | | | | the depth of the water and free casting space will |
| helped shape American dry-fly fishing.True, there | | | | permit. As it is quite possible-and likely, too-that a |
| are many fine fly fishing books being published | | | | trout has been under the fly all the while, but was |
| today. But, for some reason, it's the story-telling | | | | not interested in it, the angler's advance will drive |
| aspects, only found in the older classics, that can | | | | him ahead, and indications of this should be sharply |
| get your blood racing and beckons you to the | | | | looked for. The discovery of the fish will save |
| nearest stream or river.It's these older classics | | | | much valuable time, for in that case the |
| that represent the very heart and soul of fly | | | | immediate stretch may be abandoned, because |
| fishing; its mystery, its allure.You've felt it, haven't | | | | any fish above the one seen will have certainly |
| you?Fly fishing classics every angler should have | | | | taken alarm at the actions of his ! fellow and will |
| as part of their library include a wide array of | | | | have lost all desire to feed for some |
| books written by fly fishers for fly fishers and | | | | time.**********************************How |
| span anywhere between the early to mid | | | | did you do? And, that's just within 2 paragraphs! |
| 1900's.Here is a glimpse of the quality and quantity | | | | Imagine the number of tips you'll find throughout |
| of fly fishing instructions you can find in any one | | | | an entire book!Reading the early American fly |
| of these classics. Feel how smooth and flowing | | | | fishing classics is a must for all anglers who are |
| they are when being told as a story, as opposed | | | | passionate about learning as much as they can |
| to some stuffy, boring tutorial or manual.Within | | | | about the world's oldest outdoor sport.Remember, |
| these two excerpts (taken from George | | | | it is from these now classic books that America |
| LaBranche's, Dry Fly and Fast Water) there are | | | | learned how to fly fish using the dry-fly. Surely, |
| no less than 20 fishing tips; at least 10 in each | | | | these books haven't lost the capacity to continue |
| paragraph!See if you can you spot | | | | to teach more generations the art and craft of |
| ising patience, he may walk slowly and quietly into | | | | fly fishing.Don Berthiaume has uncovered fly |
| the water at the tail of the stretch and as closely | | | | fishing tips and techniques that were almost lost |
| as possible to the bank the fish are under. Having | | | | forever. |