Fly Fishing Advice From An Old Timer »

Ed Quigley is a freelance writer whose ad credits include American Express and BMG Music. His writing has appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Wall Street Journal. His stories have appeared in Fly Fisherman magazine and the Yale Anglers' Journal. He lives in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

Gain decades of fly fishing know-how from this handy volume!

Whether you're new to fly fishing or just want to add some new "secrets" to your own bag of tricks, Ed Quigley's Fly Fishing Advice from an Old Timer has the information that you've been searching for in one handy volume. This guide is packed with easy-to-follow explanations of the basics plus ingenious tips and entertaining anecdotes culled from Quigley's years of experience fly fishing streams from Labrador to Costa Rica. When should you use emergers, caddis flies, midges, cripples ... and how can you create them literally "on the fly" right there in the stream? How do you choose the best rod, reel, lines, waders and leaders? What's the real secret to playing a fish? What's up with winter fishing? Quigley gives you all the answers along with advice on where to find more information on each topic: web sites, articles, DVDs and books. He also includes a "must read" list of fly fishing books with comments on what he found most useful in each. Fly Fishing Advice from an Old Timer has it all!

Contents

List of illustrations....................xv
Introduction....................xix
Artificial....................1
Backing....................1
Bamboo-(See Cane)....................1
Barbless hooks....................1
Bass bug taper....................3
Black curse....................3
Blank....................4
Blind casting....................4
Blood knot-(See also Knots)....................6
Blue-winged Olive....................6
Bulging....................10
Butt....................10
Caddisflies (Order Trichoptera)....................10
Cane....................16
Carp on the fly....................18
Catch and release....................21
Chironomids (See also Midges)....................24
Clippers....................25
Cocking....................26
Comparadun....................28
Cripples....................30
Cul de Canard (CDC)....................32
Dapping....................36
Dead drift....................41
Double haul....................41
Double-taper fly line....................42
Drag 1....................43
Drag 2....................45
Dropper....................46
Dry fly....................48
Dun....................56
Emergers....................57
False casting....................61
Float tubes and belly yachts....................61
Floatant....................65
Fly boxes....................68
Fly casting....................69
Fly line....................77
Fly Tying....................78
Foulhooking....................86
Gloves....................88
Hackle....................90
Hatches....................94
Hats....................101
Hookless flies....................104
Imago....................105
Imitations....................106
Jungle cock....................115
Knots....................116
Leader shy....................125
Lie....................126
Lies....................127
Lined....................127
Lines and Leaders....................128
Matching the hatch....................131
Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)....................134
Mending line....................139
Midges (See also Chironomids)....................141
Mouse....................143
Nymph fishing....................146
Orvis....................157
Palmer....................160
Panty hose shuck....................164
Parachute....................166
Pupa....................171
Purist....................176
Put down....................182
Rain jackets....................183
Reading the water....................185
Reels....................186
Removing a hook....................188
Retrieve....................191
Rise forms....................196
Rods....................201
Sculpins....................205
Shooting head....................206
Shooting line....................207
Single haul....................208
Sinking lines and sinking tips....................209
Smutting....................209
Socks....................211
Spey cast....................212
Spinner....................214
Streamer fishing....................217
Striking and playing fish....................223
Strip (See also Retrieve)....................229
Tailer....................230
Tailing....................231
Tailwaters....................232
Tandem flies....................234
Tandem rig....................236
Terrestrials....................238
Tippet....................240
Under wader wear....................243
Upwinged flies (See also Mayflies)....................243
Vests....................244
Waders and wading boots....................245
Wading....................253
Wading staffs....................255
Weight-forward floating lines....................261
Wet fly....................265
Window....................275
Winter fishing....................276
Fly Fishing Books and DVDs....................281
Index....................311