Authors: Ed Mitchell
ISBN-13: 9780811706537, ISBN-10: 0811706532
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: 1 ED
A master course in finding and catching fish along the shoreline
* -Stripers, blues, false albacore, bonito, weakfish, hickory shad One of the most respected authorities on Atlantic Coast fly fishing compiles his decades of experience in this all new, in-depth guide to species, structure, tactics, flies, and migrations. Detailed chapters on each species cover habitat, forage, and typical feeding habits. An illustrated guide to coastal structures-including troughs, sloughs, bars, flats, channels, rock piles, and estuaries-explains where and how to find the fish. A chapter on migrations provides regional information on where to find species throughout the year. With color plates of the latest and most effective saltwater flies. Ed Mitchell pioneered saltwater fly fishing in the Northeast, and his first book on the subject, Fly Rodding the Coast (0-8117-0628-1), has become a standard reference. A regular contributor to all the leading fly-fishing magazines and a popular lecturer, he is active in marine conservation.
Acknowledgments | viii | |
Introduction | ix | |
Chapter 1 | How to Fish for Bonito and False Albacore | 1 |
Chapter 2 | How to Fish for Striped Bass | 26 |
Chapter 3 | How to Fish for Bluefish | 55 |
Chapter 4 | How to Fish for Weakfish and Hickory Shad | 70 |
Chapter 5 | Fly-Fishing the Edges | 82 |
Chapter 6 | Forage and Flies | 131 |
Chapter 7 | Fishing the Migrations | 163 |
Chapter 8 | Solving Common Problems | 203 |
Chapter 9 | A Guide to Lobsterville Beach and Dogfish Bar | 214 |
Bibliography | 219 | |
Index | 221 |