Devin Olsen explains how the techniques he has used to become a repeat medalist in fly fishing competitions around the world can be adapted to everyday fly fishing situations. He covers strategies, tactics, and flies for rivers, small streams, and still waters, allowing anyone to fish more successfully by applying the approaches taken by competitive anglers.

Introducing a unique series of international sport/travel guides: your favorite sports, Outside's top picks of the greatest places on earth to pursue them. Each guide is an invitation to take your first steps toward an active vacation of exploration.

Chase the biggest trout in the world from Montana and Labrador all the way to Chile and New Zealand. Wade Caribbean flats from the Bahamas and Mexico to Belize and Venezuela. Explore America's own undiscovered saltwater backcountry in Texas and Florida. Discover the challenge of bluewater fly fishing in Costa Rica and on Midway in the middle of the Pacific. And search out fly-rod adventure in far-flung corners of the world from Alaska and Siberia to Tierra del Fuego. Full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.

This is a comprehensive guide to over thirty streams and twelve lakes. This revised edition contains new, specialised information on access, equipment, stream characteristics, trout species and size, timing of insect hatches, as well as artificial fly patterns likely to result in success. Local anglers and visitors alike will be able to plan more productive outings while exploring new fishing areas and different species of fish. From the trophy waters of the San Juan and Rio Grande to the Chama and the Brazos, New Mexico is home to more than four thousand miles of cold-water streams teeming with cut-throat, brown, rainbow, and brook trout. With the state's year-round fishing season, anglers can find water matched to any level of skill and style of fly fishing. In addition to chapters devoted to specific streams and lakes, the book includes detailed maps, important information on regulations, the fishing year, and environmental concerns.

Whether you're fishing on shore, off a dock or in a boat, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. Based on Dave Bosanko's field guides and featuring nearly 70 of the most popular freshwater and saltwater sport fish caught in the Middle and South Atlantic regions--including the states of Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia--the booklet is organized by fishing location for quick and easy identification. Further narrow your choices by tail shape, and view just a few species at a time. The pocket-sized format is much easier to use than laminated foldouts, and the waterproof and tear-resistant pages help to make the book safe to take anywhere you reel 'em in! Book Features Includes sport fish from freshwater, brackish water and saltwater Organized by where you're fishing, whether inland, close to shore or deep sea fishing Pocket-sized format--easier than laminated foldouts Waterproof and tear-resistant durability Professional illustrations that show key markings

Wisconsin and Minnesota together boast more than 12,500 miles of designated trout waters in more than 3,000 streams. Thanks to conservation efforts by governmental and volunteer organizations, fishing is better than it has been in decades. In this completely updated and expanded second edition, the authors have added information on many new streams. Veteran anglers Humphrey and Shogren describe their native trout waters with an evocative sense of place that conveys not only the details but also the experience an angler can expect.

Features include: profiles of more than 120 productive trout rivers and streams; information on hatches, access points, and wading conditions; travel directions, map references, and information on nearby facilities; 55 detailed maps; hatch charts for the region's major hatches; advice on tackle, flies, and tactic; local hatch charts and fly patterns; information on tackle shops and guide services; and much more.

With thousands of miles of cold, fertile, and highly oxygenated streams, Michigan is a mecca for trout anglers. In this classic guide to the state, veteran anglers Bob Linsenman and Steve Nevala describe Michigan's best fishing, from its most renowned waters to remote, little-known streams. In this completely revised and updated second edition, coverage of the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers has been expanded. And new for this edition is coverage of the Black, Driggs, Ross, Muskegon, Brandywine, Coldwater, and Pine Rivers. In addition to updated maps and stream descriptions, the authors also provide reliable and detailed information on: Access points, wading conditions, and techniques and equipment for each stream Times and types of hatches, as well as patterns to match the hatch Tackle shops, outfitters and guides, and state offices Covers seven new rivers, and widely considered to be the definitive fly-fishing guide to the state. The first edition of this book was titled Michigan Trout Streams. 35 black & white photographs, 45 maps, index.

Each description includes a rating, map, hatch chart, and more. Pennsylvania is world renowned for the quality of its fly-fishing but the state is in danger of being loved to death by its anglers. In this eagerly awaited companion volume to Pennsylvania Trout Streams, Charles Meck offers state anglers along with those in neighboring New York and New Jersey descriptions of 43 of his own secret streams. These are spots where you can still find blizzardlike insect hatches and catch wild and stream bred trout in total solitude.

A unique collection of fishing stories from the past 200 years that prove that when it comes to fishing, things can and often do go hilariously wrong. From stories of record breakers that got away to boats that sank, rods that broke and pike and salmon that ran amoke, Great Angling Disasters is the ultimate chronicle of those less than triumphant days on the riverbank. For everyone interested in fishing with rod and line whether they are game, coarse or sea fishermen.

This how-to book on surf fishing for striped bass covers everything from choosing the correct equipment to finding these feisty fish. Featured is information on the history of striper fishing, how to be successful (and safe) fishing at night, and sure-fire baiting techniques. Daignault is a highly sought-after, well-respected writer and lecturer. Twenty years a fishing and outdoors writer, he regularly contributes to Salt Water Sportsman, Field and Stream, Fishing World, and Sports Afield. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 272 pages)