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In this long-awaited book, master fly-fisherman Charles Meck
explains everything you need to know about the special techniques
of fly-fishing small streams, including: Finding and rating
productive streams Selecting rods, reels, lines, and leaders
Small-stream casting techniques-including Meck's innovative
"bow-and-arrow cast" What hatches to expect--and when--on small
streams Tying buoyant and visible dry flies for small steams-as
well as nymphs, wet flies, and terrestrials Improving fishing on
your favorite streams
Many of the 10,000 miles of classified trout water in the state is
easily accessible from major population centers. But this massive,
complete work also includes smaller "secret" streams in remote
regions. This third edition has been completely redesigned, as well
as updated and expanded. Fourteen streams have been added. Features
include: extensive insect hatch charts keyed to each stream; advice
on matching the batch with the right flies; local fly patterns;
color photographs and detailed maps; at-a-glance headings for each
stream that tell you how to get there, what to bring, regulations,
and highlights.
In Arizona, you'll find a variety of rivers and streams, from
bottom-release tailwater fisheries to fertile high-desert creeks,
from the Colorado River to the Valley of the Sun. In no other place
in North America can you see Trico hatches in November and again in
February and March! In this revised, updated, and expanded edition,
authors Meck and Rohmer examine the state's trout waters impacted
in recent years by floods, drought, and forest fires, such as
Canyon and Cibecue creeks, the lower portion of the Salt River, and
the Colorado and Upper Verde rivers. Coverage of many of the lakes
has also been revised, and several lakes in central and southern
Arizona have been added to round out this comprehensive, detailed
guide.
The essence of trout fishing with a fly is understanding hatches.
That quest for understanding has spawned an entire literature of
fly fishing. Meck's genius is to show the angler that the
understanding we need to catch fish is not the memorization of
hundreds of bugs and their Latin names. The key to successful
fishing is using the right fly at the right time ("matching the
hatch"). The Hatches Made Simple for the first time identifies the
broad patterns by which hatches happen. For example, light tan
colored mayflies tend to hatch at certain times, and drab gray
mayflies hatch at other times. Instead of memorizing all the
individual insects, the angler just needs to learn the timing of
the patterns to these hatches. Armed with a knowledge of those
patterns, matching the hatch becomes an entirely new game. More
knowledge equals more fish.
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