Before you buy, please check out the free preview feature for both the print and ebook editions and make your purchase decision in confidence from there...I'm sure you'll find this book full of excellent insights and strategies on tenkara fly fishing. Learn tenkara fly fishing from the insights and experiences of some of America's best tenkara anglers One of the things I first noticed when I began getting into tenkara was the lack of written material available outside of some very good blogs from ex-perienced tenkara anglers, many of whom participated in this project. Very little Japanese literature has been translated into English. There are still many Western-style fly anglers who still don't know or hadn't heard of tenkara. Now that I have experienced tenkara for myself, it's hard for me to imagine other anglers missing out on an opportunity to add another dimension to their fishing pleasure. Searching around, I did find a small cadre of anglers who had discovered tenkara and were now on the path to serious dedication and understanding. More importantly, these guys were catching trout and lots of them in waters all around the United States. How could something this good be known to so few? We had to find ways to get the word out on tenkara as a method of fly-fishing here in the States. It seemed to me that the best way to do that was to find some of the best tenkara anglers in the U.S. and work with them to share their insights, strategies and tactics for tenkara. That's just what I did in producing this book. You the reader have the opportunity to consider a wider range of views on tenkara, from the purist tenkara angler to what I call the adaptive tenkara angler. There's room for everyone in the tenkara world. You can discern what appeals to you as you work your way through each chapter. I think you'll enjoy the wit and often-sharp opinions that our group of tenkara anglers has openly shared. I know I have as I've worked through their interviews and constructed the manuscript for this book project. What You'll Learn In This Book: History of tenkara - What makes tenkara special - Selecting a tenkara rod - Tenkara fly lines - Best tippet options - Traditional tenkara flies - Matching the hatch vs. tenkara - Manipulating the fly - Non-traditional tenkara flies - Tying Traditional Kebari & Adaptation Patterns - Casting techniques - Fishing riffles, pools, eddies & pocket water with tenkara - Fishing small waters - Strategies for fishing larger waters - Fighting fish on a tenkara rod ...And Much More

Improve your trout fishing productivity & satisfaction. Here are just some of the topics covered Spin Fishing for Trout: Strategies & Tactics for Success -

Spin Fishing Equipment - Common Mistakes & How to Correct Them - Favorite Seasonal Lures and Tactics - Lure Performance: Spinners and Spoons - Common Water Structures and How to Fish Them - Fishing Small Lakes, Brooks and Ponds - Weather and its Impact on Lure Selection - Tactics for Fishing Pressured Water - Tactics for Targeting and Catching Larger Trout - When to Change Lures and Tactics - Angler Behavior: Doing the Right Thing on the Water.

This book is not a basic 101 course on spin fishing for trout. There are already plenty of excellent basic "how-to" books to help you master the basics of using spin fishing equipment.

Spin Fishing for Trout is a compilation of strategies and tactics pulled from formal and informal discussions with professional guides and trout spinning experts from across the country. Each year, millions of anglers spend time plying their local waters and trout waters from other destinations. Since it was introduced in the mid-20th century, spin fishing has become a national favorite for catching all kinds of fish in both freshwater and saltwater.

My goal with this book was to search out and put together the experience and perspectives of multiple anglers: Anglers who fish for trout and spend more time on the water doing it than the average angler. Anglers who work to make a living out of it, selling services or products to average fishermen. Anglers who have gained a volume of knowledge based on 30, 40 or even 50 years of spin fishing experience. Why settle for one angler's perspective on a specific subject when a number of insights from different levels and different anglers can be offered to readers?

So, in addition to what I have contributed to this book based on my collective spin fishing experience of over 35 years, you have the perspectives of different anglers who come to the sport from entirely different sets of angling histories. No one angler attacks a fishing challenge exactly the same as another. Every angler has learned based on the depth and width of their angling experiences.

In all, the anglers who have helped me craft this book bring a collective experience base of more than 200 years to angling for you to review and select what works.

This book is thick with insights on pro tactics for catching more fish consistently. Sprinkled liberally throughout this book you'll see special inserts noted as "PRO TACTICS." When you see these inserts pop up in the book, they are from the collective wisdom of the many expert anglers who've helped me over the years become a better trout fisherman.

Think of this book as helping you to continue to strengthen the foundation of trout angling expertise that you already possess. Take what you want from it, liberally and freely, and use it well. Absorb the points made in the chapters of this book, letting them sink into your consciousness and seep into your actions on the water. That's the one thing that I can appreciate the most when it comes to fishing: There is always something new to learn.

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