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An insider shares his secrets for more successful fly fishing. Based on his thirty-plus years of research here is a comprehensive examination of those often overlooked aspects of the natural world that impact trout, trout food and forage, and fly fishing.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 – Barometric Pressure
Chapter 2 – Precipitation
Chapter 3 – Water Temperature
Chapter 4 – Natural Light Conditions: Sunlight, Cloud Cover, and the Dark of Night
Chapter 5 – Water Levels and Clarity
Chapter 6 – Wind: Using It to Your Advantage
Chapter 7 - Reading the Gauges: pH Levels, Dissolved Oxygen, and Specific Conductance
Chapter 8 - As If We Really Know: Reading the Lunar Phase
Afterword
References
Index
About the author
Boots Allen is a third-generation fly fishing guide who for the past thirty-plus years has worked on many of the storied trout streams in the Rocky Mountain West. His enthusiasm for fishing and guiding has taken him to waters around the world, including Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Argentina, British Columbia, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, and the Bahamas. Boots is a three time high scoring guide in the annual Jackson Hole One-Fly Contest, a high scoring angler in the East Idaho Bass on the Fly Tournament, and winner of the prestigious 2007 Carmichael-Cohen Award. He has penned articles for fly fishing and outdoor magazines and is the author of
Snake River Fly Fishing: Through The Eyes of an Angler (Amato Books, 2010),
Modern Trout Fishing: Tactics and Strategies for Today¿s Fly Fisher (Lyons Press, 2013), and
Snake River Flies (Graphic Arts Books, 2014).
Summary
An insider shares his secrets for more successful fly fishing. Based on his thirty-plus years of research here is a comprehensive examination of those often overlooked aspects of the natural world that impact trout, trout food and forage, and fly fishing.
