Getting Started in Fly Fishing Paperback - 2004 - 1st Edition

First line

The tools of fly fishing are like the first set of carpentry tools you ever owned.

From the rear cover

Do your wading in a brook, not a book

Can't wait to hook into your first trout? You don't have to! Unlike other beginner's books, this streamlined guide to getting your feet wet in one of America's fastest growing sports gives you just the information you need, as you need it, to get out on the stream and start flicking your fly rod--after just one hour with this book!

• Assemble a start-up kit packed with everything you need and not one item more
Learn essential knots and basic casting techniques fast
• Plan your first day of fishing
Execute your first cast to a rising trout
• Hook, play, and land your first fish

Looking for more advanced coaching? You'll find plenty of that here too, including how to deal with common casting problems; read the water; choose the right fly for any situation; present flies to trout; and go beyond trout to salmon, bass, steelhead, and saltwater fish. But first you have to get started, and nothing puts your line in the water faster than Getting Started in Fly Fishing.

Tom Fuller is a lifelong angler whose articles have been widely published in fishing and outdoor magazines. He is the Northeast Regional columnist for Outdoor Life magazine and has published several books on fly fishing.