Table of Contents

ForewordPreface to the Second EditionIntroduction1. About Fly Fishing2. Fly Rods3. Fly Reels4. Fly Lines5. Leader Design and Construction6. Popular Fly-Fishing Knots7. Fly-Casting Basics8. Advanced Fly Casting9. Gear for the Fly Fisherman10. Trout-Fishing Flies11. Special Flies and Bugs12. How to Tie Flies13. Wet-Fly Fishing14. Dry-Fly Fishing for Trout15. Nymph Fishing for Trout16. Streamer Fishing for Trout17. Hooking, Playing, and Landing Fish with a Fly Rod18. On the Stream19. Techniques for Low-Water Trout20. Fishing Bass Bugs21. Spinners and Porkrind for Bass22. Streamers and Nymphs for Bass23. Dry Flies for Stream Smallmouths24. Fly Fishing for Northern Pike25. Panfish on Flies and Bugs26. Lake Fly Fishing27. Fly Fishing Salt Water, Inshore28. Fly Fishing Salt Water, Offshore29. Special Fish SpeciesAfterwordIndex

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