Kirjahaku

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

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.