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Question: Why another book on how to fly fish for trout? Answer: Because all of the books out there offer too much information for a beginner. This is all you need to know to get started. If you are a guy or gal who just wants to try this sport and enjoy the little time you have to go fishing, this book will get you on the stream and catching fish sooner than the others. Besides, once you understand and, more importantly, experience what is offered here, all the other books will make much more sense. Also included in the Fish Tales section are true stories outlining strategies, tactics and techniques as well as descriptions of some of my favorite fishing spots. Table of Contents:1. Introduction2. If being there isn't enough3. A primer on the fly and its life cycle4. Observation - the first step5. The cast6. Drag, drag, drag7. Up with dry, down with wet8. How many rises makes a rising fish?9. Give it a rest10. Leaders, tippets and two mandatory knots11. What flies to buy12. What rod to buy13. Gadgets and other stuff you will want14. Trout Unlimited15. Don't be a fly rod snob16. Hook'em and Cook'em vs Catch and Release17. More18. Fish Tales - 8 stories for your pleasure and further orientation. Please check the reviews on Amazon.com before purchase and understand that this is not a comprehensive treatise on trout fishing with a fly - it is a freindly, easy to read and hopefully entertaining way to introduce yourself and others to the sport.

A memoir of fishing and life shared through letters to a childhood friend. A three book series spanning 50 years - fishing with a fly rod in streams and in the salt. The characters fished with, the places traveled to and how life sometimes gets in the way. Tom McCoy is a lifelong fisherman who loves to fly fish for trout but also enjoys all that the saltwater has to offer. He has fished mountain streams north, east, south and west, 21 states and 5 countries. In this collection he shares these adventures through letters to his lifelong friend named Mack. 20 stories to entertain as well as tip you off to some of my favorite fishing spots, hikes and people. I hope you enjoy it.

A memoir of fishing and life shared through letters to a childhood friend. A three book series spanning 50 years - fishing with a fly rod in streams and in the salt. The characters fished with, the places traveled to and how life sometimes gets in the way. Tom's home waters, when it comes to trout, are the Catskills of New York State so it is appropriate that the first stories in this collection take place there. Living on the Long Island Sound and being a short distance from the saltwater mecca of Montauk, he has been fortunate to fish there as well, one time witnessing the amazing triple play of bass, blues and false albacore, all exploding at once within the shadow of the famous lighthouse. Fly Fishermen have a need to look west, beyond the prairies. Montana and its sister states with their mountains, wild streams and monster trout have been the magnet which has drawn Tom for many years. He offers a journal of three of those trips for your vicarious fishing pleasure. All of these stories were written as letters to his lifelong friend Mack. "Sometimes you have the good fortune to meet a buddy early on and get to share your life with him." said Tom. "At first it's in school or on the ball field and later through correspondence. Letters at first, then email." Letters to Mack 2: Correspondence from Montana to Montauk is a collection of 19 of those letters. Tom authored his first book How to Fly Fish for Trout: the First Book to Read when a friend wanted to learn how to fly fish and was overwhelmed by the available instruction manuals. Too much information for a beginner was the problem. The book is written in the familiar style of these stories and truly can get a person started fly fishing for trout (and catching) quicker than most. The Fish Tales chapter has 8 stories to help the new fly fisher digest the lessons. Letters to Mack, Book One: Correspondence on a Fishing Life is a collection of letters on fishing, hiking and life and Letters to Mack 3: Correspondence from Islamorada to Pulaski includes tarpon and steelhead adventures.All are available on Amazon and Kindle.

A memoir of fishing and life shared through letters to a childhood friend. A three book series spanning 50 years - fishing with a fly rod in streams and in the salt. The characters fished with, the places traveled to and how life sometimes gets in the way. Letters to Mack 1 and 2 have brought us from the 1950's though 2010. The correspondence in book 3 covers the expanding reach of Tom's fly rod, moving from trout and stripers to smallmouth bass, tarpon, and salmon then on to steelhead. They include taking a buddy fishing and some kids as well. They disclose the closing of some chapters in his life, as well as the opening of new ones. Some history, some philosophy and a lot of fishing.This trilogy, in combination with How to Fly Fish For Trout, offers the fisherperson, or anyone who aspires to be one, a glimpse into the life of a man who has nothing but gratitude for a life well lived, on, in and near the water, surrounded by family and good friends.