Trout on a Fly

About this book

This provocative book thrusts the reader into the world of the trout. Its premise is that the fisherman is a hunter and that to be skillful and successful in his pursuit he must understand his quarry intimately. Lee Wulff draws on nearly three quarters of a century of serious angling to explain what a trout will do under various circumstances why it takes up a particular position in a river why and when it feeds as it does what we must know to bring it to our fly. His perceptions appear deceptively simple as only a masters analyses can seem. Through Wulffs eyes we understand the many factors that affect the tout and our pursuit - temperature stream flow the different types of water in a river approach and presentation tactics and flies and their structures. Throughout there is the innovative mind of a great fisherman not solving a trout fishermans problems for him but requiring that a fisherman learn to solve them for himself. Trout on a Fly is for all serious trout fishermen; it is the kind of book that can change the way a fisherman sees and approaches the trout and its world. (51/4 X 81/4 192 pages b&w photos illustrations diagrams)