The Rise: Streamside Observations on Trout, Flies, and Fly Fishing

by Paul Schullery

Distills five centuries' worth of angling lore and wisdom about trout feeding behaviorPhotographic sequence shows in detail how trout take a flyExamination of flies includes the importance of wings and what they are made of, hooks, soft-hackled flies, and skipping, dapping, and dry-fly techniquesEven after centuries of observation, anglers are still trying to solve the mysteries of that magical instant when a trout takes a fly. The Rise, based on recent scientific research into trout feeding behavior and the author's extraordinary photographic studies, provides many new clues.With unprecedented photographic clarity, Schullery reveals the subtleties of the trout's feeding behavior, analyzes the riseforms that puzzle us, and offers startling and reassuring insights into the lessons of rejection. Schullery challenges modern "common knowledge"; reconsiders neglected flies, ideas, and tactics; and faces some of fly fishing's toughest questions with wit, patience, and the happy conviction that the questions are more important than the answers anyway.Learn more at author Paul Schullery's website.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published July 10, 2006

About the author

Paul Schullery is an American author and photographer. The main focus of his work is centred on nature and our relationship with it. Schullery studied American History at Wittenberg University and Ohio University, receiving his M.A. and B.A., respectively.

Reviews

[Dean Chavooshian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I applaud the author for his encyclopedic knowledge of fly fishing literature, rich and eloquent as it is, but The Rise failed to offer any new insights that will progress the sport into the future. In fact, the subtitle is misleading in suggesting that his ruminations are "Streamside Observations" when he mostly recounts the history of fly fishing. A book worth reading - but not for new "observations."