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Trout and Flies - Getting Closer
We set out to investigate as far as possible what really happens when trout take flies, both natural and artificial. The results sometimes supported what we thought we knew but often they overturned our comfortable assumptions.
There are many theories in fly fishing and often that's just what they are, theories. We've been there and bought the books, some that just repeat the ideas of previous authors and some that contain original research. But many theories and ideas prevalent amongst those who fly fish for trout have no basis in fact or are just dead wrong.
How have we been able to see better what is happening when trout feed?
We have used high definition slow motion video to analyse the behaviour of fish, the prey on which they feed and the imitations and methods of presentation used to catch them. By slowing down the action, we have been able to see what escapes the unaided human eye. We have filmed trout feeding on the surface and underwater and the results have fundamentally altered how we tie and present our flies, especially to selective, hard to catch fish.
Over four years of fishing and filming on rivers around the world have been distilled into this book making it invaluable for fly fishers, from beginners to experts, fishing on any trout stream from gentle spring creeks to big brawling freestone rivers.
Throughout the book, we use QR codes and hyperlinks to free video clips of our original research. You won't just be reading what we have discovered but you'll be able to look at the video evidence and find out for yourself exactly what you've been missing streamside.
There are new fly patterns designed not only to imitate the appearance of the trout's food but, equally important, its behaviour.
350 high resolution photographs and diagrams make it clear how trout and flies interact.
Knowing more about why your fly fooled the trout lets you own more of the take.
We ask and answer 42 questions of major importance to fly fishing success, such as:
Is any feeding trout uncatchable?
Is presentation more important than imitation?
Are trout ever selective?
When is the rise to a floating fly triggered?
Do trout hold the fly in the window's edge for a better view?
Where is the fly when the trout accepts or rejects it?
How far will trout divert for a dun or a nymph?
Do emerger patterns imitate emergers?
Can we imitate fly behaviour?
Can the rise form tell us the species of fly taken?
“Is reading this book going to change your fly fishing view- as it is has with me? Unequivocally.
Just read and watch.....and learn.
A book of our time....and the future. Trout...be afraid...very afraid”.
Charles Jardine.
“What an extraordinary gift Peter Hayes and Don Stazicker have given us with
Trout and Flies – Getting Closer.
As the song says, You ain’t never seen nothin’ like this before.”
Paul Schullery.
There are many theories in fly fishing and often that's just what they are, theories. We've been there and bought the books, some that just repeat the ideas of previous authors and some that contain original research. But many theories and ideas prevalent amongst those who fly fish for trout have no basis in fact or are just dead wrong.
How have we been able to see better what is happening when trout feed?
We have used high definition slow motion video to analyse the behaviour of fish, the prey on which they feed and the imitations and methods of presentation used to catch them. By slowing down the action, we have been able to see what escapes the unaided human eye. We have filmed trout feeding on the surface and underwater and the results have fundamentally altered how we tie and present our flies, especially to selective, hard to catch fish.
Over four years of fishing and filming on rivers around the world have been distilled into this book making it invaluable for fly fishers, from beginners to experts, fishing on any trout stream from gentle spring creeks to big brawling freestone rivers.
Throughout the book, we use QR codes and hyperlinks to free video clips of our original research. You won't just be reading what we have discovered but you'll be able to look at the video evidence and find out for yourself exactly what you've been missing streamside.
There are new fly patterns designed not only to imitate the appearance of the trout's food but, equally important, its behaviour.
350 high resolution photographs and diagrams make it clear how trout and flies interact.
Knowing more about why your fly fooled the trout lets you own more of the take.
We ask and answer 42 questions of major importance to fly fishing success, such as:
Is any feeding trout uncatchable?
Is presentation more important than imitation?
Are trout ever selective?
When is the rise to a floating fly triggered?
Do trout hold the fly in the window's edge for a better view?
Where is the fly when the trout accepts or rejects it?
How far will trout divert for a dun or a nymph?
Do emerger patterns imitate emergers?
Can we imitate fly behaviour?
Can the rise form tell us the species of fly taken?
“Is reading this book going to change your fly fishing view- as it is has with me? Unequivocally.
Just read and watch.....and learn.
A book of our time....and the future. Trout...be afraid...very afraid”.
Charles Jardine.
“What an extraordinary gift Peter Hayes and Don Stazicker have given us with
Trout and Flies – Getting Closer.
As the song says, You ain’t never seen nothin’ like this before.”
Paul Schullery.
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Published December 20, 2019
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January 9, 2020
The best trout catching book
Superb all you need to know beautiful illustrations and photography
It should change your approach and fishing success have seen don fishing none better
Superb all you need to know beautiful illustrations and photography
It should change your approach and fishing success have seen don fishing none better
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