101 Trout Tips by Mayer, Landon R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Front Matter Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Fly Selection

Bank Shot Old School is the New School Seeing Red Leech Lesson Stand Out in a Crowd The Shrink Cycle Soft-Hackle Success Mysis: Dead or Alive? Sinking Foam Stick with a Baker’s Dozen The Forgotten Fly The Garden Burger High-Water Attraction Hot Legs

Chapter Two: Ready to Rig

Double-Fisted Leader Diameter Control Leader ID System Nighttime Indicators Indicating Invisibly Work Down to the Fish Setting the Tension Sliding Eggs The X Factor The Right Night Light

Chapter Three: Timing is Everything

The Early Bird Doesn’t Always Get the Worm Follow Nature’s Clock Weekends are the New Weekdays Mice Bite Timing Prime Temperature Low Light = Best Bite Hopper Time Go with the Flow

Chapter Four: Reading Moving Water

Crayfish Confidence Eyeing Eddies High and Dry Reacting to the Rise Beyond Convention Reading Migration Riffled Rewards Softwater Breaks Swearing by Structure Vegetation Valleys Targeting Migration Waters

Chapter Five: Stillwater Success

Locating Trout in Stillwaters Get to the Point Patience for Stillwater Bass Sand Puffs for Carp Slip Indicators The Pike Hinge Calm-Water Presentations Stillwater Starting Points Big-Fish Chop

Chapter Six: Seeing is Believing

A Break from Routine Hunt on the Move Body Parts Hunting for Shadows Silhouettes Find Feeding Fish Pattern Feeding Target Practice Slick-Water Windows Wakes in the Calm Jaw Jacking

Chapter Seven: Exceptional Casting

Arm Roll Casting from a Broken Wrist Hammering the Nail Holding Line Open and Close the Fridge Door Pick Up and Lay Down Roll with a Haul Tension Cast Tucking into Tight Quarters Water-Load Cast

Chapter Eight: Presenting to the Trout

Stealth Steps Defeating Vegetation Not Drag-Free Movement Drift Seeing More Strikes Undercut Banks Proper Hopper The “Johnny Cash” The Strip-and-Give Tension Nymphing Presenting Mice When in Doubt, Sink It Kick Mending Shoot Mending Pivot Nymphing

Chapter Nine: Tough Landings

Hook-Set “Lift” Line Control Safe Gains Headshakes Setting on the Trout’s Movements Convexly A Battleship with Fins Once You Go Slack You Never Go Back Moving Fight Netting Large Fish Upstream Rolling Over Structure Reeling without a Handle

Tying Flies Afterword Index Back Cover Discover More