The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing by Deeter, Kirk D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Titlepage Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: The Cast: 45 Tips to Help You Cast Straighter, Longer, and More Accurately

1. Dare to Be Different 2. It Starts with the Grip 3. Point Your Shots 4. “10 and 2” Is Too Little, Too Late 5. Don’t Get Cocky 6. Stop! In the Name of Love (and a Good Cast) 7. Hitting the Wall 8. Throw a Drink in My Face 9. Take a Bow 10. Watch That Thumb 11. Say Hello to Good Casting 12. William Tell Overture 13. Tighten the Loop 14. Anticipation ... It’s Crazy 15. Groove Your Swing 16. See the “U” 17. Flick the Tomato 18. Tossing the Grape 19. Tuck It In 20. Too Much, Too Soon 21. The Water-Load 22. Let the Current Do the Dirty Work 23. Roll ’Em Easy 24. Saving a Stroke 25. The Woody Hayes Rule of Casting 26. Forty Feet in Four Seconds 27. Come Closer, Darling 28. When Not to Cast (or Even Twitch) 29. Control Trumps Distance 30. Pinkie Perfection 31. Cast around Problems 32. Make Friends with the Wind 33. Wind Knots and the Big Bang Theory 34. Fast Rods Cover Casting Flaws 35. The Double Haul 36. Just a Flick of the Wrist 37. Remove the Shackles 38. Lose the Tailing Loop 39. Fish Like a Snake 40. Will Your Casts 41. What Spooks Trout 42. The Hard Splashdown Isn’t So Bad 43. Make the First Cast Count 44. Time Your Casts 45. Give Me a Good Drift Over a Good Cast, Any Day

Part Two: Presentation: 60 Tips to Help You Place and Drift Your Flies So That Trout Want to Eat Them

46. The Dead Drift 47. High-Stick Nymphing 48. The Whole Nine Feet 49. Mending Your Ways 50. Finding Your Mark 51. The Swing 52. Doing the Continental 53. Weighty Matters, Part I 54. Weighty Matters, Part II 55. Weighty Matters, Part III 56. The Difference between a Good Fisherman and a Great One? A BB 57. A Knockout with the Bolo Punch 58. Seeing the Light 59. The Thin, Clear Line 60. Live with It 61. Feeling Skitterish 62. Negatives into Positives 63. When in Doubt (Set the Hook) 64. No Clear Indication 65. First Impressions 66. Ready, Set, Go 67. Dress for Success 68. Watch That Line 69. When Shorter Is Better 70. Don’t Be a Slacker 71. A Hitch in Time 72. Spiderman Rules 73. Night Moves 74. The Refusal Rise: What the Fish Said 75. A Hanging Offense 76. A Cure for Nymphing Neurosis 77. Staying Humble 78. Sunny Side Down 79. Look Beyond Your Indicator 80. The Down-Current Hook-Set 81. Where the Trout Are 82. That Vision Thing 83. Timing the Rise 84. Be a Sneak 85. Off Broadway 86. Downstream and Dirty 87. How Dry Am I? 88. Getting to the Bottom of Things 89. Time on Water Equals Fish, Part I 90. Time on Water Equals Fish, Part II 91. Switch Bugs on an Obvious Refusal 92. One at a Time 93. Stack Mending for Drifts 94. Fish Flies Atypically 95. Shake, Shake, Shake (Your Streamer) 96. Snake Your Way to Success 97. Ditch the Bobber 98. More on Indicators 99. Balloon Going Up 100. The Sting 101. Easy on the Grease 102. Accuracy Above All 103. Beware the Wave 104. Spare the Rod 105. Ups and Downs

Part Three: Reading Water: 37 Tips to Help You Find Trout in a River and Effectively Cast to Them

106. Fish Like Changes 107. Depressing Advice 108. The Shadow Knows 109. Watch for the Flash 110. You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket (or Two) 111. Rock On 112. Pillow Talk 113. Rob the Banks 114. Rosenbauer’s Rules 115. Be the Tree 116. Nervous Water 117. Your Fly Rod Cannot See 118. The Telltale Rise 119. Shadows in Bird Land 120. Where Would You Be? 121. The Five-step Run 122. The Reverse Eddy 123. The Cut Bank 124. Low Water, High Water 125. Make Big Water Small 126. What the Bass Boys Taught Me 127. Everybody’s Got to Be Somewhere 128. Look Before You Leap—or Cast 129. A Breath of Fresh Air 130. The Plot Thickens ... or Not 131. Downward Progression 132. See Your Way Clearly 133. Follow the Bubbles 134. Raging Bull ... You’re Standing on Fish 135. Watch the Birdie 136. Trout Parts 137. Seeing Is (Not) Believing 138. Getting More from Glasses 139. Fish Furniture 140. Fishing Lies 141. Worth Biting For 142. Love That Dirty Water

Part Four: Bugs: 43 Tips to Help You Select, Rig, and Fish the Right Fly at the Right Time in the Right Way

143. Dance Partners 144. Fishing Dirty 145. Streamers 146. Muddling Along 147. Use an Attractor Fly 148. Use a Spotter Fly 149. Below-the-Surface Spotter 150. Make It a Meal 151. The Color Purple 152. Prince Nymph Mystery 153. Bad Beadheads 154. The Story Behind the Copper John 155. Size Matters 156. Reading the Rise 157. Pumping for Information 158. Dishing Up the Facts 159. Quick-Change Artist 160. Time Is Fish 161. The Corset Connection 162. The Early Fly Gets Eaten 163. Through the Looking Glass 164. Lightening the Load 165. Behind the Mask 166. Cure for the Muddy Water Blues 167. Reconnecting with an Old Friend 168. Wake-up Call 169. The Living Fly 170. The Invisible Caddis 171. Cold-Water Cure: Brighten Up 172. Damsels in Distress 173. Seeing Double 174. Color Coding 175. Get the Red In 176. Sharpie Thinking 177. Love Ants and Beetles 178. Going Goo-Goo 179. Barbless 180. Are You a Good Twitch, or a Bad Twitch? 181. Flatwater Flies 182. Up on Cripple Creek 183. Ten Flies to Never Leave Home Without 184. The Next 10 Best 185. Mousing Around

Part Five: Miscellaneous: 65 Tips on Fighting Fish, Wading, Choosing Gear, and Everything Else That Matters

186. Firmer Footing 187. Rocks Don’t Swim 188. Walk Away from Trouble 189. Boot Camp Basics 190. Strip for Action 191. Meshing with Your Cast 192. Keeping Things Clean 193. Cleared for Takeoff 194. It Isn’t Psychoanalysis, But ... 195. Dear Diary 196. Playing for Keeps 197. Why Women are Born Better Anglers than Men 198. The Golden Rule 199. Crossing to Safety 200. Dock Talk 201. Keep the Arc 202. Timesaver Rigging 203. Clinch Knot on Your Finger 204. Those Dirty Dogs 205. Solving a Knotty Problem 206. Stretching Out 207. Mark That Line 208. The Effects of Sunlight 209. Velcro to the Rescue 210. Pick the Right Rod 211. Putty in Our Hands 212. Newspaper Knowledge 213. Making That Point 214. Save Fish and Flies 215. A Real Hang-up 216. Felt on the Wane 217. Doing Our Part 218. Lose the Sheep 219. Getting into the Loop 220. Getting a Leg Up 221. A Weighty Alternative 222. Made in the Shade 223. Backs to the Water 224. Dance a Jig 225. Shadow Casting 226. Reel Handle Down 227. Bow to the King 228. The Knots You Need 229. Stepping Down on Tippet 230. 7X Is for Sissies 231. Spit on Your Knots 232. Hang Your Weight above a Knot 233. Cast Across a Snag 234. Get the Lead Out 235. Tap the Rod 236. How to Net a Fish 237. Fish Handling 101 238. Make the Camera Work for You 239. Hold Your Breath for Photos 240. God Save the Queen 241. Trout Hook-Set: Answer the Telephone 242. Web Sites 243. Cut and Re-tie Knotted Tippet 244. Lotions and Bug Spray 245. On Etiquette 246. What Did I Do Wrong? 247. Take the Reins 248. Be Ambidextrous 249. The Tail Gunner 250. The Most Important Tip

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