Book Description
Now for the first time in full color, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide appears in a completely revised and updated edition that solidifies its place as the flagship title of the Orvis books. A best-selling, fully illustrated, and comprehensive book, this large-format volume has been required reading for every angler for the past two decades.
Customer Reviews:
A very good fly fishing resource.......2007-08-05
For very good information tool for the novice flyfisherman and it's even a good reference guide for the more experienced flyfishing individual.
A very good fly fishing guide.......2007-06-27
I am a novice to fly fishing. I had ordered Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide together with the L.L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing and I have to say that L.L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing has a slight advantage over this one. On the other hand though, this book provides a well-rounded package of information on fly fishing, which the beginners will no doubt appreciate in time as well once they get past the basics. Pros: This is a well written book for all fly fishers. Nobody will find it boring. Even the most advanced fly fishing enthusiasts will benefit from this book. Con: The beginners might have difficulty understanding the basic concepts and terminology. In conclusion, I think I will learn the fundamentals of this sport/pastime from the L.L. Bean guide at the beginning and will advance to Orvis book to refine my knowledge and build on my experience. I definitely recommend it.
Excellent illistrations.......2007-05-26
This is a great book to have if you're just beginning or if you want a quick reference as an expert. The size is a bit unrealistic to travel with and is the only reason it gets 4 stars instead of 5.
Introduction to Fly Fishing.......2007-04-10
New fly fishermen will love this great resource, which is full of beautiful pictures and helpful diagrams. Rod types, fly lines, and casting basics are all covered.
Great Informative Book.......2007-04-06
For someone just getting into the sport, like myself, this book provides plenty of punch for the money. I find myself using it as an encyclopedia of sorts for all things related to fly fishing. Highly recommend!
Amazon.com
Conceived for novices, the Guide may be simple, but it's not simplistic. Filled with photographs and drawings and written in clear, direct prose, it's basic enough to demystify the ABC's of a complex sport and sophisticated enough to remain useful as a ready reference and constant refresher no matter what your angling skills. "The book," Rosenbauer admits up front, "is the bare bones of fly fishing; it does not set out to tell everything." The opening chapter answers the most important question for beginners: What is fly-fishing? "Fly casting," he explains, "makes it possible to deliver a relatively weightless lure or imitation of a living creature on target, using line weight to develop momentum. That's a fairly dry way of saying that, using a fly rod, you can catch fish with an artificial lure that can't be presented by any other method." Rosenbauer goes on to cover rods and line sizes, reels, leaders, casting technique, flies, fly selection, fish behavior, tactics, and accessories. He even provides an essential reading list. That's a lot, sure, but it's not everything, and that's the Guide's strength. It doesn't tie you up in knots (even if it does unravel the necessary knots you'll need to know to succeed). Instead, it works with basic principles, encouraging you to just get out there and cast your line--and lot--with enough confidence and skill to begin a relationship that should take you the rest of your life to really understand. --Jeff Silverman
Book Description
All the essential information for the beginning and intermediate fly fisher.
Customer Reviews:
Great How-to Book for Fly Fishing.......2006-04-15
This is one of the best books for introducing anyone to the sport of fly fishing, whether the angler wants to shop for equipment at Orvis or Wal-Mart. The information is clearly explained without going into tedious details that novices (and experienced anglers) don't want. Everything is covered here--from rod types to fly lines to casting basics. The excellent graphics are helpful--especially of the knots. Some books have knot instructions that are impossible to follow--"knot" so here! For someone who wants to start fly fishing, this book would make a great start. My only complaint is that the book came out almost 20 years ago; it's time for a new edition. . . . I just read that there's a new edition coming out in a few months. Maybe you want to pre-order that edition. And while you're waiting for that, pick up the "L.L.Bean's Handbook to Fly-Fishing" (color illustrations) and Schreiber's novel, "Life on the Fly."
great book, excellent source for beginners.......2005-03-31
you'll find all the info you need to start flyfishing here. fly's, rods and casting as best you can get from a book.
Comprehensive and Easy to Read.......2004-06-26
Tom Rosenbauer clearly and concisely covers the basics that a beginning fly fisher needs to know: from the basic gear to casting, to knots to reading trout streams, you will find he covers the basic questions beginners have well. Tom's writing style is fluid and enjoyable which makes learning all the more fun. It's the best book I have read on the basics of fly fishing; after reading it you will certainly feel like you have enough knowledge to get out there and start catching fish. As far as I am concerned, you cant go wrong with any book by Tom!
Great book.......2001-11-25
This book is awesome but the pictures could be a little better organized. In addition there are some basics that could be addressed better. tippet, leader, line, backing...show me a simple picture with all these in order so I know what I am taking about at the fly shop without having to re-read the section. Other than that this is a great book for me, a beginner of fly fishing but a seasoned spinner real fisherman.
Good book for beginners........1997-03-04
Rosenbauer's text and the accompanying illustrations provide an excellent introduction to fly fishing. As a beginner, I found most of my questions answered. Also, I found the drawings of the techniques for tying different knots to be a godsend! (I was never a boy scout, and have trouble knotting my tie.) I was a little disappointed that the text had some typos and grammatical errors. However, it was interesting and very helpful nevertheless
Book Description
This essential book on fly tying will teach anyone how to tie flies. All the important techniques are illustrated with color photographs, from starting the thread on the hook to whip finishing. The book lays the basic ground work by fully explaining simple tying techniques, and then progresses to detailed tying instructions for some of the most popular, modern patterns. How to choose and prepare the correct material, and all the necessary tying steps for each fly, are detailed in superb, large, color photographs.
Even if you have no previous tying experience, you'll be able to tie dries, nymphs, streamers, saltwater offerings, and bass bugs after just a few sessions with this book. The tier is then advised how to progress to similar patterns using the same basic techniques. Also included is a huge reference of fly patterns--more than four hundred flies from the Orvis catalog are shown in full color, along with their tying recipes and proportions for each one. This book, calling on the Orvis Company's vast resources and teaching experience and written by an author whose name is synonymous with Orvis, is sure to become the bible for fly tyers of all skill levels.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Book for Beginners and Experts.......2006-07-19
Once again, Tom Rosenbauer delivers a clearly-written, practical, and insightful book on fly-fishing. This time he looks at tying and gives many practical tips--especially on the use of tools and materials. For example, a beginner is hit with all these tools--which ones are best, which ones to use, etc. Rosenbauer gives clear descriptions of which tools are most useful, what they're used for, and which ones you don't really need. At the same time, he gives tips from his experience--also useful for the expert.
The bulk of the book is, of course, the fly-tying receipes. He provides many photographs of each step in making a fly. The many photos are probably more than the expert will need, but very important for a beginner. For the expert, you get many great fly receipes.
Overall, highly recommended fly-tying guide.
Simply the Best Fly-Tying Guide .......2005-10-12
The plain English explanations and simple, step-by-step directions make this the best fly-tying guide for the novice tier. It's also nice that the author provides substitutions for materials that the tier just might not have lying around.
I throughly enjoy working from this book, and have become an avid fly-tier working with Mr. Rosenbauer. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in getting into fly tying.
Best I've Seen for the beginner.......2002-12-28
I just began to investigate the world of fly tying. This was the third or fourth book I read in detail, and the only one that provided enough detail to actually tie some simple flies correctly.
It provides a good combination of clarity on specific techniques, and step-by-step instructions on tying several patterns. Both the photos and the text are clear and easy to follow. Also, things are not made more tricky than they actually are, a problem with some of the other books.
I also just bought the Benchside Reference, which I agree with all is an indispensible reference. I could not put it down after I got it from the library, and that is saying a lot for a reference book. I think with the two, the typical beginner could tie a decent Wooly Bugger in an hour -- I did.
An excellent book covering nearly all basics.......2001-07-20
The book shows in very clear colour detail the upright (hair & feather) wing, parachute, klinchammer, dubbing, hackle and has a vast number of fly patterns. This book is very good for beginners and those who are experimenting and starting to advance. Reading this book should give anyone a good strong basis on which to build.
Book Description
An essential handbook that will help all fly fishers to achieve greater success.
Customer Reviews:
Great little book!!.......2005-04-05
If you're just getting started in Nymphing or haven't nymph fished in some time and need to refresh your memory a bit, this is definately THE book. Tom Rosenbauer is one of my favorite writers when it comes to fly fishing and he has done an excellent job with this book. Covers everything from setup, leaders, tippet, water temperature, flies to use, techniques for different water types, strike indicators, on and on and on.
If you buy one book on Nymphing, well 2 books if you include Brooks' "Larger Trout" book, this should be the one you own. Very small and handy to have. Highly recommended!!!
Book Description
A full-color handbook on fly rodding in salt water.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent!.......2005-06-13
Very easy to read and well laid out. A brilliant book for beginners like me, keen to learn not just the right techniques, but also the theory behind them.
The Art and science of fly fishing.......2000-12-08
I think this book shows you the art and science of fly fishing. this one was best among the books I read for flyfishing. It changed what I see at the stream. After this book, the streams were not the same as I had seen before..
My Bible.......2000-10-19
A great guide to approaching the river in a strategic way with methods that can be adapted to whatever conditions you face on the water. I think it's the most useful book on the subject, and is great for anglers of any level of skill.
Most informative book on fly fishing tactics available........2000-08-24
If you want to learn to catch trout in almost any situation you will encounter then this is the book for you. Written in Tom's low-key style. Solid information. I have been trout fishing, and reading trout fishing books for forty years. I learned more from this book than anything else I ever read. Another must have is Rosenbauer's "Reading Trout Streams.
This Book Is a Must.......2000-08-06
Once you've figured out what rod, reel, line, leader, tippett, etc, to buy and you've learned to cast half way decently then this is THE book to buy. After you've finished reading it, go back and STUDY it. Excellent advice in a very readable straight forward manner.
Book Description
A thorough and practical guide to all aspects of saltwater fly fishing--flats, surf, inshore, and bluewater.
Book Description
The perfect addition to the long-running pocket guide series.
Customer Reviews:
Lots to learn from this book!.......2006-08-29
This is a small book (physically) but is is filled with a huge amount of useful information and great drawings. If you've ever wacked yourself in the head (or worse yet, wacked a friend) with a big weighted streamer - and admit it, we all have - or if all you've ever succeeded in doing with streamers is scaring fish with your horrible presentation and retrieve, than this book probably has something in it for you. I wish all my days went like Chapter 5 in the book, maybe more of them will now!
Anyway, chapter 3 on techniques and tactics is the best one. If you spent lots of time on the river, then you might skim over the first two chapters on trout behavior and streams. But even though I fish a lot, I really liked the great photos of the streamers in chapter 4. Gave me ideas of what to try next time.
Streamer fishing is REALLY fun and this book is a great guide for beginner to intermediate flyfishers!
Book Description
Here are the foods, flies, ties, and the best techniques for catching striped bass and bluefish in a full color, easy-to-carry format.
Book Description
Shows the fly fisher where to cast, why, and what kind of fly to use.
Customer Reviews:
Well Done - Concise and Relevant.......2001-08-13
This book provides all the necessary information required for approaching and presenting flies to trout. Each different chapter and section covers an essential aspect in prospecting for trout. I especially liked the section on water temperature and its effect on trout feeding and behaviour - I now use a thermometer each time I go fishing - something I wish that I had done before. If you want a concise and relevant book without a lot of unnecessary information - this one does the trick.
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