Review of The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing
For $10, this is an OK book.Lots of little tidbits of fly fishing information that would only be considered an additive to a good introductory book like the LL Bean Guide (which I review under it’s title).
Product Description
“Rosenbauer enables the weekend warriorto fish more insightfully.” —Booklist
This book, by America’s oldest fishing tackle business, offers beginners a chance to learn thefundamentals of the great sport of fly fishingquickly and easily. The Orvis Guide toBeginning Fly Fishing can be the start of a lifetime journey of discovery that will increaseyour intimacy with the natural world and allowyou to gain skill and finesse in your flyfishing techniques.
Proven teachingmethods and bright, helpful illustrations willenable new fly fishers to:
• Find fish instreams, lakes, and salt water. • Select and assemble proper, balanced tackle. • Cast afly line with authority. • Recognize andsimulate natural fish foods. • Tie effective knots.Orvis concisely explainsfishing ethics, offers helpful safety advice,defines basic angling terms, and convinces thenew angler that fly fishing couldn’t be simpler or more fun. The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing is a crisp, helpful, and finelyillustrated primer of the highest rank.
100 color; 200 color photos.
About the Author
Tom Rosenbauer has been flyfishing for over forty years and is the vicepresident of marketing at Orvis. He lives inSunderland, Vermont.
The Orvis Company, America’soldest fish-tackle business, mails 55 millioncatalogs each year. Its headquarters are inManchester, Vermont.
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