The definitive and comprehensive guide to fishing small trout streams
throughout North America. Tired of the famous and crowded rivers,
today's anglers have a greater desire to get close to nature while
staying closer to home. The Orvis Guide to Small Stream Fly Fishing
provides all the information for finding and fishing unspoiled gems
found everywhere from wilderness areas to suburban backyards. These
often overlooked streams are abundant throughout the United States, and
range from the Appalachians--from Maine to Georgia--to northern
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, the Black Hills of South Dakota, the
entire Rocky Mountain region from Montana to northern Arizona, and the
Cascade and Sierra Nevada ranges. As more fishing is done close to home,
small trout streams, or third-order streams as described by
hydrologists, are thirty times as abundant as the bigger, more famous
trout streams and most of them are on public land, making them more
accessible. This beautifully illustrated and definitive resource
explains the small stream environment, how to find these streams, how
small-stream trout behave, how to read the water, special casts, fly
selection, and how to present the fly in all types of small streams.
With this book, anglers can find and catch wild trout far off the beaten
path.
