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Bert Darrow's Practical Fly Fishing: How to Cast and Fish Naturally
 
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Bert Darrow's Practical Fly Fishing: How to Cast and Fish Naturally [Hardcover]

Bert Darrow (Author), Rod Walinchus (Illustrator)
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January 1, 2005
Make the most out of the next fly-fishing trip with this master by your side.

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"...the handbook is of most interest for its seasoned and thoughtfully worked out guidance..."--Midwest Book Review

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Bert Darrow doesn't just teach his students to fish; he teaches them to live the sport. It's an unusual, holistic approach that comes from thirty-five years of fly fishing, and nearly the same amount of time teaching it.
This long-awaited book includes the best of the "Dry-Fly Doctor's" approaches to fishing. To teach fly fishing, Darrow brings in elementsand analogies from every kind of discipline. Exercise, for instance. Few books or instructors stress the strenuous and aerobic nature of fly fishing, but Darrow understands how important being fit is to fishing right. He describes a simple exercise that will help any angler improve his cast. Or music. Darrow frequently uses music to teach casting, timing the back and forward casts to a 4/4 beat. Or sports. Darrow teaches the casting stroke the same way many tennis coaches approach the serve and the backhand. He also discusses the mental challenges of the sport-things such as focus and patience-in terms that would befit a sports psychologist.
It's an approach that has surprised many students, who, when they get to the river, are amazed at how much less time they spend untying knots and pulling flies out of trees, and how much more time they spend catching fish.


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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Lyons Press; 1st edition (January 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592284248
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592284245
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars fly fishing, January 6, 2009
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This is a great introduction to fly fishing.... easy, relaxing method. Excellent suggestions and information on places to fish, equipment, etc. Even experienced fly casters will benefit from this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars guidance on fly fishing by expert with 30 years experience, February 28, 2005
This review is from: Bert Darrow's Practical Fly Fishing: How to Cast and Fish Naturally (Hardcover)
Darrow imparts more than 30 years of fly fishing experience as both a fisherman and teacher. As in his instruction with innumerable individuals at all levels of the sport, he looks outside fly fishing for references and similarities readers can relate to to help them improve their skills smoothly and quickly. For example, Darrow stresses certain exercises for developing relevant physical motions and control for fly fishing. Listening to music can help a fisherman develop the right rhythm for casting. And the mental training practiced by many athletes has also found its way into the author's unique teaching method. Flies and equipment receive some attention. But the handbook is of most interest for its seasoned and thoughtfully worked out guidance by this author who is widely known in the sport and has received much media attention for his attachment to it and ability to teach others its finer points.
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