Review
Tailwater Trout In The South speaks to all styles of anglers: bait-fishers, spin-fishers, and especially fly-fishers. Introductory comments explain the differences anglers should expect when venturing into and onto these open and often deep waters. Fly-casters who are used to tickling a cast through streamside brush with a short rod in the mountains may find it liberating to cast in these wide open spaces, but they will need heavier equipment for the windier conditions and deeper water -- and for the bigger fish. Many tailwater fish have an abundant food supply, and so are relatively picky eaters; Jimmy Jacobs provides hints on how to tune one's lure to the conditions. Clear maps and instructions direct readers to public access points. What to expect of each site is outlined: variation in water flows, quantities of stocked and holdover fish, suggestions for successful lures and techniques, pressure of fishing population on the resource. An appendix lists map sources for more detailed information about specific waters. Tailwater Trout In The South is a well crafted fisherman's guidebook and a perfect addition to any angler's reference shelf. --
Midwest Book Review
About the Author
Georgia-born
Jimmy Jacobs has been fishing the streams and rivers of the southern highlands for more than 35 years. He is also the author of
Fly Fishing the South Atlantic Coast, Trout Streams of Southern Appalachia, and
Trout Fishing in North Georgia. A publications editor for Game and Fish Magazines in Marietta, Georgia, he has contributed articles to
Fly Fisherman, Georgia Sportsman, Southern Angler's Journal, and many other magazines. He lives in Smyrna, Georgia.
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
