Customer Reviews

Underwater Flies for Trout

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Although i spend most of my time on the water fishing dry flies (or the occasional sunk dry), this title held the promise of catching more fish in that 80-90% of their feeding zone. It was exciting to contemplate the promise of being more productive in the mid day and putting to work all those nymphs and streamers cluttering up my fine fly boxes.

Unfortunately (for me) this title fell short in 2 ways, the information was fairly basic and the subject matter did not live up to the promise which underwater holds. If you like broad general books, ok i guess it is fine, but there are many better underwater titles out there and i would encourage you focus on specialty titles on nymphs (Nymphing Strategies or anything by Tullis) or streamers (Streamer-Fly Fishing by John Merwin is also very good), finally the Masters on the Nymph is very good.

Although this is not a very positive review, I would recommend 2 other titles by Tom Fuller, the first is Trout Streams of Southern New England: An Angler's Guide to the Watersheds of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island (yes a guide book but it is well researched, clear and easy to follow) also his recent work The Complete Guide to Eastern Hatches: What Flies to Fish, When, and Where (Hardcover) which has the potential to become a true fly-fishing "classic" it is well researched and a "must have" for the eastern fly fisher.