Fishing Dry Flies for Trout on Rivers and Streams (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "The greatest error many fly fishermen make is to give trout too much credit..." (more)
Key Phrases: tippet tab, butt tab, pocket water trout, New York, Van Put, United States (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Whether you're new to fly fishing or you’re a veteran angler, Fishing Dry Flies for Trout on Rivers and Streams is a must-read. Art Lee, recognized as one of the best fly fishing writers in America, weaves top-notch instruction with insight and wisdom gleaned from a lifetime on the water. Lee's unique style will not only inform and entertain you--it will also improve the way you fish.

From the Publisher

"I have gotten a number of helpful ideas from this book and personally from the author. I’m sure his book will be equally helpful to other anglers who wish to improve their fly fishing technique."

Jimmy Carter Former U.S. President

"It is said that, back in the 1940s and 50s, if an angler had one book on trout it would be Ray Bergman’s Trout. Fishing Dry Flies for Trout on Rivers and Streams is--shoot me if you want--a better, better written, more sophisticated book."

Gray’s Sporting Journal

"Art Lee's book should be a landmark, a touchstone, in every angler's education. Lee has thought through the art of fly-fishing with a clarity and an inelligence that is almost unrivaled. There isn't an angler alive who won't benefit from this book and some anglers may learn everything from it."

Verlyn Klinkenborg Sports Afield

"I wish I had Art Lee’s Fishing Dry Flies for Trout on Rivers and Streams when I began fishing. Lee takes us from the art of ‘reading’ a stream to the craft of netting a large trout."

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt New York Times

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 299 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088011777X
• ISBN-13: 978-0880117777
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,486,299 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you can keep only one fly fishing book, this is it!, February 21, 1999

By	John Wait ([e-mail]) (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

I bought the initial (Athenum Publishing.) edition in Feb. 1983. Read it so many times, and lent it so often (sorry, Art) that the spine is cracked. Bought this version in March 1998; he updated when appropriate (sadly Nylorfi is no longer available for tippets, and yes you can 'hang' yourself on it). This is a great read--the chapter on tying your own leaders is worth the price of the book. "Presenting the Fly" and "The Correct Approach" are essential reading for every fly fisher. Whitlock offers more tactics, and Joe Humphrey offers great insight, but Art is the most gifted writer on the subject of fly fishing. Buy it! Read it now. Read it each winter. Give a copy to anyone who wants to flyfish for trout with dry flies (Is there really any other way?). The only other fishing writer in his league is Frank Daignault.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for any level of expertise., August 23, 1998

By	Kenneth J. Austin (Cherry Hill, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

Art Lee's book dispenses with the "myth" of trout fishing and presents in a clear and entertaining manner the true enjoyment of fly-fishing. " Fishing Dry Flies for Trout on Rivers and Streams" illustrates that presentation and reading the water is more important than looking like a hardware store on the stream and changing flies every two minutes. A well written and intelligent book on a subject often shrouded in a "match the hatch" mystery.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sick Puppy, February 24, 2006

By	Herb Green "Bud's brother" (Wyoming) - See all my reviews

Never has an author perennially engaged in such transparent self-aggrandizement to the extent of oddball Art Lee. When he tires of it, he tries to elevate his aberrant little partner Galen to hero status. [the worlds best two-weight angler].
Gag me with a whitefish.