Here are 6 feature-length short articles, with photos, from fly-fishing luminary Skip Morris (author of such print-and-paper books as FLY TYING MADE CLEAR AND SIMPLE, WESTERN RIVER HATCHES, MORRIS & CHAN ON FLY FISHING TROUT LAKES and over 300 publication short articles). There's so much to discover here about fishing for trout in rivers, streams, and creeks. You'll discover the best ways to find and capture trout in huge Western rivers like the Deschutes, the Columbia, and the Lower Sacramento. At nearly the opposite end of the fly-fishing world, you'll discover the best ways to hook skittish 16-, 18-, and 20-plus-inch trout in rich spring creeks hardly wider than the fishing pole you give them.
There's more: micro-nymphing techniques, tactics, and rigs; midge fishing the night rise in ways that assist you find your tiny fly out there in the dusk and encourage trout to take that fly; the fine points of making clean short casts and utilizing them to connect you into trout you might otherwise miss out on; streamer fishing for huge browns and rainbows without really attempting.
There are stories here, quick and slipped in to illustrate essential points, skillfully crafted stories that bring perspective to all the useful trout-river rigs, techniques, and strategies.
You'll find no filler − no excerpts to offer books, no ads. What you will find are 6 succinct feature-length short articles that lose not a word. Fun to check out and indispensable for fishing trout rivers. Find out. Enjoy!