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The Orvis Guide to Hatch Strategies: Successful Fly Fishing for Trout without Always Matching the Hatch
  • The Orvis Guide to Hatch Strategies: Successful Fly Fishing for Trout without Always Matching the Hatch
  • The Orvis Guide to Hatch Strategies: Successful Fly Fishing for Trout without Always Matching the Hatch

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lyons Press (February 1, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 232 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1493061682
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1493061686
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.67 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.54 x 0.51 x 11.06 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #240,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    • #234 in Fishing
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Chapter 1: How Did We Get Here?

You might say we have come full circle, because much of trout fishing today is centered on fishing a fly that you heard about from a friend or someone behind the counter of a fly shop. Flies are chosen much like they were 100 years ago, when you picked a fly based on something that occurred off the water, not on it. From the 1940s through the 1990s, it was more about what you saw on the water, and the decision was yours (that is, if you kept up with the latest trends in books and magazines, but of course knowledge traveled more slowly in those days, and the latest thing might have appeared in a book three or four years before you got around to hearing about it).

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Today we have an amalgam of all kinds of fishing—anything from using a Tenkara rod with the same fly throughout the season to soft-hackle specialists who prefer swinging flies, from big-fish streamer aficionados who strictly hunt big trout to people who fish nymphs all day long, no matter what the conditions, because they know they can rack up the numbers that way. But the hatch specialist is still with us, and while the same person might use a number of different fly-fishing tactics and philosophies in a single day, most of us have our preferences. If you’re like me and you love fiddling with flies and stalking fish on foot, this book is for you. And that doesn’t mean you don’t like easy fish or racking up the numbers some days. I would not want that to happen all the time, but the occasional day when fish are stupid during a hatch and you can pluck them at will is not something I’d pass on.

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Entomology and the Practical Fly Fisher

I’m not going to teach you how to identify insects in this book. There are many excellent fly-fishing entomology guides available today, and I’ve listed the ones I feel are most helpful in the bibliography. This book can stand by itself if you don’t want to bother telling one mayfly from another, but if you decide to delve into this aspect of fly fishing for trout, I’ll give you guidelines on how much you’ll want to learn depending on your inclinations.

How Trout Respond to Hatches

Contrary to what you might think, according to my observation trout are far less critical about taking your fly during a hatch because they get into a rhythm and feed by reflex. They don’t have the luxury of examining their food. They want to get as many insects as possible and seem to be programmed to realize that hatch times are fleeting and won’t always last long. When trout are not feeding actively and your contribution drifts over them, they have more brainpower devoted to eating and less to watching for danger.

How to Find Trout Feeding on a Hatch

Your first step in local observation is to find the closest fly shop. There is a big difference in the quality and quantity of intelligence you’ll get over the phone versus when you walk in the door of a shop and buy a dozen flies and some tippet material. If you do go into a fly shop to pick the staff members’ brains, buy something. Even a hat or T-shirt. A simple gesture like this will often bring out a local map or, even better, a hand-drawn sketch on where trout have been responding best to a certain hatch. Not all water is created equal when looking for trout feeding on or near the surface.

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Stalking Hatch-Feeding Trout

Sometimes people will ask me questions like, “How close can I get to a trout?” or “Is it better to approach fish from upstream or downstream?” Anyone who thinks they can answer those kinds of questions for you has not done much trout fishing. Not only is every spot a fish feeds from a distinct microenvironment, every fish also differs in how it might react to your presence.

Strategies for Fishing Emergers and Adult Insects

Even though the title of this book is The Orvis Guide to Hatch Strategies, a more appropriate title would be Strategies for Fishing Insect Emergers, Just-Hatched Adults, and Egg Layers Returning to the Water. But most of us just call them “hatches” when speaking of any instance where lots of insects are on the water and trout feed on them, regardless of the stage of an insect’s life we’re imitating. This chapter, though, does kick around some ideas on fishing insect emergences.

Fishing to Mating Flights and Egg-Laying Events

Fishing to insects returning to the water after hatching to mate and lay eggs is all about being in the right place at the right time. No other kind of trout fishing is so time- and location-dependent. Insects choose specific places to gather in their mating flights, mate above the water, lay eggs, and fall to the surface, completely exhausted and ready for death after having fulfilled their evolutionary purpose. Many fly fishers are confused about these events and how trout react to them. I hope to clear up some of these mysteries for you.

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Fly Patterns for Fishing Hatches

This book is about strategies for fishing hatches, and although throughout the book I’ve downplayed the importance of getting the fly pattern exactly right, there are times when the fly makes a difference as long as you get everything else right. There are some flies that work better than others in distinct circumstances and some that work well under a wide variety of conditions and insect types. I like flies that cover a wide range of hatches and water types.

Equipment and Casts for Avoiding Drag

You don’t need much in the way of special equipment for fishing hatches, unless the only trout fishing you do is chucking streamers with a 7-weight line and a sinking line. There are a few considerations, but most of them are subjective. There’s no science behind picking fly-fishing gear any more than there is behind buying a new TV or choosing a mate. Just a few guidelines.

Targeting Larger Trout During Hatches

The challenge of fooling a fish that you may or may not land because it’s large enough to break your tippet and bolt into a logjam 100 feet away adds much to the game. And when I’m fishing for these larger fish, I play the game a lot differently. It’s more like hunting than fishing.


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