The Orvis Guide to Prospecting For Trout

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Summary: Earning Your Fin...
Review: Ever since my dad placed a magazine under my right arm in an attempt to instruct me in the proper way to cast a fly with his favorite bamboo rod, I have littered the environment with a rainbow of colored flies. I've spent a good part of my life since then reading, studying, arguing, not to mention fishing, in an attempt to learn the "correct" way to become a truly proficient fisherman I've caught and released many a fish, and yet not until an old Alaskan Sourdough pointed out to me that, "Until you think like one, you're just another outsider to the brotherhood of fish", did I gain my first mental fin. This book confirms a conclusion that I reached many years ago, and does it in a comfortable and conversational manner. Although I may arrive bleary-eyed at the new fishing spot carrying a vestfull of "essential" materials, I've yet to come upon even one fish carrying so much as a hatch-chart. Not only that, they've been around doing their "fish" thing for eons. So here it is, the essental steps to understanding our worthy piscatorial buddies in their environment, on their own terms...and gaining yet another mental fin.

Rating:
Summary: Earning Your Fin...
Review: Ever since my dad placed a magazine under my right arm in an attempt to instruct me in the proper way to cast a fly with his favorite bamboo rod, I have littered the environment with a rainbow of colored flies. I've spent a good part of my life since then reading, studying, arguing, not to mention fishing, in an attempt to learn the "correct" way to become a truly proficient fisherman I've caught and released many a fish, and yet not until an old Alaskan Sourdough pointed out to me that, "Until you think like one, you're just another outsider to the brotherhood of fish", did I gain my first mental fin. This book confirms a conclusion that I reached many years ago, and does it in a comfortable and conversational manner. Although I may arrive bleary-eyed at the new fishing spot carrying a vestfull of "essential" materials, I've yet to come upon even one fish carrying so much as a hatch-chart. Not only that, they've been around doing their "fish" thing for eons. So here it is, the essental steps to understanding our worthy piscatorial buddies in their environment, on their own terms...and gaining yet another mental fin.

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Summary: Tips on finding Trout
Review: There is no other activity that I know of that can lead to more serenity and more frustration, simultaneously, than trout fishing. You have to first find the fish, who show up in the most innocuous places. You then have to figure out what they're eating. And always, it's a *little* bit comforting to know that you are not alone in this trial. Misery sometimes does love company. But misery also loves some real good advice, as well!
In that, Tom Rosenbauer does a superior job of teaching how to go to a piece of water, and start the monumental task of prospecting ( like a miner ) that water for the stealthy trout that (probably) inhabit therein. Two things begin to happen when reading the book. First, you begin to understand why you haven't found fish before. Second, you begin to understand that part of the enjoyment of trout fishing, is *in* the looking itself, whether or not you actually succeed in finding a fish that particular day.

In the opinion of one who has just really begun this journey into fishing for trout, this book is excellent!

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Summary: Packed with illustrations and photos
Review: Tom Rosenbauer's Orvis Guide To Prospecting For Trout shares the author's fishing savvy and tells both novices and avid fishermen how to make reluctant trout strike. From fishing with dry flies and streamers to tricks of the lure, this is packed with illustrations and photos.