Joe Brooks was a fishing pioneer, and this compendium of his dispatches is practically the history of modern fly-fishing. At his peak, he logged 75,000 miles year fly-fishing. He was one of the first to fish for bonefish with a fly. He was one of the first to fish Central and South America, from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. He fished for tiger fish in Africa, and fished the atolls of the South Pacific and the lakes of New Zealand. Included in this volume are classic pieces on: The Trout We Fish For. Dry Fly Fishing for Trout. Terrestrials. Fishing the Wet Fly. Nymph Fishing. Landing Bass on the Fly. Argentina. New Zealand. Scotland. Iceland. Tumble Rocks. Salty Grab Bag. Panama. British Honduras. and many more Brooks has been described as "the world's best fly fisherman." Reading these pieces, it's easy to see why.
- ISBN10 1592284515
- ISBN13 9781592284511
- Publish Date 1 November 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 February 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint The Lyons Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English