The Dry Fly and Fast Water: Fishing With the Floating Fly on American Trout Streams, Together With Some Observations on Fly Fishing in General Book

For the first time ever in the world of fly fishing, a classic work has been updated into a fully illustrated, modern format. This new volume of The Dry Fly and Fast Water

The Dry Fly and Fast Water established George La Branche conservationist, angler, naturalist as a man ahead of his time. In this landmark work his instructions on reading the water and presentation (explaining such techniques as the bounce cast, line control, and 'creating a hatch'), and his descriptions of rise forms and how to read them are all as fresh today as they were more than eighty years ago. In fact, his discussion of fishing a dry fly on fast water heresy when he wrote it has not been improved upon in the modern literature. Any angler who reads this book whether rank novice or seasoned expert and applies La Branche's wisdom will catch more fish on the dry fly.

In an introduction illustrated with photographs of La Branche and fellow fly anglers, naturalist, fly fisher, and historian Paul Schullery examines La Branche's background and role in the development of American fly fishing and his relationship with other notable anglers both here and abroad.