A Fly Fisher's Reflections Book

	Acknowledgments	8
	Foreword	9
	Illustrations	12
	Introduction	14
Part 1	Fly Patterns
	Observations on Chironomids 1968	24
	Some New and Effective Fly Dressings 1968	28
	The Fall of the Ant and the Rise of the Snail 1968	34
	Chironomid Pupae 1970	40
	Trout on Winged Midges 1974	47
	Instant Sedges 1976	51
	Private Lives - The Damsel Fly 1977	55
	The Unsinkable Buzzer 1980	59
	Queen of the May 1983	63
	The Curse of the Smutting Trout 1987	66
	Enter the Super Grizzly Emerger 1991	70
	Suspenders on the River 1988	72
	A Caddis for All Waters 1990	78
	Down to the Wire 1998	82
	Golden Nuggets 1999	85
	The Negative Nymph 1999	87
	Suspender Secrets 1999	90
	Sitting Pretty 2000	93
Part 2	Fly Fishing Techniques
	Softly, Softly, with Silk Lines and Long Leaders 1972	98
	Trout Without a Net 1973	102
	To Grease or Not to Grease? 1975	105
	The Herringbone Effect 1979	108
	Play Them Hard, and Play Them by Hand 1980	112
	Who Needs Barbed Hooks? 1980	116
	The Mayfly - A New Appraisal 1982	119
	The Killing Must Stop 1985	123
	Twenty-twenty Vision? 1987	127
	Secrets of the Midge 1988	134
	An Eye on the Fly Down Under 1988	138
	A Fresh View of Summer Grayling 1992	143
	Midge Mimicry 1993	147
	Leaders and Power Gum 1994	152
	In the Bleak Midwinter 1998	155
	Think Big, Think Small 2000	159
	Net Loss, Net Gain 2001	164
Part 3	Fly Fishing Worldwide
	We Lived On Norway's Wild Trout 1969	170
	Trout in South Africa 1975	173
	And Now for the Good News 1979	178
	The Castaway 1980	185
	Bonefishing on 'Atomic Island' 1984	189
	Where Twenty-pounders Are Put Back 1985	194
	In the Footsteps of Zane Grey 1985	198
	Fly Fishing in Mexico 1989	204
	Paradise is Just Two Sleeping Pills Away 1990	211
	The Best in the West 1992	219
	The Monster of the Caledonian Pool 1994	223
	Search for Rio Grande Silver 1998	226
	New World's New Zealand 2000	231
	Trout to Pull Your Arm Off 2000	237
Part 4	Deep Sea Around the World
	Portugal's Algarve Coast - Home of Fighting Fish 1965	242
	Expedition to Madeira 1967	248
	The Unforgettable Red Sea - Home of the Dog-tooth Tuna 1969	254
	The Big Fish of Kenya 1971	257
	Tanzania and the Fabulous Fishing off Mafia Island 1972	261
	Where the Weather Starts 1974	266
	The Seychelles Potential 1974	270
	South African Adventure 1975	274
	Fishing in Central America 1978	280
	The 'Kenyahead' Teaser 1992	285