Backcountry Fly Fishing in Salt Water: An Innovative Guide to Some of the Finest and Most Interesting Fishing in Salt Water

Lyons Press, 1995. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Fly fishing in what is called the 'backcountry' has long been admired by serious fishermen who want a change of pace from crowded trout streams but who love the contained areas of coastal rivers, lakes, estuaries, and canals. Some of our largest and most revered sportfish - tarpon and snook - and other great backcountry fish such as bonefish, seatrout, permit, and redfish often include these areas in their migrations. Backcountry Fly Fishing in Salt Water is the first full-length treatment of the fantastic possibilities that this rich fishery provides. Learn about the basics of backcountry fly fishing (what it is, where to find it, how to find it); tides and their seminal importance; the habits of the major backcountry game fish; the forage foods they prefer; how best to imitate the forage foods; tackle and other tools of the trade; presentation; angling opportunities; and more. Backcountry Fly Fishing in Salt Water will provide innumerable fresh insights and innovations for all fly fishers. (7 X 9, 208 pages, color photos, b&w photos, maps, illustrations, diagrams, charts). Swisher and Richards wrote other acclaimed books, including Fly Fishing Strategy, Stoneflies, and Emergers, all based on the authors’ encyclopedic knowledge of trout stream insects and their behavior, especially from the perspective of the trout. They wrote extensively for Fly Fisherman over more than two decades, including “The Western Green Drake” in July 1971, “Stillborn Duns” in Feb. 1975, and “Methods of Emergence” in Feb. 1991.