Introduction to Fly fishing - From Confused Beginner to Competent Angler

By: Michael Ritts

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The goal of this book is to help a new fly angler select equipment tailored to them, and teach some of the fly fishing basics. This book is written for the absolute beginning fly angler. It was written as a textbook for the fly fishing classes taught at Precision Fly and Tackle in Mt. Holly Springs Pennsylvania. Hopefully everyone will find something of value among these pagesTopics covered include rod selection, knots, casting, basic fly selection, aquatic insects, how to read the water, trout fishing tactics, euro nymphing and how to catch your first fish on a fly. Are you the kind of person who only fishes a few times per year, or is this going to be your next hobby, and you plan on doing it a lot? Depending on what you want to do, the cost can be low or quite high. Hopefully this book will help you fit the equipment to your personal needs.Where does a beginner stop being a beginner? Is it after one lesson, one trip, or one season? When the learning ends, if it ever ends, is that when a beginner is no longer a beginner? Maybe a little bit more about insects, fly selection or fishing techniques such as a detailed explanation on Euro-nymphing are required. Maybe there are some new things in this book for an experienced angler after all. This book is meant to bring a total beginner to a solid average fly angler. But wait, where does a solid average angler stop being average …….?So this book is written for the total beginner who knows nothing about fly fishing, but includes enough information, that by the end of the book, they will not be a beginner anymore, but an competent angler. But wait, where does a competent angler stop being a competent angler? Maybe it is when a person sees a beautiful scenic photograph and can only imagine what fly to use for the river in the background. Perhaps it is time for all of us to go on a journey to the dark side of fishing.

A prudent author with deliberate Word choice to describe fly fishing.

Summary
Worth reading for anglers and for people who can’t stand fishing. This story explains everything you would like to know from fishing without having to go through the pin yourself.

Follows the story of a rocket scientist that decides to pick up fly fishing in his retirement. I wish I could hear those stories for the first time again.

Pro/ Con list below.

Pro
The author gives explicit instructions for your journey to become a master angler. Terminology and techniques.

The book is written in a very humorous manner using stories from fly fishing that is humbling.

I recommend reading this book prior to your guided fly fishing experience.

The audio quality is top tier.

The voice acting is of a young woman with a very good sense of humor and sounds slightly southern.

Con
I’d attach a supplementary pdf for the Audiobook listeners to reference for next edition.