TY - BOOK AU - Brooks, Joe, AU - Sedgwick, Don. TI - Joe Brooks on fishing SN - 1592284515 AV - SH 456 .B791 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Guilford, Conn. PB - Lyons Press KW - Fly fishing N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - 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 a 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 . Fishing Streamers and Bucktails for Trout . Landing Bass on the Fly . Boca Fever . Argentina . New Zealand . Scotland . Iceland . Tumble Rocks . Add a Little Salt . Northern Lights Fish . Inshore Saltwater Fishing . Chumming and Offshore Fly Fishing . Salty Grab Bag . Panama . Those Freedom-Loving Sickletails . 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."www.shelfari.com" ER -