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FANTASTIC
Fishing Tips:
FROM
HIMSELF!
PROPER FLY PRESENTATION
IN RuNNING WATER
Nymph
Dry Fly
and
PRESENTATION
At station ‘A’ you’ll find a dry
fly fisherman facing upstream and
casting his fly upstream above his
target. This is proper to allow his
fly to float, without line drag, in a
natural way similar to natures fly
hatches.
The same presentation is done
when using a nymph fly. When
currents carry fly nymph's they do
so in this manner, once the eggs
are hatched.
The key to success when using
dry flies and nymph's is to allow
them to float freely.
Muddler
and
Streamer
PRESENTATION
Though the muddler can be used as a floater during grasshopper season and to
represent certain dry flies, its purpose originally was to imitate the sculpin minnow.
Thus, you see the angler at point ‘B’ position casting cross current and presenting
a weighted muddler fly or streamer fly in a manner that best imitates a swimming
minnow. Retrieve of streamer flies comes cross current or up current similar to the
actions of minnows
or baitfish working
river currents.
Keep in mind, on
occasion, minnows
swim with the current,
most of the time they
work cross current or
at an angle upstream.
B
A
CURRENT FLOW
NYMPH
DRY FLY
MUDDLER
STREAMER
PRESENTATION
FIRESIDE READING
Books
ADVENTURE FISHING THE AMERICAS
By Dan gapen, Sr. and ‘Bobber’ Anne
Dan Gapen, Sr. and ‘Bobber’ Anne team up
in writing the 381 page manuscript which
takes the reader from Argentina in the tip of
South America to the Arctic Ocean above
Alaska in North America.
Like so many of the Ol’ Man’s hardback
books this new book isn’t only a fishing
book. Many of the chapters see the reader
visit the local natives of the region. This
well-traveled couple covets fishing, but the
reader learns the customs and the rituals
of the local natives as the authors travel
back into the native’s history. Both authors
immerse the reader into a special wilderness
world where fish species may vary widely in fight
and culinary delight.
Not to be left out the animals encountered in Dan
and Anne’s treks into this old world are brought to life as only Dan Gapen, Sr.
can do. From the saltwater crocodile to the arctic white bear the reader learns
these animal’s habits and present survival status. Fish such as the mighty goliath
grouper, big enough to swallow a human, to the lake sturgeon that pivots
skyward ten feet above river’s surface are brought to light as our authors battle
the world record class fish of North and South America.
Dan Gapen, Sr., The Ol’ Man openly admits his spelling and punctuations are
far from perfect. This he leaves up to
his sidekick ‘Bobber’ Anne who has
edited this new book and written 10
of its chapters. For you lady readers
you obtain a woman’s point of view
in “Adventure Fishing the
Americas” due to ‘Bobber’ Anne’s
input.
The Ol’ Man, Dan Gapen, Sr.
along with ‘Bobber’ Anne
CO- AUTHORS!
Order No. 20123
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So READERS, male or female,
young and old, enjoy this new
manuscript of outdoor adventure.
It contains a magic moment on a
cold snowy night in front of a
blazing warm fireplace.
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