1Titlepage
129126. What the Bass Boys Taught Me
2Part One: The Cast: 45 Tips to Help You Cast Straighter, Longer, and More Accurately
130127. Everybody’s Got to Be Somewhere
31. Dare to Be Different
131128. Look Before You Leap—or Cast
42. It Starts with the Grip
132129. A Breath of Fresh Air
53. Point Your Shots
133130. The Plot Thickens ... or Not
64. “10 and 2” Is Too Little, Too Late
134131. Downward Progression
75. Don’t Get Cocky
135132. See Your Way Clearly
86. Stop! In the Name of Love (and a Good Cast)
136133. Follow the Bubbles
97. Hitting the Wall
137134. Raging Bull ... You’re Standing on Fish
108. Throw a Drink in My Face
138135. Watch the Birdie
119. Take a Bow
139136. Trout Parts
1210. Watch That Thumb
140137. Seeing Is (Not) Believing
1311. Say Hello to Good Casting
141138. Getting More from Glasses
1412. William Tell Overture
142139. Fish Furniture
1513. Tighten the Loop
143140. Fishing Lies
1614. Anticipation ... It’s Crazy
144141. Worth Biting For
1715. Groove Your Swing
145142. Love That Dirty Water
1816. See the “U”
146Part Four: Bugs: 43 Tips to Help You Select, Rig, and Fish the Right Fly at the Right Time in the Right Way
1917. Flick the Tomato
147143. Dance Partners
2018. Tossing the Grape
148144. Fishing Dirty
2119. Tuck It In
149145. Streamers
2220. Too Much, Too Soon
150146. Muddling Along
2321. The Water-Load
151147. Use an Attractor Fly
2422. Let the Current Do the Dirty Work
152148. Use a Spotter Fly
2523. Roll ’Em Easy
153149. Below-the-Surface Spotter
2624. Saving a Stroke
154150. Make It a Meal
2725. The Woody Hayes Rule of Casting
155151. The Color Purple
2826. Forty Feet in Four Seconds
156152. Prince Nymph Mystery
2927. Come Closer, Darling
157153. Bad Beadheads
3028. When Not to Cast (or Even Twitch)
158154. The Story Behind the Copper John
3129. Control Trumps Distance
159155. Size Matters
3230. Pinkie Perfection
160156. Reading the Rise
3331. Cast around Problems
161157. Pumping for Information
3432. Make Friends with the Wind
162158. Dishing Up the Facts
3533. Wind Knots and the Big Bang Theory
163159. Quick-Change Artist
3635. The Double Haul
164160. Time Is Fish
3736. Just a Flick of the Wrist
165161. The Corset Connection
3837. Remove the Shackles
166162. The Early Fly Gets Eaten
3938. Lose the Tailing Loop
167163. Through the Looking Glass
4039. Fish Like a Snake
168164. Lightening the Load
4140. Will Your Casts
169165. Behind the Mask
4241. What Spooks Trout
170166. Cure for the Muddy Water Blues
4342. The Hard Splashdown Isn’t So Bad
171167. Reconnecting with an Old Friend
4443. Make the First Cast Count
172168. Wake-up Call
4544. Time Your Casts
173169. The Living Fly
4645. Give Me a Good Drift Over a Good Cast, Any Day
174170. The Invisible Caddis
47Part Two: Presentation: 60 Tips to Help You Place and Drift Your Flies So That Trout Want to Eat Them
175171. Cold-Water Cure: Brighten Up
4846. The Dead Drift
176172. Damsels in Distress
4947. High-Stick Nymphing
177173. Seeing Double
5048. The Whole Nine Feet
178174. Color Coding
5149. Mending Your Ways
179175. Get the Red In
5250. Finding Your Mark
180176. Sharpie Thinking
5351. The Swing
181177. Love Ants and Beetles
5452. Doing the Continental
182178. Going Goo-Goo
5553. Weighty Matters, Part I
183179. Barbless
5654. Weighty Matters, Part II
184180. Are You a Good Twitch, or a Bad Twitch?
5755. Weighty Matters, Part III
185181. Flatwater Flies
5856. The Difference between a Good Fisherman and a Great One? A BB
186182. Up on Cripple Creek
5957. A Knockout with the Bolo Punch
187183. Ten Flies to Never Leave Home Without
6058. Seeing the Light
188184. The Next 10 Best
6159. The Thin, Clear Line
189185. Mousing Around
6260. Live with It
190Part Five: Miscellaneous: 65 Tips on Fighting Fish, Wading, Choosing Gear, and Everything Else That Matters
6361. Feeling Skitterish
191186. Firmer Footing
6462. Negatives into Positives
192187. Rocks Don’t Swim
6563. When in Doubt (Set the Hook)
193188. Walk Away from Trouble
6664. No Clear Indication
194189. Boot Camp Basics
6765. First Impressions
195190. Strip for Action
6866. Ready, Set, Go
196191. Meshing with Your Cast
6967. Dress for Success
197192. Keeping Things Clean
7068. Watch That Line
198193. Cleared for Takeoff
7169. When Shorter Is Better
199194. It Isn’t Psychoanalysis, But ...
7270. Don’t Be a Slacker
200195. Dear Diary
7371. A Hitch in Time
201196. Playing for Keeps
7472. Spiderman Rules
202197. Why Women are Born Better Anglers than Men
7573. Night Moves
203198. The Golden Rule
7674. The Refusal Rise: What the Fish Said
204199. Crossing to Safety
7775. A Hanging Offense
205200. Dock Talk
7876. A Cure for Nymphing Neurosis
206201. Keep the Arc
7977. Staying Humble
207202. Timesaver Rigging
8078. Sunny Side Down
208203. Clinch Knot on Your Finger
8179. Look Beyond Your Indicator
209204. Those Dirty Dogs
8280. The Down-Current Hook-Set
210205. Solving a Knotty Problem
8381. Where the Trout Are
211206. Stretching Out
8482. That Vision Thing
212207. Mark That Line
8583. Timing the Rise
213208. The Effects of Sunlight
8684. Be a Sneak
214209. Velcro to the Rescue
8785. Off Broadway
215210. Pick the Right Rod
8886. Downstream and Dirty
216211. Putty in Our Hands
8987. How Dry Am I?
217212. Newspaper Knowledge
9088. Getting to the Bottom of Things
218213. Making That Point
9189. Time on Water Equals Fish, Part I
219214. Save Fish and Flies
9290. Time on Water Equals Fish, Part II
220215. A Real Hang-up
9391. Switch Bugs on an Obvious Refusal
221216. Felt on the Wane
9492. One at a Time
222217. Doing Our Part
9593. Stack Mending for Drifts
223218. Lose the Sheep
9694. Fish Flies Atypically
224219. Getting into the Loop
9795. Shake, Shake, Shake (Your Streamer)
225220. Getting a Leg Up
9896. Snake Your Way to Success
226221. A Weighty Alternative
9997. Ditch the Bobber
227222. Made in the Shade
10098. More on Indicators
228223. Backs to the Water
10199. Balloon Going Up
229224. Dance a Jig
102100. The Sting
230225. Shadow Casting
103101. Easy on the Grease
231226. Reel Handle Down
104102. Accuracy Above All
232227. Bow to the King
105103. Beware the Wave
233228. The Knots You Need
106104. Spare the Rod
234229. Stepping Down on Tippet
107105. Ups and Downs
235230. 7X Is for Sissies
108Part Three: Reading Water: 37 Tips to Help You Find Trout in a River and Effectively Cast to Them
236231. Spit on Your Knots
109106. Fish Like Changes
237232. Hang Your Weight above a Knot
110107. Depressing Advice
238233. Cast Across a Snag
111108. The Shadow Knows
239234. Get the Lead Out
112109. Watch for the Flash
240235. Tap the Rod
113110. You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket (or Two)
241236. How to Net a Fish
114111. Rock On
242237. Fish Handling 101
115112. Pillow Talk
243238. Make the Camera Work for You
116113. Rob the Banks
244239. Hold Your Breath for Photos
117114. Rosenbauer’s Rules
245240. God Save the Queen
118115. Be the Tree
246241. Trout Hook-Set: Answer the Telephone
119116. Nervous Water
247242. Web Sites
120117. Your Fly Rod Cannot See
248243. Cut and Re-tie Knotted Tippet
121118. The Telltale Rise
249244. Lotions and Bug Spray
122119. Shadows in Bird Land
250245. On Etiquette
123120. Where Would You Be?
251246. What Did I Do Wrong?
124121. The Five-step Run
252247. Take the Reins
125122. The Reverse Eddy
253248. Be Ambidextrous
126123. The Cut Bank
254249. The Tail Gunner
127124. Low Water, High Water
255250. The Most Important Tip
128125. Make Big Water Small
