INTELLIGENT TROUTING: FLY FISHING BASICS AND BEYOND. By Thomas Neil Zacoi. Illustrated by Jeff Wynn.

1999 1st edition. 8vo paperback (151 x 227mm). Ppxxx,190. B/w illustrations by Jeff Wynn.

A good American beginners guide to trout fishing". Intelligent Trouting is an authoritative yet practical handbook that combines detailed instruction with personal anecdotes and profiles of fly fishing pioneers. ...this comprehensive guide is written for anyone serious about catching trout on a fly". "This book deals only with trout - and it does that very well. The chapter on 'Reading the Water', may be worth the price of the book". (Bernard "Lefty" Kreh)". Tom Zacoi has put together a solid introductory text that gives the reader both the lure and lore of fly fishing; both the nuts and bolts and a smell of the flowers along the way. It's encouraging to see beginners text that does more than simply give us 'Just the facts, Ma'am!' (Gary Borger). Chapters include:- What is a flyfisherman?; An American classic; Let's gear up; Spruce Creek; Fly lines, terminal tackle and knots; Some memorable students; The casting clinic; America's first lady of fly fishing; Entomology; Will the real "Mr. Ants" please stand up!; Where the trout live; Earl "Duke" Shapiro; Reading the water; 20,000 leagues under the sea; Let's go fly fishing; One of us has to go!; Catch and release; "Lefty"; For the road. The copyright page states that "Three thousand deluxe copies and one hundred twenty-five limited edition copies" of this book were produced. It appears, however, that this was not the case, we have only ever seen the paperback.