A View from the Middle Seat

Description

This book will help you become a better angler, more successful in locating, attracting, hooking, and touching the elusive trophies we all seek. Importantly, it will guide your development of lifelong tools, processes of inquiry and analysis, that will enhance your appreciation for nature’s splendor and the magic of its wild creatures.

Trophy angling is now tougher, more critical of our skills and thought, than in past eras. Our streams and lakes, even the seas, are more crowded with anglers. To maximize your enjoyment you need to prepare thoughtfully and hone your skills. The View From the Middle Seat is your tool kit.

—Bob Linsenman

TABLE OF CONTENTS
​FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: What They Eat
Chapter 2: Reading the Water
Chapter 3: Conditions and Circumstances
Chapter 4: Successful Retrieves
Chapter 5: ​Streamer Mystique
Chapter 6: ​Targeting Trophy Trout
Chapter 7: Adventures with Rodentia
Chapter 8: Warm-water Predators: Pike, Musky, and Bass
Chapter 9: Aquatic Insects
Chapter 10: A Favorite Mayfly Hatch—Hendrickson
Chapter 11: The Drakes
Chapter 12: Witchcraft: The Hex
Chapter 13: Stoneflies
Chapter 14: More Dries
Chapter 15: Terrestrials
FLY TIERS AND THEIR RECIPES
FLY SHOPS
PROFESSIONAL FLY-TYING GURUS