What a Trout Sees: A Fly-Fishing Guide To Life Underwater - Softcover

Geoff Mueller is the former managing editor of Fly Fisherman Magazine and currently senior editor at The Drake Magazine and a contributing editor at Angling Trade Magazine. He’s fished in the Arctic, Cuba, Mexico, the Bahamas, and more, and spends most of his on-the-water time chasing and studying trout in Colorado and Wyoming.

Tim Romano is a frequent contributor to Field & Stream and a co-writer of the magazine’s fly fishing blog, fsflytalk.com. He is the managing editor of Angling Trade Magazine (the business publication for the Fly Fishing Industry) and photo editor of the upcoming Flyfish Journal.

Standing waist deep in a stream or a lake for hours on end provides plenty of time for reflection and aimless musings. Do trout sleep? And if so, when? And how does that affect their feeding patterns? Is there any truth to the notion that a rising or falling barometer can affect feeding habits? How does refraction influence a fish’s approach to a surface fly, human shadow, or false cast? How much do fish need to eat, and how does their feeding behavior change as the water temperature rises or falls? How long do trout live, and under what conditions will they grow the largest?

There are ten thousand guide books on the market that tell you how to approach the fish from the bank or boat, but there is no accessible, mainstream title that shows you what the world is like under the water, from the fish’s perspective. With Trout’s Eye View, the curious fisherman interested in taking his or her skill level up a notch or two will finally have all the information he needs. A new kind of general beginner’s guide, this title will introduce fishermen to the fish themselves. Here is what you’re trying to catch, and this is how best to catch it. In a market packed to the cold gills with general how-to introductions, this will be an energetically fresh spin.