* A comprehensive examination of those parts of the natural world that impact trout, trout food and forage, and fly fishing from barometric pressure, to moon phase, to pH, and more.
* Each chapter describes how factors impact trout behavior and the behavior of their food and forage and the strategies and tactics fly fishers can employ.
* Content is built on research from thirty-plus years of guiding and fly fishing throughout North and South America, parts of Eastern Europe, and Central Asia as well as secrets from some of the most knowledgeable fly fishers in the world.
* Includes photos to lend context to the situations, issues, trout, trout food, water types, and methods described in the book as well as graphs, charts, and tables to lend greater understanding.
* Also includes quotes, methods, and tactics from renowned fly fishers.
* Author is accomplished writer and respected authority published in Fly Tyer,The Fly Fishing and Tying Journal,The Drake, Sports Afield,

and Backcountry Magazine. His books include Snake River Fly Fishing: Through the Eyes of an Angler (Frank Amato Publications, 2010), Snake River Flies: Eighty Years of Proven Patterns for Fly Fishing Across the Globe (Graphic Arts Books, 2014), and Modern Fly Fishing for Trout: Tactics and Strategies for Today’s Fly Fisher (Lyons Press, 2013). * The e-book edition has a supplemental chapter about situational ties and patterns with color photos (print book is black-and-white only) and 20 patterns/recipes for flies.