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This book is written for the angler who
wants to consistently catch large trout
over 20 inches. Whether fishing with
regular length fly rod or a specially
designed 15’, 17’ or 20’ fly rod or a
tenkara-style rod, Don Miller explains in
detail the processes and flies that he
uses to accomplish his mission. His 40
years of learning how to catch that rare
and elusive large, dominant, heavy-weight
trout, that the ones very few fly
fishermen ever catch, has been a
never-ending pursuit– one that has caused
him to endure many sleepless nights
pondering: “If I was a large trout needing
large meals to sustain life and energy,
plus being cautious and wary, where would
I reside?” Once I discovered the answers
to that question, I concluded that dapping
was the only method that would work. If
you apply all the techniques and methods
described in this book over time, you too
will succeed. Some you will learn now and
others you will learn with experience.
Some of the chapters in this book are:
Pre-Locating the large trout; Locating;
Stalking; How Trout See; Different Drift
Techniques; Realistic-Tied Flies and Tying
Equipment/Materials; Equipment for
Dapping; Landing, Handling and Releasing
Trout Alive; and Personal Thoughts and
Tactics. I want to share my years of love
and respect for large, older trout. Now,
as I have aged, (I’m 74) I can understand
and relate my knowledge and understanding
better. I’m a perfectionist and it has
helped me learn that no stone will go
unturned in my pursuit of these large
fish. Dapping requires full concentration
of my basic “stealth” fundamentals to
succeed. I firmly believe that my
techniques, thoroughly learned, will
increase your knowledge, love and respect
of, and for, the older large, dominant
trout. I would rather catch and release
one trout over 22” than 100 trout under
20”. These trout are special. Large trout
get that way because of exceptional
survival instincts. Fishermen seldom see
them because the fishermen inadvertently
betray themselves from 50 to 100 yards
away. I believe that there are more large
trout today than ever before due to
catch-and-release fishing. And, due to so
many anglers walking the paths along river
banks and making all kinds of noise,
catch-and-release fishing has actually
made it more difficult to catch large
trout. But by using my techniques catching
the trout of a lifetime (repeatedly) is
still possible. I seldom fish blind, and I
sight fish only for large browns, rainbows
and cuttbows. My experiences have provided
me with the ultimate rewards–quietly
observing large trout behavior in streams
and learning the unique dapping techniques
to take them primarily on large dry flies.
The rewards are thrilling because they are
all visual. I hunt the fish, present the
fly in a special way, and watch the take
using techniques that are as valuable
today as they were in the 16th century.
I’d like to explain them as my gift to new
generations of fly fishers. My wife
describes me as “the extreme
perfectionist.” That may explain my
specialized behavior around trout streams
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