Field guides
Short practical pages grounded in themes from Fly Fishing for Nerds.
- How to Read Water on a Fly-Fishing River
A practical, observation-first way to read water before you cast—features, seams, cover, and what to test next.
- Current Seams: Why Fish Hold Where Speeds Meet
What a current seam is, how to spot foam lines and eddy edges, and how to treat seams as testable hypotheses.
- Riffle, Run, Pool: A Simple River Map
Learn the riffle–run–pool sequence so you can prioritize where to start and what each feature tends to offer.
- Observe → Hypothesize → Test on the Water
A nerd-friendly fishing loop: gather observations, form one hypothesis, run a short test, then update—without folklore theater.
- Beginner Fly Fishing: A Calm First Day on the Water
A beginner-friendly first-day plan: safety, simple gear focus, reading a short reach, and learning without rushing casts.
- Fly Fishing for Engineers and Curious Nerds
Why systems thinkers often like fly fishing—and how to treat the river like a readable system without turning it into homework.
- Riverbank Checklist Before You Cast
A short bank checklist: safety, features, seams, cover, and one testable plan—so you start with intention.
- Cover, Depth, and Current: Three Levers That Matter
How cover, depth, and current interact when you look for holding water—and how to change one lever at a time.