Trout lakes are sadly misunderstood--and they represent a whole world of fly fishing that too many anglers, either through unfamiliarity or uncertainty, are missing. This show takes you patiently by the hand and guides you through the techniques, tackle, and flies that take trout feeding in the top layer of a lake. Here you will learn about lake entomology, the intricacies of stalking and catching path-rising trout, when to expect surface feeding on chironomids, and a great deal more. Great ideas and images that entertain and instruct are an integral part of the presentation.
Skip Morris has written 21 books on fly fishing and fly tying over the past 25 years, among them, Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple, Western River Hatches, Trout Flies for Rivers, and Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes. In addition to books like this, Skip has also published over 300 magazine articles. He’s served among the hosts of a national fly-fishing television show and on several instructional DVDs. As a speaker, Skip has performed in California, Arizona, Michigan, Iowa, Texas, Alabama, three Canadian provinces, and overseas.
The spring 2014 issue of Fly Tyer magazine announced Skip as a winner of the magazine's lifetime achievement award.
Skip’s wife, Carol, provides much of the photography in Skip’s work and all the illustrations. They live, with one willful cat named Olive, on Washington’s lush Olympic Peninsula with its myriad opportunities for both fresh and saltwater fly fishing.