Kip Carey's Official Wyoming Fishing Guide [Paperback]

Kip Carey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2002

It is my great pleasure to introduce the new 2002 edition of Kip Carey's Official Wyoming Fishing Guide. Fishing waters from around the entire state of Wyoming are contained in this handy guide, in fact, there are over 1600 detailed waters listed. Specific directions, comprehensive descriptions, and maps to Wyoming's cold and warm water reservoirs, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and creeks from around the entire state are included in this complete fishing guide. This guide has it all, from the smallest of creeks to largest rivers, one-acre ponds to reservoirs the size of most towns. I recommend this book for anyone who is already familiar with fishing in Wyoming, to those who wish to discover all the wonderful fishing opportunities the state has to offer. There is not another book comparable on the market today, it is an invaluable guide whether it is used for fly-fishing, bait-fishing, spin-fishing, or even hiking and backpacking.

Back in the early 1950's a professor from the University of Colorado, by the name of Tim Kelley, began the incredible task of chronicling the fishing waters of Wyoming and Colorado. Tim Kelley's vision was to chronicle all of the waters of both states and to combine them into a single guide. The resulting Tim Kelley's Colorado and Wyoming Fishing and Hunting Guide was published every two years starting in 1954, with the last in 1990. I was able to purchase the rights to this indispensable guide in 1999, at which time I set about updating and completing a separate guide for Colorado, which was released in 2001. Kip Carey's Official Wyoming Fishing Guide is the result of my belief that Wyoming deserves a separate book dedicated to all the quality waters of the state. Included are hundreds of new entries, as well as, completely updated information on previously documented waters from the Wind River, Bighorn River, Snake River, Green River, Sweetwater River, and North Platte River drainages; as well as, complete coverage of fishing waters in Yellowstone National Park and northeastern Wyoming. In other words, the entire state of Wyoming is contained in the book!

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kip Carey Pubns; No Edition Indicated edition (January 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970736215
• ISBN-13: 978-0970736215
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #558,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good additional tool to be used with other books on Wyoming, March 6, 2006

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Gary R "Trout Hound" (Northern VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kip Carey's Official Wyoming Fishing Guide (Paperback)

The keys to any successful (self-guided) fishing trip are research and common sense. Kip's book has lots of small snippets on locations of lakes and streams...and some information on types of fish, sizes of fish, and overall rating of the fishery. This book is best used with the Wyoming DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer, which shows specific streams, lakes, highways, roads (and camgrounds). Overall, I really enjoyed the book and can not wait until this summer to check out some of his recommended locations.

One (minor) drawback of the book is his lack of labeling the photos...I like to know which picture goes with which stream or lake. Another (minor) drawback is his use of terms "fair" ... "decent" ... "good" ... "noteable" ... and "very fishable" when describing fishing quality. This is where your 6th sense of fishing comes in to play. Is the author tipping his hand?...or just wetting our whistle?

Other good books on Wyoming Fly Fishing include: Wyoming Blue-Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide, by Greg Thomas...The most complete guide to Wyoming fishing by John Baughman...and the Flyfishers Guide to Wyoming by by Ken Retallic. Each of these books compliments the other (and sometimes contradicts).

Whenever planning a trip DO RESEARCH. Research comes in several forms, the most effective being advice from a trusted friend (who's been there), conversation with fly shop owners and guides from the area you will be (they will usually only provide snippets), and lots of reading. Since becoming a "serious researcher" my trips to the Rockies have been VERY productive and more memorable.