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Limestone streams are some of the most unique and challenging fly-fishing waters in the eastern United States, flowing through storied fishing regions of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. These perfect trout havens, with their continuously cool temperatures and voluminous insect hatches, are essential destinations for the fly fisher.
In Fishing Limestone Streams, Charles Meck, who has spent forty years studying and fishing limestones, explains the nature of these waters, how they differ from freestone streams, and why they are such an important part of the environment and the fishing experience. In a highly detailed stream-by-stream breakdown, Meck guides you to fifty top waters and instructs you how to catch the ever-smart trout there.
Meck examines the numerous insects found in limestone streams, clarifying these with useful charts for important hatches such as the Trico, Sulphur, Green Drake, and Blue-Winged Olive. He also discusses other important trout food, including midges, caddisflies, and stoneflies.
Limestone streams can be highly technical waters, but Meck dispels those troubles with a thorough chapter on tactics. He explains leaders and tippets, tricks like sinking the dun or spinner pattern, how to set up a tandem rig, how to use the weather to your advantage, and how to choose the right pattern for trout that have passed up fly after fly all season.
Eventually, every angler must make a journey to a limestone stream, and this book can help make that trip a successful one. Once on the water, you will see why Meck calls these resources "gems," and understand why all anglers should support the valiant conservation efforts undertaken to restore and protect these streams.
In Fishing Limestone Streams, Charles Meck, who has spent forty years studying and fishing limestones, explains the nature of these waters, how they differ from freestone streams, and why they are such an important part of the environment and the fishing experience. In a highly detailed stream-by-stream breakdown, Meck guides you to fifty top waters and instructs you how to catch the ever-smart trout there.
Meck examines the numerous insects found in limestone streams, clarifying these with useful charts for important hatches such as the Trico, Sulphur, Green Drake, and Blue-Winged Olive. He also discusses other important trout food, including midges, caddisflies, and stoneflies.
Limestone streams can be highly technical waters, but Meck dispels those troubles with a thorough chapter on tactics. He explains leaders and tippets, tricks like sinking the dun or spinner pattern, how to set up a tandem rig, how to use the weather to your advantage, and how to choose the right pattern for trout that have passed up fly after fly all season.
Eventually, every angler must make a journey to a limestone stream, and this book can help make that trip a successful one. Once on the water, you will see why Meck calls these resources "gems," and understand why all anglers should support the valiant conservation efforts undertaken to restore and protect these streams.
About the Author
Charles R. Meck, in a fifty year fly-fishing career, has written nine books on the subject, including 101 Innovative Fly-Tying Techniques. He has written more than 500 magazine and newspaper articles on fly-fishing. He divides his time between State College, Pennsylvania and Mesa, Arizona.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A Limestone How To For You,
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This review is from: Fishing Limestone Streams: A Complete Guide to Fishing These Unique Waters (Hardcover)
As a trout fisherman familiar with Pennsylvania limestone streams, I can say this book is a great intro to the topic. So, if you are planning a trip to these streams in Pa. from Maryland, Virginia, or some other point of departure this book will be useful for you. It provides insight into some honey holes on these streams, and how to succeed when fishing this type of stream. If, like me, you grew up near many of the streams, the book might be less useful, but still very interesting as the author provides some flies that you might be unaware of or tactics. It is well written, so it would not be a waste of time to read it if you are from the area. Anyway, it is a great fly-fishing book. Get it and profit from it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
no color photo,
By al house (pa.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fishing Limestone Streams: A Complete Guide to Fishing These Unique Waters (Hardcover)
This book was quite educational as to inform a fisherman to where to locate these limestone streams. He rates each stream on a scale of 5 to 10, let you know where to access each stream and give you what hatches to expect. While I gave this a 3 star, it could of been higher if he added some color photo. This was somewhat disappointing.
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