Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead - An Advanced Look at an Emerging Fishery [Hardcover]

Jerry Kustich (Author), Rick Kustich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 1999

As the Great Lakes steelhead fishery moves into the 21st century, it provides an opportunity that can be considered no less than world class. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead captures the very essence of its emergence. From its obscure beginnings to its current proactive management plans, the book covers the fishery's growth and maturity. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead also covers, in great detail, a complete fly fishing approach to the varied challenges provided by Great Lakes steelhead and a complete guide to its important waters.

Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead has been a work-in-progress for over five years. During this period, authors Rick Kustich and Jerry Kustich have spent considerable time fishing all the major rivers and streams of the entire Great Lakes region as well as consulting with and meeting the area's top professional to discuss management plans, rivers, techniques and flies. This is coupled with nearly forty years' combined experience of fly fishing for steelhead in the Great Lakes and on the West Coast. This combination has created a unique perspective that has not yet been given to this subject. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead will change the way we view the fishery and is detined to become the authoritative pronouncement on the subject.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book promises to be the Bible on Great Lakes steelheading. -- Tom Pero, Editor and Publisher, Wild Steelhead & Salmon

This is not just another book on steelhead fishing. It is more than that. It is a pioneering encyclopedic effort to tell the entire, and true, story of the Great Lakes steelhead fishery, and an effort to direct a new emerging sport in the right direction. -- Lani Waller, From the Foreword

About the Author

Rick Kustich is an accomplished fly fisherman and writer. He has dedicated many hours to fly fishing for steelhead, both in the Great Lakes and on the West Coast. He has caught steelhead in tributaries to all five of the Great Lakes as well as their native counterparts in various rivers of British Columbia. Rick has authored two other books on the Great Lakes fishery and his articles have appeared in numerous fly fishing publications. He is invloved with a number of conservation efforts aiming to protect and improve the fishery. He lives in Grand Island, New York surrounded by steelhead water.

Jerry Kustich took to the road in 1974 on a quest to fish all the notable trout rivers on the continent. His journey took a slight detour after he caught a wild steelhead on Idaho's Salmon River. His passionate pursuit for steelhead has continued, and in addition to taking him to all the Great Lakes states and Ontario, Jerry has pursued native steelhead in Idaho, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and even Russia. He lives in Twin Bridges, Montana, but spends in upwards of three months a year in the Great Lakes region pursuing steelhead and other species. He is a writer, artist, devout conservationist, and builds bamboo fly rods for the R.L. Winston Rod Company.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: West River Publishing (November 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963310917
• ISBN-13: 978-0963310910
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #898,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Put this on your list!, October 6, 2000

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B. E. Bible (Eggertsville, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead - An Advanced Look at an Emerging Fishery (Hardcover)

This is a brilliant masterpiece by two of the premier steelhead experts in the great lakes region. The book is a wonderful mix of history and technical details presented in a manner that exudes their love for the sport and their reverence for the quarry and it's natural environment.

If you love fly fishing for steelhead, you'll love this book. Put it on your christmans list...

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most comprehensive review on the subject!, October 11, 2002

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"galtsavenger" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead - An Advanced Look at an Emerging Fishery (Hardcover)

This is a fabulous book. It covers:

- history of the great lakes tribs that gets steelie runs
- stocking programs which were and are used on these rivers
- behavioural information (if there is such a thing as static behavioural patterns in steelhead..)
- fly fishing gear recommendations
- fly fishing techniques for steelhead
- wet, dry, spey patterns for steelies

All around great resource. This is the first book I've read on the subject, although I have spent some time on some great rivers around the great lakes. Fabulous book congrats to the authors.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for the Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Fisher!, January 15, 2002

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Robert C. Chorney (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead - An Advanced Look at an Emerging Fishery (Hardcover)

This book is the "bible of Great Lakes steelhead fly fishing." The book covers the history and biology of Great Lakes steelhead, and provides the reader with a wealth of information on angling techniques.