Fly Fishing Southern Colorado: An Angler's Guide [Paperback]

Craig Martin (Author), Tom Knopick (Author), John Flick (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Pruett Publishing Company (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087108872X
• ISBN-13: 978-0871088727
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #324,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Colorado

More About the Author

Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Craig Martin fell in love with the mountains of New Mexico at the age of twelve when a fellow Boy Scout shared pictures of his trip to Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron. He has lived in New Mexico since 1987, exploring the state on foot, bike, skis, or with a fly rod in hand.

His first experience with a Pulaski was in 1981 as a ranger at Saguaro National Park, working a trail in the Rincon Mountains. After several years teaching middle school science, he and his family moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where he launched a career as a freelance writer. Over the next decade plus, Martin wrote 20 books, more than 100 magazine articles, and for five years contributed a weekly trail column to the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Martin's writing focuses on defining a sense of place. His work includes guidebooks to outdoor recreation and local history.

In May 2000, the Cerro Grande fire ripped through Los Alamos and melted Martin's diverse career threads into a single fiber. As project manager for the Volunteer Task Force, Martin helped coordinate the rebuilding of the trails around Los Alamos. Over the next three years, he supervised dozens of trail projects that involved more than 3,000 volunteers. For his work on the trail system, as well as his organization of the planting of 28,000 pine seedlings in the burned area and the hand seeding of 43 acres, Martin was awarded a 2001 National Volunteer of the Year Award from the Points of Light Foundation. In 2002, Martin received the Chief's Award from the United States Forest Service.

Martin currently serves as Open Space and Trails Specialist for his hometown. He lives on the edge of the Santa Fe National Forest with his wife, June.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Guide to Exploring Southern Colorado Fishing, August 7, 1997

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This review is from: Fly Fishing Southern Colorado: An Angler's Guide (Paperback)

If you are thinking about a fly fishing trip, but you are not sure where to go... consider picking up this in excellent guide book. Southern Colorado is a spectacular place to visit and fish and a wonderful alternative to the crowds of Montana and Wyoming, but there is lots of water and places to go. The best way to optimize your visit is to let Fly Fishing Southern Colorado : An Angler's Guide show the best places to go. Excellent, informative text complement the maps and directions and clearly outline where to go, what to bring, what to expect, and the best time to do it. As a native of southern Colorado, I still find myself turning to Fly Fishing Southern Colorado : An Angler's Guide for ideas on where to go for the afternoon, day, or the occasional week-long fishing trip. I think this is an indispensible book that has been missing for too long.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good and detailed book about fishing Southern Colorado., June 4, 1999

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Scott Billings (Hondo, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly Fishing Southern Colorado: An Angler's Guide (Paperback)

This was the first book I ever purchased off Amazon and I really enjoyed reading Mr. Martin's work. He does a very good job of telling you what to use and where to go in southern Colorado. I plan to take it with me this summer along with my 3wt and use it when i am on the water.

Scott Cash Thompson

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great detail for trip planning, August 19, 2001

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Douglas L. Terry "Doug Terry" (Angleton, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fly Fishing Southern Colorado: An Angler's Guide (Paperback)

This is a book to use in planning a trip to an unknown area. I've flyfished warm water for years but I know little of trout fishing and nothing of doing so in Colorado. This book provides the detail to make decisions on which drainages and particular streams to fish. It clearly points out what is public and private water, what fish are there and provides some information on rod weights and lengths (though I would like to see a bit more of this) and good information on flies and lures to use.

As a belated update, I did plan a very successful and enjoyable trip to the Conejos river using this book. WIth out a reference like this I would never have known this little jewel of a river even existed. 8/27/08