Customer Reviews

Flyfisher's Guide to Pennsylvania (Flyfisher's Guide Series)

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If you are looking for a book to give you general knowledge on better known trout fishing streams in Pennsylvania, then this book will meet your needs. Unfortunately, the author does not do a good job of covering remote streams in many parts of the state that are excellent producing streams and beautiful places to fish. I was especially disappointed in his lack of coverage of streams in McKean and Warren County. I would not recommend this book to an avid Pennsylvania fisherman. The book is adequate for an out-of-state fisherman who is looking to fish some of the more popular streams in PA.

I've had this book for several years and I've found it to be a very useful resource. The hatch charts are extremely helpful, especially for trout anglers. While the author made a better than average attempt to cover the warmwater opportunities in the Keystone State, for the most part only the most well known sites were covered. Certainly Pennsylvania has some world famous trout streams, but the variety and quality of our warmwater fisheries is truly extraordinary. Some of the streams that were covered specifically for the trout they hold probably offer better bass fishing over most of their length. Trout centered thinking is far too prevalent in the fly fishing community and as a result this sort of overemphasis on trout is typical of many fly fishing guides. Indeed, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is guilty of killing thousands of trout annually by stocking them in waters so warm they are almost certain to all die by Memorial Day. I know that Mr. Wolf is a skilled and avid warmwater fly fisher. I hope in the future he will update this guide and give our warmwater fisheries the coverage they deserve.

"There are other such fly-fishing guides, but Wolf's is unique and the most comprehensive; it's a cut above the rest."

Very useful book on the geography and how to get there as well as where to fish and what to use. What is lacking is a detailed listing of the fly shops in the area. I located one on Kettle Creek and one near Pine Creek and found them to be very helpful on real time basis ie what the fish were hitting on that morning etc.

Dave Wolf is "a man who just may go down in angling history as one of the state's pre-eminent fishing bums." Flyfisher's Guide to Pennsylvania "is a 500+ page, region-by-region directory to fly fishing in the Keystone State. You get stream-by-stream descriptions, summaries of Approved (stocked) waters, Wild Trout streams, and a list of fly shops. There's also a rundown on the major cities in each region listing accommodations, restaurants, ... even hospitals, in case you lose a Woolly Bugger in your earlobe. Please note that this is not just a trout book. Thanks in large part to Dave's love affair with the Susquehanna River, there's plenty of information on the state's warmwater fisheries. ...A book like this is a prodigious effort when you're wrapping your arms around a 29-million-acre state."

I was not only impressed with the completeness of the information provided on all the waters covered, but appreciated those tiny, quiet waters that he didn't cover in order to save them. Wolf is a true conservationist. I also liked the accommodations listings. I bought TWO - one for the house to plan my trips, and one for car to use as a guide along the way. I highly recommend this book not only for the fisherman, but the traveler who wants to see scenic waters as well.

"Flyfisher's Guide to Pennsylvania provides the indepth information I'll need to get started on more coldwater, warmwater and steelhead streams, rivers and lakes than I'll probably be able to get to over the next 10 years; more than 150 waters across the state."

"This book is a true trophy for the contemporary fly fisherman. Dave's new book is the most comprehensive fly fishing book I have ever seen. It is destined to become a classic."

Book covered all of fundamentals of Pennsylvania fly fishing.Good for novices and out of town people. Gives needed information regarding lodging and services. The book does fall short in the amount of streams visited. Many wild trout and stocked streams went unmentioned. This was a big miss.

"Wolf's new book, "Flyfisher's Guide to Pennsylvania", is without a doubt, the most comprehensive text ever written about fishing in the Keystone State."