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Guide To Fishing West Canada Creek And Its Tributaries

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For many fishermen, the sport isn't so much about catching buckets of fish as understanding the water and the factors that contribute to the piscine life within it. This short, micro-published book adds vital information to that ideal, at least with regard to West Canada Creek, one of the top trout streams in New York.

There's a short, precis-style history of the river and its fisheries and a section-by-section rundown of the most popular and/or productive areas of the river and the streams that feed it. More importantly, there's solid advice about river-reading and fish behavior, gleaned from several life-long West Canada fishermen and the author's own long experience on the river. It contains special advice for fishing with bait, lures, and flies, including a consensus on the top choices for each.

The writing is clear and concise, but it could use more editing for grammatical errors. Likewise the maps are in a confusing order and are difficult to use, but they provide the relevant information well enough to use them with supplemental maps.

The best thing about the Guide is the author's efforts to dig deeper into the river's fishing lore and to explore its upper reaches and smaller tributaries. It's much more than a list of the most crowded fishing spots: its insights open the whole river to the angler's imagination.

I read the book and had plans to get to the West Canada Creek this past summer but I spent my time at the West Branch of teh Ausable instead. I liked the book and thought it provided good detail but I did not get a chance to verify nay of the material. Maybe this year.

If you are going to West Canada Creek to enjoy the best fly fishing in New York State you should get this book. It's not fancy; both the writing and the maps are plain and simple. I gave a copy of this book to a fly fisherman that I know as a gift. He showed it around to the guys and they came and asked me where I bought it because they wanted copies for themselves. These guys would not want to spend their LaBatts money on a book unless it was really good.