Guide to Fly Fishing in Utah [Paperback]

Steve Schmidt (Author)

Book Description

Series: No Nonsense Guide to Fly Fishing | Publication Date: January 1, 2005

Utah yelids extraordinary, uncrowded and little known fishing. Steve Schmidt, outfitter and owner of Western Rivers Fly Shop in Salt Lake City has explored these waters for morn than 28 years. Covers fly fishing mountain streams and lakes, tailwaters, bass waters and reservoirs.

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From the Back Cover

Now fly fishing the famous and the little known in magnificent Utah. This guidebook helps you quickly absorb the essential information you'll need to fly fish Utah's most outstanding waters. Why No Nonsense? You'll save time. In a few moments you'll know how and where to fly fish in Utah. Detailed maps, annotated by the author show you how to get there and where to fish. Illustractions show you flies, fish and everything you need.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: No Nonsense Fly Fishing Guidebooks; 1st edition (January 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963725688
• ISBN-13: 978-0963725684
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #729,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #48 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Utah

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive explanation of the best fly fishing in Utah, February 19, 2001

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This review is from: Guide to Fly Fishing in Utah (Paperback)

Steve Schmidt's No Nonsense Guide To Fly Fishing In Utah provides the angler with a practical and informative description and guide to twenty-two fly fishing waters throughout Utah. These sites include major and lesser known waters in Utah's mountains, high deserts and plains. Schmidt (owner and operator of Western Rivers Fly Shop, Salt Lake City) draws upon his more than twenty-four years of extensive travels and fishing expertise to provide notes and contacts as part of his comprehensive explanation of the best fly fishing Utah has to offer. Schmidt's informative text is enhanced with detailed maps of each fly water, illustrations on how to get there, where to fish, what flies to use, knots, and more. If you plan on fishing Utah's challenging waters, begin with a leisurely browse through Steve Schmidt's No Nonsense Guide To Fly Fishing In Utah!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The first and only!, August 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Guide to Fly Fishing in Utah (Paperback)

Just in time for Utah's great fall fly fishing is the latest No Nonsense fly fishing guidebook. The guide packs a lot of information into 77, large format pages. Detailed maps of each fly water show how to get there and where to fish.

The guide offers a quick, clear understanding of 22 fly fishing waters in Utah, not a lot of other "background" information or falderall. This includes the low down on the top, and the lesser-known waters in Utah's mountains, high desert and plains.

Mr. Schmidt is qualified to direct fly anglers around the Beehive State. Schmidt owns and operates Western Rivers Fly Shop, the best source of fly fishing information and gear in Salt Lake City. Steve is an avid outdoorsman and among the most knowledgeable fly fishers in the state. His 24 plus years of travels throughout Utah seem to always included a fly rod and time to explore fishing. His years of experience, notes and contacts blend into a comprehensive explanation of the top fly fishing Utah has to offer.

The "Dean of the Green", fly fishing guide Emmett Heath contributed facts and figures to the section covering The Green, Utah's storied tailwater. This input is extremely valuable for anyone planning to take on the Flaming Gorge to Red Canyon waters.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for northern Utah, August 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Guide to Fly Fishing in Utah (Paperback)

Living in southwest Utah this book was not very informitive but it does cover some of the hot spots up north. My only real complaint is the author shows a picture of a tiger trout and identifies it as a splake. For the most part this book has good information.