Screaming runs, big, thrashing jumps, relentless power—it’s no wonder steelheading is an obsession for so many anglers. In Steelhead Dreams, Matt shares all you need to become a better steelhead fly fisherman, including: steelhead biology and habitat; reading and mastering the waters where they thrive; steelhead habits; techniques for all four seasons; effective presentations; tackle; plus best fly styles, casting tips, Great Lakes steelhead fisheries, tying tips, and so much more. If you are addicted to steelhead or look forward to becoming so, you must read this book to learn all you need to know about this wondrous fish and the techniques for catching them.
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Matthew Supinski is one of the country’s premier steelhead/salmon guides and owner of Gray Drake Outfitters in Newaygo, Michigan. A former hotelier, he now is a freelance writer and photographer whose contributions include writings in American Angler, Flyfishing & Tying Journal, Fly Fisherman, Salmon/Steelhead Columnist an Regional Editor for Fly Fish America Magazine, Wild Steelhead & Salmon, Midwest Fly Fishing, and others. He is also the author of River Journal: Pere Marquette
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A masterful work,
By Thomas E. Stiver (Elkhart, IN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Steelhead Dreams: The Theory, Method, Science and Madness of Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Fishing (Hardcover)
This is a "must have" for any Great Lakes Basin Steelhead Fly Fisher. Written from One who has been faced with "4th & goal" and has made the conversion. Matt's underlying theme is that each and every one of us Great Lakes' Steelheaders MUST realize that we have to take care to preserve this awesome privilege that we enjoy. Matt shows how and why the traditional West Coast Methods are very limited in the Great Lakes Basin. He does, indeed cover everything you'll need to know and do to become a more proficient fly fishing steelheader...I promise.
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Steelhead Dreams ranks up there as one the best books about the Great Lakes steelhead fishery. Author Matt Supinski is considered one of the top Great Lakes steelhead guru. In this book he shares decades of knowledge and experience. The book has chapters on mastering the rivers, different times of year, presentations and the top Great Lakes rivers. Steelhead Dreams is a very easy book to follow and understand. This book also has the best fly recipe section I've seen in any book. There are plenty of color plates of popular nymph, egg, and streamer flies. This is an excellent book for the angler deciding to get into steelheading.
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This review is from: Steelhead Dreams: The Theory, Method, Science and Madness of Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Fishing (Hardcover)
I have been an eastern and great lakes trout and salmon fly fisher for 42 years and fished many of the great lakes rivers for steelhead the last 22 years with the fly rod. Steelhead Dreams presents a wonderful description of the immense steelhead fly fishing opportunities through outthe great lakes states and canada. The history of the fishery, comparisons to the PNW steelhead fishery, tackle, techniques, rivers, and how to approach the four seasons of steelhead fly fishing are discussed in detail to aid both new anglers and more experienced steelhead fly fishers. Matt obviously has a great love for steelhead, fly fishing, and the great lakes fishery. Excellent color pictures of the rivers, fish, tackle, and flies are provided. All great lakes and PNW steelhead anglers will benefit in increased knowledge of this fishery to enhance their angling experience. I learned some new things from Matt which will be applied this year. This is the best indepth book on great lakes steelhead fly fishing I have seen to date. I look forward to more books from Matt on the great lakes fishery.
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My addiction to steelhead manifests itself through the mystique of the Great Lakes waters where the fish now thrives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
steelhead dreams, wooded debris, steelhead fly fisher, spawning drive, bottom drift fishing, yearling steelhead, flex seal, plume pheasant, steelhead behavior, steelhead migration, mono cord, steelhead guide, male steelhead, salmon magazine, steelhead fishery, motion without movement, fall steelhead, black goose biots, summer steelhead, spring steelhead, steelhead fisheries, bunny leeches, strain steelhead, wild steelhead, spey hackle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Pere Marquette, Lake Huron, Little Manistee, Georgian Bay, Grand River, Lake Eric, The Tour, Big Creek, Joseph River, Ray Schmidt, Thunder Bay, British Columbia, Fish Commission, Michigan's Muskegon, Scientific Anglers, Washington State, Big Manistee, Frank Amato Publications, Mary's River, Mastering the Rivers, North America, Traverse City New!
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steelhead dreams, wooded debris, steelhead fly fisher, spawning drive, bottom drift fishing, yearling steelhead, flex seal, plume pheasant, steelhead behavior, steelhead migration, mono cord, steelhead guide, male steelhead, salmon magazine, steelhead fishery, motion without movement, fall steelhead, black goose biots, summer steelhead, spring steelhead, steelhead fisheries, bunny leeches, strain steelhead, wild steelhead, spey hackle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Pere Marquette, Lake Huron, Little Manistee, Georgian Bay, Grand River, Lake Eric, The Tour, Big Creek, Joseph River, Ray Schmidt, Thunder Bay, British Columbia, Fish Commission, Michigan's Muskegon, Scientific Anglers, Washington State, Big Manistee, Frank Amato Publications, Mary's River, Mastering the Rivers, North America, Traverse City New!
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- Steelhead Fly Fishing by Trey Combs on 4 pages
- Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies by Trey Combs on page 31, and page 77
- River Journal: Salmon River (River Journal, Vol 3, No 2, 1995) by Rick Kustich on page 101, and page 123
- Lake Michigan And Other Poems by Jared Smith on page 13
- The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays by Albert Camus on page 47
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- Fly Fishing for Beginners (The Freshwater Angler) by Chris Hansen in Back Matter
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