Steelhead Guide : Fly Fishing Techniques and Strategies for Lake Erie Steelhead (second edition) [Paperback]

John Nagy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2000

The revised and expanded second edition of Steelhead Guide, Fly Fishing Techniques and Strategies for Lake Erie Steelhead has more text, maps, drawings, photos and steelhead tips including coverage of the Ontario and Michigan tributary streams. Twenty new fly patterns have been added including a two page color fly plate and illustrated fly tying instructions for some of the most popular steelhead egg patterns. It also includes completely revised road and stream maps of the Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York regions, updated guide and tackle shop lists, current smolt stocking lists and web sites.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"John Nagy had done a very good job of covering the rudiments of fly fishing for Lake Erie steelhead..." -- D'arcy Egan, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Read it now and be ready for the runs this fall and winter." -- Bob and Linda Steiner, The Derrick, Oil City, Pa.

It's the best source of information I have read on fishing the Lake Erie tributaries. -- Peter Passcuzzo, (avid steelhead fisherman), Punxsutawney, Pa.

About the Author

John Nagy has guided in Alaska and fly fished extensively in the Western and Eastern United States as well as British Columbia and Nova Scotia. For the last 12 years he has guided on many of Lake Erie's tributary streams for steelhead and has written numerous articles on the unique style of fly fishing often needed to catch these elusive and sometimes finicky fish. His writing credits include Fly Fisherman, Wild Steelhead and Atlantic Salmon, Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide, Pennsylvania Outdoor Times, and Salmon Trout Steelheader Magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Great Lakes Pub; 2 Revised edition (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966517210
• ISBN-13: 978-0966517217
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,028,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The One Stop Guide, January 23, 2000

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Andrew J. Stouppe - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steelhead Guide, Fly Fishing Techniques and Strategies for Lake Erie Steelhead (Paperback)

For a short book, this has it all.

The book is set up to provide a great deal of information in a concise format.

First it tells you where to fish in OH, PA and NY. Then it tells you how the weather affects the fishing (very important in the Great Lakes). Then it tells you how steelhead behave in this stream during different weather and water level conditions. This guides you in selecting a stretch of water to fish.

The author describes the various techniques that are effective in these streams, bottom bouncing egg patterns and nymphs. He closes with suggested fly tackle and local fly patterns.

I felt that I had accompanied a guide for an all-day trip after reading this book. It is an exellent start to learning how to catch these exciting fish.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had bought the 2nd Edition instead!, October 24, 2000

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John L. (Horseheads, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steelhead Guide, Fly Fishing Techniques and Strategies for Lake Erie Steelhead (Paperback)

This books does have lots of decent info on the subject, and I learned a lot from reading it. However, the only photos of the fly patterns in the book are on the back cover, and leave a lot to be desired. I have been told that the 2nd Edition has much better photos and tying instructions for the fly (egg) patterns in the book. If I had known in advance, I would have purchased the 2nd edition for a few more dollars!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide for the novice........, May 13, 2001

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Jacqueline M. Lum (North Olmsted, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steelhead Guide : Fly Fishing Techniques and Strategies for Lake Erie Steelhead (second edition) (Paperback)

John Nagy's book is perfect for the steelhead angler living in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Steelhead in Lake Erie are different from other populations of Great Lake's steelhead, because of the shale creeks and rivers.

John Nagy over the years has developed specialized leaders, custom built rods, and proper drifting presentations for these waters. The book goes in detail on weather and stream conditions, steelhead behavior, strategies, and maps of tributaries of Lake Erie. The book also has pictures of the most popular flies used for steelhead. I started fishing for steelhead two years and John Nagy's book has turned me from a frustrated newbie to a stream savvy steelheader. I would strongly recommend this book.