Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead - An Advanced Look at an Emerging Fishery (Hardcover)

~ Jerry Kustich (Author), Rick Kustich (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book promises to be the Bible on Great Lakes steelheading. -- Tom Pero, Editor and Publisher, Wild Steelhead & Salmon

This is not just another book on steelhead fishing. It is more than that. It is a pioneering encyclopedic effort to tell the entire, and true, story of the Great Lakes steelhead fishery, and an effort to direct a new emerging sport in the right direction. -- Lani Waller, From the Foreword

Product Description

As the Great Lakes steelhead fishery moves into the 21st century, it provides an opportunity that can be considered no less than world class. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead captures the very essence of its emergence. From its obscure beginnings to its current proactive management plans, the book covers the fishery's growth and maturity. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead also covers, in great detail, a complete fly fishing approach to the varied challenges provided by Great Lakes steelhead and a complete guide to its important waters.

Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead has been a work-in-progress for over five years. During this period, authors Rick Kustich and Jerry Kustich have spent considerable time fishing all the major rivers and streams of the entire Great Lakes region as well as consulting with and meeting the area's top professional to discuss management plans, rivers, techniques and flies. This is coupled with nearly forty years' combined experience of fly fishing for steelhead in the Great Lakes and on the West Coast. This combination has created a unique perspective that has not yet been given to this subject. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead will change the way we view the fishery and is detined to become the authoritative pronouncement on the subject.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: West River Publishing (November 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963310917
• ISBN-13: 978-0963310910
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,109,716 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most comprehensive review on the subject!, October 11, 2002

By	"galtsavenger" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This is a fabulous book. It covers:

- history of the great lakes tribs that gets steelie runs
- stocking programs which were and are used on these rivers
- behavioural information (if there is such a thing as static behavioural patterns in steelhead..)
- fly fishing gear recommendations
- fly fishing techniques for steelhead
- wet, dry, spey patterns for steelies

All around great resource. This is the first book I've read on the subject, although I have spent some time on some great rivers around the great lakes. Fabulous book congrats to the authors.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Put this on your list!, October 6, 2000

By	B. E. Bible (Eggertsville, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This is a brilliant masterpiece by two of the premier steelhead experts in the great lakes region. The book is a wonderful mix of history and technical details presented in a manner that exudes their love for the sport and their reverence for the quarry and it's natural environment.

If you love fly fishing for steelhead, you'll love this book. Put it on your christmans list...

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for the Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Fisher!, January 15, 2002

By	Robert C. Chorney (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This book is the "bible of Great Lakes steelhead fly fishing." The book covers the history and biology of Great Lakes steelhead, and provides the reader with a wealth of information on angling techniques.