Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams (Paperback)

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They fire an angler's dream-Vermont's Batten Kill, Michigan's Au Sable, the Firehole and Gibbon in Yellowstone National Park, Alaska's Togiak, Montana's Rock Creek-and 94 other streams in 30 states. These are the rivers and creeks voted the best places to catch trout in America by members of Trout Unlimited. Each chapter in this book covers one of these 100 waters, describing the river, the species of trout found there, the hatches, the flies and lures that will catch these trout, the best months to go, and even a bit of conservation history. Also included are maps of the streams and the roads that lead to them. John Ross, columnist for Sporting Classics magazine, has fished many of these streams and consulted with many experts. The information he's compiled will make you want to grab your gear and head for one of these rivers. It's the kind of book you'll want on your bookshelf and on your next great fishing adventure. A portion of the proceeds goes to Trout Unlimited to help protect and sustain coldwater fisheries.

From the Back Cover

Winner of 1999 National Outdoor Books Award! Looking for the best trout streams in the U.S? From the rushing landlocked salmon rivers of Maine, Pennsylvania's sphinx-like limestone streams, the famed tailwaters of Arkansas, the fabulous freestone rivers of the area around Yellowstone, and the great rainbow rivers of Iliamna, you'll find them all in this guide. Chosen by survey of Trout Unlimited's members, the rivers profiled in this book offer fishing opportunities for every king of angler bait, casting, fly, and spinning. Each profile contains information on where, when, and how to fish the stream, and each profile is accompanied by a clear, easy to read map. The author of several books including the Sports Afield Guide to North America's Greatest Fishing Lodges, John Ross lives in Upperville, VA, near a spring creek that's home to a few wild trout and wood ducks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Falcon/Globe Pequot Press; 1st edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156044830X
• ISBN-13: 978-1560448303
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #329,528 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Top 100 trout streams, March 28, 2000

By	nemo fontecchio (Boston) - See all my reviews

Good book, makes you want to travel the country seeking out new places to wet a line. Limited coverage of New England, my home area, which has two effects. Either I should move or write my own book! Thanks for reading

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference for travel planning, December 27, 2001

By A Customer

This is a wonderful book for the dedicated trout fisherman. As you would expect it does not discuss all of the streams available to fly fish for trout in any given area. But it gets you to the general area of top rated streams and you can hit other streams from there. It also discusses specific hatches, flies, types of fish, interesting stories behind the streams as well. I think it is the best trout stream guide book I own (I probably have half a dozen or more) and I would recommend it to the traveling fly fisherman. I have used it to pre-plan a day of trout fishing when going on family vacations.