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Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River Paperback – December 21, 2018

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The South Platte River begins high atop the frozen Continental Divide, home to a chain of rugged 13,000-foot, snow-capped peaks. This region comprises lush valleys, meandering meadow streams, and rose-colored, boulder-filled canyons. For generations this area has been a recreation mecca and a fly fisher’s paradise in its purest form. Out of all the trout fisheries in America that are within an hour’s drive of a major metropolitan area, the South Platte River is clearly one of the best. It has become a river shrine to thousands of anglers on an annual basis and for good reason.

Throughout the river’s entirety, the South Platte creates a series of reservoirs (Antero, Spinney, Eleven Mile, Cheesman, Strontia Springs, and Chatfield) that provide major metropolitan water storage systems for Denver Water and the City of Aurora. The by-products of these storage facilities are world-class tailwaters that provide anglers with year-round fishing opportunities.

Against all odds, the South Platte River remains a world-class trout fishery abundant with some of the most finicky and challenging trout in the world. There’s a common belief among South Platte regulars—if you can catch trout on the South Platte; you can catch trout anywhere in the world.

* Completely new maps and updated river, access, and fishing information

* Regional experts like Landon Mayer, Greg Blessing, Jeremy Hyatt, Chris Wells, Richard Pilatzke and John Perizzolo, Rick Mikesell and many more, share insider information

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* Additional chapters on stillwaters and the Denver Metro Area

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312 pages
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December 21, 2018
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5.97 x 0.59 x 9.01 inches
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0811738183
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978-0811738187
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These days it’s tough to find a fishing guide willing to walk in and out of canyons, but Pat Dorsey has been doing it for many decades. His intimate knowledge of the South Platte comes from living within its ecosystem, taking the pulse of the river firsthand throughout every season. I’ve fished with Pat over the years and I don’t know what I would have done on the South Platte without his guidance—and without his legendary fly boxes! -- Tom Rosenbauer, Marketing Manager, Orvis

Nobody knows the entire South Platte River system better than Pat Dorsey. His skill as a guide on the river’s tailwaters is legendary. Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River is the distillation of Pat’s many years of fishing and guiding these famous waters. It’s all here. Read it and learn. -- Ed Engle

About the Author

Pat Dorsey has been guiding for more than twenty-five years and is the head guide and co-owner of the Blue Quill Angler fly shop in Evergreen, Colorado. He is a Simms Ambassador; a Fishpond Ambassador; a member of the pro staffs of Sage Elite, Orvis, Yeti, Whiting Farms, and Scientific Anglers; and the Southwest field editor for Fly Fisherman magazine. He also maintains an online stream report that monitors stream flows and conditions for the Blue, Colorado, South Platte, North Fork of the South Platte, and Williams Fork rivers. He lives in Parker, Colorado.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stackpole Books; 2nd edition (December 21, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811738183
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811738187
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.97 x 0.59 x 9.01 inches

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Architect FAIA

Fine Text and Photo Content Except Maps Are All Upside Down

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2022

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The universal standard standard for maps is that maps are always oriented with north up. In this book they are oriented north down. It is unbelievably confusing as one attempts to use them when they are upside down in relation to what one always sees and is used to seeing. It is unbelievably disorienting. Pat is highly respected for his expertise and the book contains a lot of fine information. Stackpole Books is a fine publisher with many fine fishing books. This is the second edition of the book so there was a great opportunity to fix this glaring error when the first edition was updated. Clearly Stackpole should have insisted that this glaring error be fixed as the book went through the editing process for the first edition and for the second time when the second edition was being reviewed and edited. Outside of the confusing maps I would give the rest of the content 5 stars. The maps are an important part of the book so they get a 1 star. If this were the first edition of the book and the publisher was not highly respected for its fishing publications, I could have been more understanding. However that is not the case. So for me this book merits a 3 star because of the disorienting almost useless maps that in order to use the maps you have to continually turn the book upside down which means you can't read the text.

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Drew Allen

Great Book

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Great book for the Colorado fly fishing enthusiast. It is extremely detailed and has great pictures

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Halos5280

Maps drive me crazy but a fantastic book

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What a fantastic book. Exactly what I needed. I just started fly fishing and this is an excellent guide. The maps in this book are a head scratcher tho. North is down and south is up (see pic). Regardless I definitely recommend.

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Greg S.

A "Must-have" for the South Platte!

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This book is definitely a "must-have" for anyone who wants to catch trout on the South Platte River! Containing maps, hatch charts and recommended flies, it's a gold mine of information.

In addition, there are invaluable recommendations on how to fish certain sections of the river! It's the best book I've seen for this fishery!!

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Tom Brock

Pat Dorsey is the expert

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After seeing his presentation at a fly fishing festival, I bought the book. Excellent details from a well respected guide and expert. No other book that I’ve seen has this level of detail on the South Platt.

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sporting road

Best Yet on the South Platte

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 31, 2018

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The best book yet on fly fishing the South Platte, expanding on Pat’s prior version and Roger Hill’s classic. This new version by Stackpole has many new chapters from the prior Pruett Publishing version, and has additional information provided by other local guides, in addition to the author’s. Pages are glossy and photography is well done. Thanks Pat for hitting it out of the park with this great book on my home water.

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Steve Boyd

Fly Fisherman must have.

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Pat Dorsey is a giant in the sport of fly fishing. Not only is this a great overview of one of the best cold water fisheries in the country, but also a great read and instruction on any given waters that trout swim in. Easy to open this one and loose yourself in the content.

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I purchased the Kindle version in preparation for an upcoming CO visit and am quite pleased with the detail provided. The breakdown of the various holes and runs in Eleven Mile Canyon will be a huge help in navigating the river during my visit. Only wish I had ordered a hard copy instead to add to my bookshelf.

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