Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders : A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury His fans don’t need to be told, because it has already happened to them. All it really takes is a few paragraphs. Open up any one of John Gierach’s perennially popular fishing tales, and just like that, it’s all over. He’s got you — hook, line, and sinker. Sports Illustrated got it right with this comparison: “If Mark Twain were alive and a modern-day fly fisherman, he still would be hard put to top John Gierach in the one-liner department”. The Richmond Times-Dispatch speaks for countless readers in calling Gierach “as funny, sad, irreverent, and wise as they come”, and fisherman-writer-publisher Nick Lyons calls Gierach’s writing “as human and witty and memorable and perceptive as any prose of its kind”.

With Headwaters, which arrives just in time for Father’s Day, the author selects and introduces forty of his personal favorites from bestsellers past, including such classics as “Camp Coffee” and “On the Road” from Trout Bum, “The Purist” and “In Camp” from The View from Rat Lake, as well as “Montana” and the title essay from Even Brook Trout Get the Blues. As passionate as it is effortlessly hip, Headwaters is the ideal introduction for a new legion of Gierach fans, and a perfect catch for Gierach’s already devoted readers.
Customer Review: To bad only 5 stars available
This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. John’s insights into flyfishing and it’s connection with day-to-day life are phenominal. I’m ready to buy a camper, quit work and spend the rest of my days cruising fron stream to stream.
Customer Review: Funny and Educational — What a Book!
John is one funny guy. And he knows the outdoors. His cast of characters make reading this series of short stories about fishing, camping, and life outdoors a real pleasure. I only hope his other books are as enjoyable as this one.

Fly Fishing the Tahoe Region “Fly Fishing the Tahoe Region” presents detailed angling information for 77 streams and 97 lakes in the Truckee, Yuba, American, and Carson River drainages, as well as the Desolation Wilderness. Included are hatches, maps, road directions, nearby lodging and services, and angling regulations.
Customer Review: flyfishing the Tahoe Region
An indispensable reference book if you intend to flyfish in the Tahoe area. It provides succinct info on specific rivers & lakes; what maps to use how to venture there. Some waters are well-known, others bordering on “secret” by locals.

Written in easy prose it informs the fly angler what types of trout they’ll encounter, their size ranges, techniques & even what flies they’ll eat. Steven also includes vignettes of personal experience which makes for interesting reading.

I have been a professional flyfishing guide & instructor in the Tahoe-Truckee area since 1984. I know this area well. Some of these waters that appear in the book have piqued my interest, because I’ve never wet a fly in them. I make it a habit of reading everything written about flyfishing this area; IMO this is the best & most useful book ever published about flyfishing the Tahoe region.

Frank R. Pisciotta

Actually I’m 59 years old…thought this was a general review!

Wyoming Blue-Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide In Wyoming Blue-Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide, author Greg Thomas takes the reader on a trip around this beautiful state, detailing endless angling possibilites.

Looking for large rainbow and brown trout? Take Thomas’ advice and head for the North Platte River where rainbows and browns to five pounds or more can be found. Prefer native cutthroat trout in pristine surroundings with no more company than a wayward elk or deer? The author will send you to places like the Middle Fork Powder River or the Greybull River or Yellowstone’s backcountry gems, such as the Lewis River Channel, Trout Lake, and the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone. Desire to angle while drifting a river in a boat or raft? Thomas details excellent float trips along such undiscovered gems as the Newfork, Green and Encampment rivers. It’s all here, the angling possibilities of a lifetime.

Also covered in this book are Wyoming hatches, fish species, productive flies, angling techniques, seasonal variations, and access sites.

Don’t hesitate, let the ‘Wyoming Blue-Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide’ help make your Yellowstone Park and Wyoming angling dreams come true.
Customer Review: Great Book!!
I bought this book and really liked it. I read the previous review, and I guess that it’s different strokes for different folks. To me, this is a great guide to the fishing possibilities within the state. It gives you enough to get you stoked up to go try a new river, or gives you the info to consider some of the small rivers you crossed over to get to the big name rivers. This book will direct you to many of the hinterland locations, and that’s what I really like in a fly fishing location type book. There are great photographs throughout. I felt like I was there.
Customer Review: Wyoming Blue-Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide
I am very disappointed given the author’s work for Fly Fisherman Magazine which is excellent. The title should substitute the word “guide” to “overview with great photography”. The only map in the book is a very pretty photograph of a topo map which shows only rivers and no roads. The ledgend next to the map lists two locations, a river and a lake, with numbers assigned to them. Go to the map and you discover that number 23 (Boundary Creek) and number 30 (Lewis Lake) are not depicted on the map. Both of these editing errors are in the Yellowstone National Park area of the map. With regard to other editing errors it appears that Wordperfect 7.0 or some similar program was the proof reader. It “seems” that “seam” is the word of choice when refering to “the fish seam to like…”. Wordperfect 7.0 knows that “seem” is a legitimate word as is “seam” when used refering to the joining of two parts of breathable waders. The photography is outstanding. The author should have decided what he wanted to produce. The paper is very high quality glossy finish throughout. Perfect for high quality photographs. … for text on a “guide” to flyfishing Wyoming. The book is short on photographs if that was the intent. The book is short on details about the rivers and streams if that was the intent. I will not return the book because I can afford it however I will be going back to … for another try because I have a Wyoming trip scheduled for this coming September.

Fly Fishing Southern California’s Lakes & Streams Ever wanted to fling a fly for largemouth bass in the Colorado River? How about for striped bass in, say, Irvine Lake, or for trout in the San Gabriel River? “Fly Fishing Southern California’s Lakes & Streams” will help you take full advantage of the surprisingly wide range of angling opportunities offered in Southern California. This handy guidebook covers more than 70 waters, describing the best times to fish them, preferred flies and tactics, and angling tips from experts — just the sort of detail that lets adventurous fly fishers find good sport within a two-hour drive of any town in the Southland.

Fly Fishing Small Streams The author, being that most unusual creature–an honest angler–offers this caveat on the opening page: “Many of us have elevated fly fishing (especially our favorite kind) to the highest category of human endeavor: something we don’t need to explain unless we feel like it. Of course, if we do feel like explaining it, look out. We’re liable to start referring to it as an ‘art’ and maybe even sit down and write a book or something.” The rest you can guess. This is one man’s opinion about the art of fishing small streams with a fly rod–a guide that is always entertaining and frequently worthy of underlining. Readers familiar with the John Gierach of Dances with Trout and Even Brook Trout Get the Blues will recognize in Fly Fishing Small Streams the folksy wisdom and amiable writing that has made this trout-bumming author’s books of essays so popular. However, like Flyfishing: The High Country and Fishing Bamboo, it’s an instructional. This isn’t to say it’s not a fun read, but it remains foremost a guidebook–and a very useful one at that. –Langdon Cook, Sports & Outdoors editor
Customer Review: Dave Hughes’ Small Streams book wins
Dave Hughes did it better in my opinion, though it’s the only one that Hughes won out. Makes for decent bathroom reading when you get sick of thumbing through the Fly Fishing catalogs.
Customer Review: How to think about fishing
Gierach is very good at describing the mindset of fishing, and this book is a very good example. There is technical information and practical advice, to be sure, but the most valuable parts of the book are the descriptions of how to think, act, and feel about approach fish on a small stream. And of course, Gierach is a very entertaining writer.

The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide Customer Review: comprehensive guide
The book does not just cover major water but literally almost every creek, river, and lake in the Park. The descriptions of the waters are rich. In fact, I have read this book about 10 times — spending much of my winters thinking about fly-fishing by reading its entertaining descriptions of the Park’s waters. You have to really explore Yellowstone to understand its vast beauty and where its fishing secrets lie but this book is an outstanding starting point. Don’t read it, study it.
Customer Review: I call the book the bible for yellowstone.
This book is easy to use and extreamly useful. It splits the park up into four regions, tells you where (or not to) fish, and where to start looking in your flybox. I have used it the last 3 or 4 years and will use it as long as I vacation in Yellowstone. I have looked at several books on fishing in Yellowstone and this is by far the best that I have found.

Virginia Blue-Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide (Blue-Ribbon) Customer Review: Good Book
A great guide if you want to explore the Old Dominion in search of fly water. Well illustrated with detailed directions and maps.

Fly Fishing for Salmon and Steelhead of the Great Lakes Finally, a book that shares the whole truth on Great Lakes fly fishing techniques with refreshing honesty.

Fly Fishing for Salmon and Steelhead of the Great Lakes is the first book to present a complete panorama of fly fishing strategies for locating, hooking, and landing the migrant salmon and steelhead of the Great Lakes tributaries.

This comprehensive, entertaining guide casts light on opportunities and techniques for the fly fishermen lured to rivers in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ontario, New York, and Ohio. Fly Fishing for Salmon and Steelhead shares insightful stories and comments from many experienced fly fishing guides. It is the first book to cover the non-traditional-but tremendously successful-Great Lakes fly fishing techniques. Each chapter contains charts, photographs, and anecdotes to clarify the methods described.
Customer Review: It’s all in the details
I picked up this book to learn the techniques of Chuck-n-Duck fishing. It explains the rigging, structure, casting, etc… It’s a great help to get started, but it doesn’t make up for time on the water.

It covers Great Lakes steelhead and salmon fishing and not the NW. There’s a big difference between the two mindsets and techniques.

I would definately buy it again.
Tight lines.
Customer Review: FLY FISHING FOR SALMON & STEELHEAD OF THE GREAT LAKES
Superb book. While this book does not have the nice glossy pictures that Steelhead Dreams does, its content is much better in my opinion. I especially liked the fact that Filkins presents all fly fishing methods applicable to Great Lakes salmonoid fishing without prejudice. He covers a wide swath of Great Lakes streams and I learned a great deal about some of the variations that exist in the fishery. A must read for the Great Lakes salmon & steelhead fisherman.

Fly Fishing the Rocky Mountain Backcountry *8-page color section
* Map
* 6 x 9
* The most complete guide available
* Fishing, camping, and hiking tips
* Extensive list of waters and how to reach them

Great fishing in breathtaking surroundings can be had in the Rocky Mountains, but you’ll need this book, because unlike many remote destinations with fly-in access, these waters can only be reached on horseback or on foot. Part One covers gear and techniques for traveling, camping, and fly fishing, including practical advice on how to plan a trip, which hiking, camping, and fishing tackle and flies to bring (and which to leave at home). Part Two is a detailed guide to select destinations in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Oregon, all based on the firsthand experience of the author.

Rich Osthoff is a professional fly tier and angling writer who has fished and hiked in the backcountry for 20-some years and written articles for the major fly-fishing magazines. This is his first book. He lives in Mauston, Wisconsin.
Customer Review: This book is the authority on backcountry flyfishing.
Rich Osthoff knows what he is talking about. I have read many books that attempt to cover backcountry flyfishing, and none have done so as well as Osthoff’s. As an experienced backcountry flyfisherman, I found Osthoff is right on the money with all he had to say. There was still a lot of material to challenge even the experinced though. If you have any interest in catching gorgeous fish in an equally gorgeous setting, this is your book. Absolutely right on the money.
Customer Review: A generous helping of backcountry experience…
This book is a must for flyfishers in search of quality backcountry fishing. Osthoff skillfully avoices overt hotspotting, while giving the reader the skills necessary to find quality fishing destinations. This is not a guide book, with maps detailing hotspots, but rather a book that will allow the backpacker/ flyfisher to home their own skills and sense of discovery.

Studying this book put me on to large golden trout my first time out!

Guide to Fly Fishing in Utah Customer Review: Good for northern Utah
Living in southwest Utah this book was not very informitive but it does cover some of the hot spots up north. My only real complaint is the author shows a picture of a tiger trout and identifies it as a splake. For the most part this book has good information.
Customer Review: A comprehensive explanation of the best fly fishing in Utah
Steve Schmidt’s No Nonsense Guide To Fly Fishing In Utah provides the angler with a practical and informative description and guide to twenty-two fly fishing waters throughout Utah. These sites include major and lesser known waters in Utah’s mountains, high deserts and plains. Schmidt (owner and operator of Western Rivers Fly Shop, Salt Lake City) draws upon his more than twenty-four years of extensive travels and fishing expertise to provide notes and contacts as part of his comprehensive explanation of the best fly fishing Utah has to offer. Schmidt’s informative text is enhanced with detailed maps of each fly water, illustrations on how to get there, where to fish, what flies to use, knots, and more. If you plan on fishing Utah’s challenging waters, begin with a leisurely browse through Steve Schmidt’s No Nonsense Guide To Fly Fishing In Utah!