Best Streams for Great Lakes Steelhead A Complete Guide to the Fish, the Tactics, and the Places to Catch Them

by Linsenman, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780881505849
• ISBN10: 0881505846
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-17
• Publisher: Countryman Press

Summary

Veteran fly fisherman Bob Linsenman is your guide to the best steelhead fishing the Great Lakes have to offer. The Great Lakes Basin has become home to some of the best steelhead fishing in North America. Several world-record fish have now come from this region, and its popularity has grown along with the health of this fishery. Now, for the first time in a single volume, Bob Linsenman gives you the background on these fish, how they came to be in the Great Lakes, what they feed on, what flies best imitate their food base, plus the low-down on tackle, tactics, and where to go to have the best luck. No other volume offers this detailed assessment of the best fly fishing streams along the shores of all five Great Lakes. This indispensable book is a must- have for every angler contemplating a shot at these great fish. 50 black & white photographs, 8 color pages, 10 maps, index.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	11	(2)
Foreword	13	(6)
Steve Madewell
PART I
Mykiss, A Magnificent Creature	19	(8)
Steelhead Angling in the Great Lakes---A Brief History	27	(10)
Presentation Strategies and Techniques	37	(16)
Steelhead Flies for Great Lakes Rivers	53	(28)
PART II
Lake Superior	81	(42)
Brule River
Ontonogan River
Huron River
Two-Hearted River
Knife River
Jackpine River
Cypress River
Gravel River
Steel River
Michipicoten River
Lake Michigan	123	(40)
Sheboygan River
Milwaukee River
Muskegon River
White River
Pere Marquette River
Little Manistee River
Manistee River
Bear Creek
Betsie River
Platte River
Lake Huron	163	(40)
AuGres River
Rifle River
Au Sable River
Maitland River
Saugeen River
Beaver River
Big Head River
St. Mary's River---The Rapids
Nottawasaga River
Lake Erie	203	(34)
Rocky River
Grand River (Ohio)
Conneaut Creek
Ashtabula River
Sixteen Mile Creek
Twenty Mile Creek
Elk Creek
Cattaraugus Creek
Grand River (Ontario)
Lake Ontario	237	(22)
Niagara River
Oswego River
Salmon River
North and South Sandy Creeks
Ganaraska River
Appendix A: Suggested Reading	259	(1)
Appendix B: Information Sources	260	(1)
Index	261