Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die Fly-Fishing Experts Share the Worlds Greatest Destinations

by Santella, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781584793564
• ISBN10: 1584793562
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

For both armchair travelers and avid outdoorsmen who may have already started a checklist of their own, Santella maps out, thoroughly reviews and provides beautiful photographs of the meccas of the fly-fishing world.

Author Biography

Chris Santella is a freelance writer and marketing consultant based in Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his wife and daughter. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, Travel & Leisure, and Fly Rod & Reel, among other publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	8	(1)
Foreword	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(6)
THE DESTINATIONS
1 Alaska-Bristol Bay: Rainbow Trout and Silver Salmon Around Bristol Bay	17	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY LEON GORMAN
2 Alaska-Pacific Coast-Alaska Peninsula: Silver Salmon on Nakalilok Bay	21	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY TAMMY CORB
3 Argentina-Bariloche: Landlocked Salmon on Rio Traful	25	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY ERNEST SCHWIEBERT
4 Argentina-Corrientes: Golden Dorado on Estero Ibera	29	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY CRAIG DERBY
5 Argentina-Tierra del Fuego: Sea-Run Brown Trout on the Rio Grande	33	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY R. VALENTINE ATKINSON
6 Australia: Black Marlin off Cairns	37	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY BILLY PATE
7 Bahamas: Bonefish off North Andros Island	41	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY BRIAN O'KEEFE
8 Brazil: Peacock Bass on the Rio Negro River	45	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY PAT PENDERGAST
9 British Columbia-Bella Coola: Steelhead on the Dean River	49	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY TONY HAYES
10 British Columbia-Smithers: Steelhead on the Skeena System	53	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY LANI WALLER
11 California: Brown and Rainbow Trout Around Greater Redding	57	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY SHANE KOHLBECK AND MIKE MERCER
12 Chile: Brown and Rainbow Trout off Chilean Fjords	61	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY JOHN EUSTICE
13 Colorado: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Gunnison River	65	(3)
RECOMMENDED BY JOSEPH DANIEL
14 Cuba: Tarpon off Jardines de la Reina	68	(3)
RECOMMENDED BY JOHN ECKLUND
15 England-Blagdon: Rainbow Trout on Blagdon Lake	71	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY PERK PERKINS
16 England-Stockbridge: Brown Trout on the River Test	75	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY SIMON GAWESWORTH
17 Florida: Permit off the Florida Keys	79	(6)
RECOMMENDED BY SANDY MORET
18 Iceland: Atlantic Salmon on the Laxa i Adaldal	85	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY MIKE FITZGERALD, SR. AND MIKE FITZGERALD, JR.
19 Idaho-Last Chance: Rainbow Trout on the Henry's Fork	89	(6)
RECOMMENDED BY LORI-ANN MURPHY
20 Idaho-Stanley: Cutthroat Trout on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River	95	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY BRYCE TEDFORD
21 Kiribati: Giant Trevally off Christmas Island	99	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY LANCE AND RANDALL KAUFMANN
22 Labrador: Brook Trout on the Woods River System	103	(3)
RECOMMENDED BY JAMES R. BABB
23 Louisiana: Redfish Around Cocodrie	106	(3)
RECOMMENDED BY SONNY MAHAN
24 Maine: Landlocked Salmon on the West Branch of the Penobscot River	109	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY BUCKY OWEN
25 Massachusetts: Striped Bass off Martha's Vineyard	113	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY BUCKY BURROWS
26 Mexico-Sinaloa: Largemouth Bass on Lake Huites	117	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY DUANE DAHLGREN
27 Mexico-Yucatan: Snook off Boca Paila	121	(3)
RECOMMENDED BY CATHY BECK
28 Michigan: Brown Trout on the Au Sable River	124	(5)
RECOMMENDED BY ROBERT M. LINSENMAN
29 Mongolia: Taimen in Mongolia	129	(3)
RECOMMENDED BY JEFF VERMILLION
30 Montana-Fort Smith: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Bighorn River	132	(5)
RECOMMENDED BY BARRY BECK
31 Montana-Livingston: Rainbow Trout on Armstrong's Spring Creek	137	(6)
RECOMMENDED BY GEORGE ANDERSON
32 New York: Rainbow Trout on the Upper Delaware River	143	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY PAUL WEAMER
33 New Zealand: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the South Island	147	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY CHRIS DAUGHTERS
34 Northwest Territories: Northern Pike on Great Slave Lake	151	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY STEVE PROBASCO
35 Norway: Atlantic Salmon on the Alta River	155	(6)
RECOMMENDED BY MIKE FITZGERALD, SR.
36 Oregon-Glide: Steelhead on the North Umpqua River	161	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY FRANK MOORE
37 Oregon-Maupin: Redsides and Steelhead on the Deschutes River	165	(6)
RECOMMENDED BY MARK BACHMANN
38 Pennsylvania: Brown Trout on Letort Spring Run	171	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY ED SHENK
39 Quebec: Atlantic Salmon on the Grand Cascapedia	175	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY PAUL GUERNSEY
40 Russia-Kamchatka: Rainbow Trout on the Zhupanova River	179	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY GUIDO RAHR
41 Russia-Kola Peninsula: Atlantic Salmon on the Ponoi River	183	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY TAROUIN MILLINGTON-DRAKE
42 Scotland: Atlantic Salmon on the Rivers Dee and Tay	187	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY ÁRNI BALDURSSON
43 Seychelles Islands: Bonefish on St. Francois Lagoon	191	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY JOE CODD
44 Spain: Brown Trout Around Peralejos de las Truchas	195	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY JAMES PROSEK
45 Utah: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Green River	199	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY BRET CARLSON
46 Vermont: Brown Trout on the Battenkill River	203	(3)
RECOMMENDED BY DAVID D. PERKINS
47 Virginia: Smallmouth Bass on the Shenandoah River	206	(3)
RECOMMENDED BY HARRY MURRAY
48 Wyoming: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Firehole River	209	(4)
RECOMMENDED BY DAN CALLAGHAN
49 Wyoming and Montana: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Madison River	213	(6)
RECOMMENDED BY CRAIG MATHEWS
50 Zambia: Tiger Fish on the Zambezi River	219
RECOMMENDED BY LARRY DAHLBERG