Fly Fishing Canada : From Coast to Coast to Coast

by Jones, Robert H.; Davis, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780921835561
• ISBN10: 0921835566
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Johnson Gorman Book Pub

Summary

No matter where one casts a fly in Canada, the fishing is rivaled by few places in the world.

Author Biography

Editor Robert H. Jones is the fishing editor of BC Outdoors, associate editor of BC Sport Fishing and a frequent contributor to regional, national and international publications. He is a past president of the Outdoor Writers of Canada and a founding member of Fly Fishing Canada

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	8	(1)
Preface	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(2)
Jack Davis
The Outdoor Writers of Canada	13	(2)
Robert H. Jones
Fly Fishing Canada	15	(2)
W. Jack Simpson
If I Were a Rich Man	17	(16)
Robert H. Jones
Fly Fishing Canada: A Photo Journey	33	(32)
Springtime Is Trout Time	65	(2)
Fred Wooding
Atlantic Salmon	67	(8)
Paul Marriner
A Closer Look at Quebec's Atlantic Salmon	75	(3)
Paul Marriner
American Shad	78	(7)
Paul Marriner
Down-Home Smallmouths	85	(5)
Paul Marriner
Entomology and Other Life-Forms	90	(8)
Dr. Martin Lamont
Brook Trout	98	(8)
Ken Robins
Prince Edward Island's Brook Trout	106	(3)
Paul Marriner
Fly-Ins	109	(12)
Dr. Martin Lamont
Lake Trout	121	(9)
Dr. Martin Lamont
The Black Char	130	(5)
Bob Rife
Ungava's Arctic Char	135	(3)
Kenneth Coupland
Dredging for Walleye	138	(7)
Russ Swerdlyk
Ouananiche!	145	(9)
George Gruenefeld
The Harrington Fish & Game Association	154	(5)
Dave Smallwood
Mouse on Water	159	(6)
George Gruenefeld
Whitefish	165	(8)
Dr. Martin Lamont
Sailfin of the Tree Line	173	(7)
Bob Rife
Panfish and the Fly	180	(11)
Steve Galea
Ontario Steelhead	191	(10)
Andrew Somerset
An Angler Most Blasphemous	201	(7)
Kevin Fancy
Lead-Core British Columbia Style	208	(2)
Robert H. Jones
Brown Trout	210	(10)
Chris Marshall
Gorillas and Hawgs!	220	(7)
Bob Rife
Exotic Alternatives	227	(10)
Chris Marshall
Lake Whitefish on Dry Flies	237	(4)
Gord Ellis
Algonquin's Treasures	241	(6)
Kenneth Coupland
Great Lakes, Great Smallmouths	247	(10)
Marty Roberts
Muskie Magic	257	(5)
Burton J. Myers
Flatlands Jackpot	262	(8)
George Will
Still Waters, Float Tubes and Big Trout	270	(9)
Wayne Phillips
Saskatchewan's Northern Bounty	279	(9)
Dave Smallwood
Beauty's But Skin Deep	288	(4)
Dave Smallwood
Prospecting for Prairie Pothole Pike	292	(10)
Clive Schaupmeyer
Pike on ``Dry Flies''	302	(3)
Clive Schaupmeyer
Alberta's Trout Preserve	305	(11)
Bob Scammell
Prairie Tarpon	316	(4)
Bob Scammell
Westslope Cutthroats and Bull Trout	320	(10)
Jim Crawford
Stillwater Techniques for Rainbows and Brook Trout	330	(9)
Brian Chan
Wind Blowing? Start Trolling!	339	(3)
Robert H. Jones
Kokanee!	342	(3)
Brian Chan
Jack Shaw: The Father of Chironomid Fishing	345	(2)
Robert H. Jones
Vancouver's Urban Trout Fishing . . . and Beyond	347	(6)
George Will
The Fraser Valley's Lonesome Crappie	353	(3)
George Will
Winter and Summer Steelhead in British Columbia	356	(8)
Barry Thornton
Matching the Worm-Hatch	364	(2)
Robert H. Jones
Open-Ocean Salmon	366	(7)
Barry Thornton
Lornie's Firecracker	373	(2)
Robert H. Jones
Saltwater Bucktailing for Salmon	375	(8)
Robert H. Jones
Coastal Cutthroat Trout	383	(5)
Bill Luscombe
Three for the Beach	388	(3)
Robert H. Jones
A Passion for Pinks	391	(3)
Bill Luscombe
Pinks and Sockeye above Tidewater	394	(2)
Robert H. Jones
Tempting Tackle-Busting Chums	396	(2)
Dr. Martin Lamont
Smallmouths on an Island in the Pacific	398	(5)
Robert H. Jones
The Bottom Fish Bonanza of British Columbia	403	(9)
Robert H. Jones
If Keeping a Fish to Eat, Do it Properly!	412	(5)
Vera Jones
Selected Fly Patterns	417	(48)
Beg, Borrow, Scrounge and Recycle	465	(5)
Jack Davis
Canada's Cross-Country Fly-Tying Material	470	(5)
Ralph Shaw
Bunny Strips	475	(2)
Ralph Shaw
Contributors' Biographies	477	(16)
Fishing Shop Directory	493	(17)
Index	510