Essential Flies For The Great Lakes Region

The Great Lakes sport fisheries (both in the lakes and the streams that flow into them) are extremely popular and key recreational outlets for anglers around the country who want premier fishing for trout, steelhead, salmon, bass, and other species on the fly fishing frontier such as drum and carp. Jerry Darkes, in his successful book, Fly Fishing the Inland Oceans, only scratched the surface of the innovative fly patterns coming out of the Great Lakes region. Now, working with professional photographer Jimmy Chang, Darkes goes beyond that to compile in this book the first ever collection of GL patterns (steelhead, salmon, brown trout, musky) by contemporary tiers of the region. Over 600 patterns and recipes cover the historically important patterns from well-known tiers such as Schweibert and George Griffith and Swisher and Richards as well as flies that are on the cutting edge from tiers such as Kevin Feenstra, Walt Grau, Jon Kluesing, Rick Kustich, Jeff Liskay, Dave Pinczkowski, Ray Schmidt, Greg Senyo, and Matt Supinski.

Steelhead is the most sought-after Great Lakes species, attracting fly fishers from around the country. Guide extraordinaire Karl Weixlmann provides a thorough compendium of information, tips, and tech niques for any angler chasing the elusive salmon, trout, and steelhead of the Great Lakes. Includes recipes for 86 flies and photo sequences of five casting and fishing techniques.

Tactics for Great Lakes steelhead, including new two-handed and switch rod techniques and Spey and tube flies.

Comprehensive look at fly fishing across the Great Lakes.

Fly Tyer’s Guide to Tying Essential Bass and Panfish Flies will, within a brief 128 pages, provide the beginning and intermediate fly tier with everything he or she needs to know in order to successfully tie the most successful, tried and true bass and panfish patterns.

Featuring baitfish, minnows, small fishes, crayfishes, frogs and leeches. This field guide provides clear identification of many smaller denizens of our ecosystem, including some undesirable invaders. Vivid illustrations by renowned artists Joe Tomelleri, Wally Edwards, and Aleta Karstad prove to be a highlight. Anglers, cottagers, campers, biologists, in fact, everyone interested in the outdoors can benefit from this concise book. Focused on Ontario and the species prevelant in the Great Lakes and Eastern Canada, this guide has applications, all or in part, in much of Canada and Northeastern North America. Four colour illustrations throughout.

*16 flies from the Adams to Zoo Cougar *Legendary tiers like Len Halladay, George Griffith, and Clark Lynn *Original and modern patterns for each classic fly AUTHOR: Jon Osborn has written for American Angler, Garden and Gun, The Upland Almanac, and The Tactical Edge magazines and contributed to the book American Blue. Joe Van Faasen is a product designer as well as an accomplished painter, working mostly in oils. His works can be found in private collections across the United States and in the Button. ILLUSTRATIONS: 57 colour

A veteran fly fisherman provides a complete guide to steelhead fishing in the Great Lakes region, describing the steelhead fish and their natural history, their feeding habits, what flies to use, essential tackle, fishing tactics, and the best fly fishing streams along the shores of all five Great Lakes.