Fly Fishing For Pacific Salmon

This is a completely rewritten and updated, full-color follow-up to their 1985 book of almost the same name. The authors share their experience gained over the years, and also the knowledge of many respected people throughout the Pacific salmon fly-fishing community, including: lodge owners, guides, sportfishing club members, tackle manufacturers, biologists and technical experts; along with an elite group of legendary guides who have contributed so much to the sport.

Learn how to fly fish for huge Chinook salmon and big, jumping cohos in this very informative book. Methods, equipment, flies, locations and seasons are all explained. The emphasis is in the saltwater of British Columbia, but much of the information is applicable to salmon fly fishing anywhere.

Nearly 200 salmon fly patterns in full color and information about who originated them and how they are fished, help to illustrate Fly Fishing for Pacific Salmon. Contains over 70 photos and many illustrations demonstrating how to fly fish for Pacific salmon in saltwater, tidal estuaries and freshwater. A landmark book about challenging salmon with a fly. Information about reading salt-and freshwater, salmon feeding habits, fly retrieves, imitating baitfish, proper fly equipment, knots and color plates of baitfish.

A Guide to Saltwater Flyfishing for the Pacific Coast's Salmon, presented by award winning author and avid fisherman Barry M. Thornton. Until recently, little has been written about saltwater fly fishing for Pacific salmon. It is, unquestionably, a sophisticated fly-angling choice for the fly fisherman that comes after many successful conventional salmon fishing experiences. It is not new, but an angling practice many pioneers attempted, some very successfully, however it has not been followed up as it should! It is probably a symptom of our times - our pioneering spirit - that, now that we have resolved the skills and techniques needed for consistently successful river and lake fishing, we are now searching for new waters in which to test our mettle. Fortunately, lying at our doorstep is the open water of the vast Pacific Ocean. Improvements in boats and motors and the evolution if fly fishing lines, rods, and fly-tying materials have given the fly fisherman the tools and the access to the fish. How fortunate we are to have such a family of fish, the genus Oncorhynchus, the Pacific salmons inhabiting these waters. These various species of Pacific salmon inhabit the infinite fjords, inlets, islands and estuaries of the north Pacific coast waiting, just waiting for the inevitable rush of fly fishermen who have mastered challenging and pleasurable trout experiences in freshwater lakes and streams and now, satiated, search for new waters and experiences.

Fly-Fishing for Pacific Salmon II is an omnibus that encompasses the growth of Pacific salmon fly-fishing generated by the authors' ground-breaking 1985 best-seller, Fly-Fishing for Pacific Salmon. Completely rewritten, Fly-Fishing for Pacific Salmon II incorporates the knowledge of many respected people throughout the Pacific salmon fly-fishing community: lodge owners, guides, members of sportfishing clubs, tackle manufacturers, biologists and technical experts; along with an elite group of legendary guides who have contributed so much to the sport. Fly-Fishing for Pacific Salmon II includes an expanded history of the fishery; new full-color identification paintings of the five Pacific salmon species; additional photos of salmon feed; fishing in fresh and saltwater utilizing new techniques and tackle; and a chapter on fly patterns'classic and new'for use in fresh and saltwater, contributed by fly tiers along the Pacific coast from California to Alaska. There is also a brand-new chapter on the art of bucktailing. Johnson and Ferguson are committed to stewardship of the Pacific salmon. Fly-Fishing for Pacific Salmon II will help you catch more salmon, but of greater significance is its focus on the critical need for environmental awareness and ethical harvest that will ensure the future of Pacific salmon.

Inside Richard Stool challenges conventional salmon fishing wisdom and the basic tenets of fly-fishing as purveyed by the masters of the sport. One of the great misconceptions among fly-anglers and writers is that fish see the way humans see. Not only are fish eyes constructed different than human eyes, and for different intended purposes, but fish eyes are wired to fish brains differently. Further, how light acts in water is substantially different from the way it acts in air. There are also other key senses through which fish perceive their food and environment in very different ways from us. And at times these other senses may be even more important in fish feeding behaviors than sight. As an aquatic biologist, environmental engineer, and avid fly-angler Stoll combines the above observations with the major environmental factors that affect the aquatic environments in which fish live. From this he creates truly unique fly-fishing perspectives and approaches, not only for salmon but for types of fly-fishing.