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

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

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

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

by Chris Santella

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Overview

Amateur or expert, every angler dreams of landing the big one, but that's only part of the appeal of fly fishing. Because even when hours pass without a bite, nothing beats the rugged beauty of the surroundings. For both armchair travelers and avid outdoorsmen who may have already started a checklist of their own, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die maps out the meccas of the fly-fishing world. Through in-depth interviews with the sport's acknowledged gurus, author Chris Santella goes beyond standard guides to convey the very essence of the recommended locations. Readers can vicariously cast mouse pattners to fifty-pound taimen in the wilds of Mongolia, wrangle with wily permit off the Florida Keys, and match the hatch on Montana's Armstrong's Spring Creek. Jardines de la Reina, Cuba (tarpon), the Zhupanova River, Kamchatka (rainbow trout), and the Rio Negro, Brazil (peacock bass) are also included. The essays include a cultural and natural history of each site, along with colorful anecdotes based on the author's and authorities' experiences. With breath-takingly-beautiful photos of the spots, many by celebrated fly-fishing photographer R. Valentine Atkinson, the book also provides adventurous anglers with enough travel-and-tackle information so that they, too, can start planning excursions to go fish around the globe.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781613120729
Publisher: ABRAMS
Publication date: 11/16/2012
Series: Fifty Places
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 9 MB

About the Author

Chris Santella regularly plies his local rivers 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. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments8
Foreword9
Introduction11
The Destinations
1Alaska-Bristol Bay: Rainbow Trout and Silver Salmon Around Bristol Bay17
2Alaska-Pacific Coast-Alaska Peninsula: Silver Salmon on Nakalilok Bay21
3Argentina-Bariloche: Landlocked Salmon on Rio Traful25
4Argentina-Corrientes: Golden Dorado on Estero Ibera29
5Argentina-Tierra del Fuego: Sea-Run Brown Trout on the Rio Grande33
6Australia: Black Marlin off Cairns37
7Bahamas: Bonefish off North Andros Island41
8Brazil: Peacock Bass on the Rio Negro River45
9British Columbia-Bella Coola: Steelhead on the Dean River49
10British Columbia-Smithers: Steelhead on the Skeena System53
11California: Brown and Rainbow Trout Around Greater Redding57
12Chile: Brown and Rainbow Trout off Chilean Fjords61
13Colorado: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Gunnison River65
14Cuba: Tarpon off Jardines de la Reina68
15England-Blagdon: Rainbow Trout on Blagdon Lake71
16England-Stockbridge: Brown Trout on the River Test75
17Florida: Permit off the Florida Keys79
18Iceland: Atlantic Salmon on the Laxa i Adaldal85
19Idaho-Last Chance: Rainbow Trout on the Henry's Fork89
20Idaho-Stanley: Cutthroat Trout on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River95
21Kiribati: Giant Trevally off Christmas Island99
22Labrador: Brook Trout on the Woods River System103
23Louisiana: Redfish Around Cocodrie106
24Maine: Landlocked Salmon on the West Branch of the Penobscot River109
25Massachusetts: Striped Bass off Martha's Vineyard113
26Mexico-Sinaloa: Largemouth Bass on Lake Huites117
27Mexico-Yucatan: Snook off Boca Paila121
28Michigan: Brown Trout on the Au Sable River124
29Mongolia: Taimen in Mongolia129
30Montana-Fort Smith: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Bighorn River132
31Montana-Livingston: Rainbow Trout on Armstrong's Spring Creek137
32New York: Rainbow Trout on the Upper Delaware River143
33New Zealand: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the South Island147
34Northwest Territories: Northern Pike on Great Slave Lake151
35Norway: Atlantic Salmon on the Alta River155
36Oregon-Glide: Steelhead on the North Umpqua River161
37Oregon-Maupin: Redsides and Steelhead on the Deschutes River165
38Pennsylvania: Brown Trout on Letort Spring Run171
39Quebec: Atlantic Salmon on the Grand Cascapedia175
40Russia-Kamchatka: Rainbow Trout on the Zhupanova River179
41Russia-Kola Peninsula: Atlantic Salmon on the Ponoi River183
42Scotland: Atlantic Salmon on the Rivers Dee and Tay187
43Seychelles Islands: Bonefish on St. Francois Lagoon191
44Spain: Brown Trout Around Peralejos de las Truchas195
45Utah: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Green River199
46Vermont: Brown Trout on the Battenkill River203
47Virginia: Smallmouth Bass on the Shenandoah River206
48Wyoming: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Firehole River209
49Wyoming and Montana: Brown and Rainbow Trout on the Madison River213
50Zambia: Tiger Fish on the Zambezi River219
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