Dave Hughes

Hughes takes you on a journey to one of the world's finest fly fishing rivers, from high in Yellowstone Park downstream two hundred miles to the Bighorn. All-color book has over 100 dramatic photographs of the river and its fish. Information about fly hatches as well as color fly plates featuring recommendations by local experts. Hughes captures the feeling of the river as well as its history and geology.

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The Deschutes River is shown in all its moods in over 100 beautiful color photos. This sumptuous book is filled with Deschutes River information about its geology, history, and especially its fishery for both trout and steelhead. Noted author Dave Hughes explains how to fish it based on insect hatches for resident trout and the special flies and fishing methods steelhead prefer. Printed on heavy gloss paper for ultimate beauty.

Color photos, key features, habitat, hatch times, and fishing hints for 90 hatches common in the western U.S. and Canada, along with 169 fly patterns for matching them. Covers hatches on stillwaters, creeks, streams, and rivers in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, British Columbia, and Alberta.

Clear illustrations and photos (83) show you how to tie all 290 patterns in the book which are shown in full color and large size with tying instructions adjacent to each. Best-producing North American flies, including, most popular dry, nymph, wet, streamer and bucktail, steelhead, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon, cutthroat, Alaskan, saltwater, bass, and panfish patterns. Color plates of tying materials, including fur, hackle, thread, etc. Fly pattern index. Fishing tips for most patterns.