Shows how to catch steelhead and salmon off the banks of the Pacific Northwest, covering such topics as gear, water conditions, techniques, and time- and cost-saving preparations to make before a trip.

"Covers the full range of spoon fishing techniques for the full year, going into finishes, sizes, weights, spoons, spoon parts suppliers, and reading water"--Page 4 of cover.

Steelhead & Salmon Drift-Fishing Secrets goes way beyond the basics of drift-fishing techniques to include marine biology, ichthyology, meteorology, and physics as they apply to fish and fishing. Timothy Kusherets has spent decades on research and fieldwork -- examining concepts and challenging misconceptions -- to create a book that is truly of value to both expert and first-time drift-fishermen. The unique, down-to-earth advice in Steelhead & Salmon Drift-Fishing Secrets will change your approach to drift-fishing for steelhead and salmon -- and it will bring more fish to your line! Book jacket.

If you love to catch steelhead and salmon this may be the most important book you will ever read. Between these covers is all the information you need to find and catch steelhead, coho, chinook, pink and chum salmon in rivers. In addition, there are complete chapters on making your own jigs and on fishing lead jigs in the ocean for salmon. Jig fishing has become very popular recently because many guides and top rods know that many times in many places there is no more effective way to catch steelhead and salmon than with a properly presented jig. Not only is jig fishing extremely effective, it is also a ton of fun. Few thrills in angling match the feel of your line coming tight as a steelhead or salmon inhales a jig you made yourself. If you want to catch more fish and have more fun doing it this book is a must.

Salmon Trout Steelheader readers are familiar with the popular and informative Illustrated Rigging column that appears in each issue. The multitudes of different angling situations, water types and conditions, and techniques used can leave even a seasoned angler scratching their head when it comes rigging. When you go from fishing winter steelhead to spring chinook, then on to trout fishing in lakes, and on to summer steelhead, then trolling for salmon in the ocean, to bobber fishing for fall chinook in tidewater, the rigging changes with each species and the techniques used to catch them. Illustrated Rigging shows both beginners and experienced anglers how to tie basic salmon and steelhead set-ups.

The most all-encompassing compendium of truly valuable information on steelhead ever written. —Jack Hemingway There are exceptional chapters on the fish itself; the tackle and techniques used to pursue it under diverse circumstances in such great steelhead rivers as the Deschutes, the Dean, the North Umpqua, the Bulkley, the Rogue and the Babine, and memorable profiles of the modern masters and the fly patterns they developed.

Fly fishermen have been catching trout and salmon from Ireland's abundant rivers and loughs for centuries. This practical fishing book, written by Ireland's top fly-fishing instructor, Peter O'Reilly, looks at the rich tradition of game angling in the Emerald Isle. O'Reilly shares tips on such specialist skills as fishing the duckfly, mayfly, and murrough on the loughs; the merits of fishing the Irish shrimp fly for salmon; and the arts of dapping, Erriff-style slack-water fishing, and imitating the Sheelin bloodworm. Brimming with clear advice on tackle, flies, techniques, and river craft, this is your perfect companion guide to fishing Ireland's loughs and rivers.