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.

Each year nearly 1,000,000 steelhead are hooked in North America and the great majority of these fish are hooked using drift fishing techniques. This lavishly illustrated, all-color guide is the bible if you want to get in on the action. Written by one of America's greatest drift fishermen, you will learn the techniques that can guarantee your entry into the 10% of the anglers who hook 90% of the steelhead. This is a heavy-duty graduate course!

"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.

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.

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.

Drift fishing is the most effective way to catch salmon and steelhead; and Bill Herzog is one of the Northwest's best steelhead fishermen. Learn everything you need to know from an expert drift fisherman. Reading water and decoding steelhead and salmon rivers; drift fishing techniques and how to pull them off successfully; terminal gear and rigging; rods and reels; lines and knots, including step-by-step instructions; a checklist of gear for your vest; and more. You won't believe the amount of information packed into this little book. Carry this handy pocket guide with you as you explore new places to fish and hone your drift fishing skills.

Steelhead, ranging in size from four to over 30 pounds, are one of the finest game fish to be found in the entire world. They are very strong and fast, with a desire to jump spectacularly when hooked, which places them at the top of the list of the most exciting fresh water fish in North America. As migratory fish steelhead force the angler to become a hunter with a rod. The better informed you are concerning steelhead biology, habits and needs, the more successful you will be. Steelhead Float Fishing treats in depth some of the finest angling techniques available for steelhead throughout their entire range-creeks and rivers from Alaska to California, and in many of the famous tributaries of the Great Lakes, where steelhead are also very abundant after having been imported from the Pacific Coast in the last century. If you take the author's lifetime-learned steelhead information to heart you have the potential of seriously increasing your steelhead hooking success and becoming a master of the sport. Steelheaders are a breed apart, enjoying a sport that can be compared with the most challenging hunting in the world, but its wonderfully rewarding experiences are as close as the nearest appropriate river. Book jacket.