Flyfisher's Guide to Texas (Wilderness Adventures Flyfishing Guidebook) - Softcover

Phil H. Shook

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885106882 ISBN 13: 9781885106889

Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press, 2001

Synopsis

This is by far the most COMPREHENSIVE travel/fly fishing guidebook to be published to date. This book covers Texas in its entirety from lakes, to rivers to the fish one will catch. Some of the lakes included are E.V. Spence, Possum Kingdom, O.H. Ivy, Corpus Christi, Lake Buchanan, Falcon, Lake Texoma, Sam Rayburn and more. Rivers included are the Guadalupe, Lanno, Rio Grande, Nueces, and the Sabinal. Shook also covers the fish of the Texas waters such as: Bass: Largemouth, Smallmouth, White, Guadalupe and Stiper as well as Panfish: Crappie, Trout and Catfish. There will be over 120 detailed lake and river maps showing lake depths, river access, campsites, and areas of special interest in addition to hatch charts, stream facts and recommended flies. As always this guidebook extensively covers essential travel information such as accommodations, campgrounds, listings for fly shops, restaurants, car repair and rental in addition to hospitals, airports and more. This book is the best yet and an essential guidebook for the Texas angler as well as for those visiting from out of state - a must have!

About this title

About the Author:

Phil Shook, a Texas native, is a nationally known flyfishing writer and instructor whose stories have appeared in Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Saltwater Fly Fishing, Fly Rod & Reel, Fly Fisherman, Texas Parks & Wildlife, amd other magazines. He has received two international awards from the Federation of Fly Fishers for his contributions to the literature of flyfishing. Co-author of Flyfishing the Texas Coast:Backcountry Flats to Cluewater, Phil has fished Texas waters for more than 50 years.

Review:

“ Shook has compiled the mose complete to-date book on his native state’s freshwater fisheries." -- Houston Chronicle

“a where-to, not a how-to book, although Shook does include location-specific angling advice from his own experiences" -- Texas Parks & Wildlife

About this edition

• Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1885106882
• ISBN 13: 9781885106889
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 443