As the Great Lakes steelhead fishery moves into the 21st century, it provides an opportunity that can be considered no less than world class. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead captures the very essence of its emergence. From its obscure beginnings to its current proactive management plans, the book covers the fishery's growth and maturity. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead also covers, in great detail, a complete fly fishing approach to the varied challenges provided by Great Lakes steelhead and a complete guide to its important waters.
Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead has been a work-in-progress for over five years. During this period, authors Rick Kustich and Jerry Kustich have spent considerable time fishing all the major rivers and streams of the entire Great Lakes region as well as consulting with and meeting the area's top professional to discuss management plans, rivers, techniques and flies. This is coupled with nearly forty years' combined experience of fly fishing for steelhead in the Great Lakes and on the West Coast. This combination has created a unique perspective that has not yet been given to this subject. Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead will change the way we view the fishery and is detined to become the authoritative pronouncement on the subject.
Rick Kustich is an accomplished fly fisherman and writer. He has dedicated many hours to fly fishing for steelhead, both in the Great Lakes and on the West Coast. He has caught steelhead in tributaries to all five of the Great Lakes as well as their native counterparts in various rivers of British Columbia. Rick has authored two other books on the Great Lakes fishery and his articles have appeared in numerous fly fishing publications. He is invloved with a number of conservation efforts aiming to protect and improve the fishery. He lives in Grand Island, New York surrounded by steelhead water.
Jerry Kustich took to the road in 1974 on a quest to fish all the notable trout rivers on the continent. His journey took a slight detour after he caught a wild steelhead on Idaho's Salmon River. His passionate pursuit for steelhead has continued, and in addition to taking him to all the Great Lakes states and Ontario, Jerry has pursued native steelhead in Idaho, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and even Russia. He lives in Twin Bridges, Montana, but spends in upwards of three months a year in the Great Lakes region pursuing steelhead and other species. He is a writer, artist, devout conservationist, and builds bamboo fly rods for the R.L. Winston Rod Company.
