Fly Fishing Midwestern Spring Creeks--Angler's Guide to Trouting the Driftless Area

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Summary: Quite a helpful little book
Review: Ross Mueller's Fly Fishing Midwestern Spring Creeks is an excellent introduction to the unique terrain and fishing of Southwestern Wisconsin, Southeastern Minn, and Northeastern Iowa. The driftless area is unique in the United States, and the fishing for spooky brown trout it provides is exciting and rewarding. Mueller describes why the area is unique, what sorts of insects are to be found in its waters, what kind of fish to expect, and how and when to go after them. The book is divided into seasonal sections with beautiful photographs and excellent fly selection suggestions. Mueller's spent quite a lot of time on driftless area creeks and his love for the area shows in his ebullient praise for its natural beauty. Not only should you buy this book, but you should do your best to travel to this fantastically beautiful area and see for yourself. Fishing the coulee country is the most peaceful and solitary things I've done in the last few years. This book helped me gain my bearings.

Rating:
Summary: Quite a helpful little book
Review: Ross Mueller's Fly Fishing Midwestern Spring Creeks is an excellent introduction to the unique terrain and fishing of Southwestern Wisconsin, Southeastern Minn, and Northeastern Iowa. The driftless area is unique in the United States, and the fishing for spooky brown trout it provides is exciting and rewarding. Mueller describes why the area is unique, what sorts of insects are to be found in its waters, what kind of fish to expect, and how and when to go after them. The book is divided into seasonal sections with beautiful photographs and excellent fly selection suggestions. Mueller's spent quite a lot of time on driftless area creeks and his love for the area shows in his ebullient praise for its natural beauty. Not only should you buy this book, but you should do your best to travel to this fantastically beautiful area and see for yourself. Fishing the coulee country is the most peaceful and solitary things I've done in the last few years. This book helped me gain my bearings.

Rating:
Summary: Right on the money
Review: This book is packed with a lot of useful and practical information for the flyfisherman. Not only are you given tips on where to go, but what flies to use as well-if you are unfamilar with a pattern it gives the instructions and materials needed to tie the fly. Ross has also included a general hatch chart for the driftlees area. The book is easy to read and moves at a good rate. It contains several color plates of flies as well as fish and scenery. Another nice aspect of the book is that the color plates of flies are shown after reading about them- I believe that the book is broken into 4 or 5 sections like this. I bought this book to help out my summer vacation- I will be fishing in several areas that were written about. This is one of the better "guide books" that I own. It contains good information on the "how', "what", "when", "where" and "why".

Rating:
Summary: Right on the money
Review: This book is packed with a lot of useful and practical information for the flyfisherman. Not only are you given tips on where to go, but what flies to use as well-if you are unfamilar with a pattern it gives the instructions and materials needed to tie the fly. Ross has also included a general hatch chart for the driftlees area. The book is easy to read and moves at a good rate. It contains several color plates of flies as well as fish and scenery. Another nice aspect of the book is that the color plates of flies are shown after reading about them- I believe that the book is broken into 4 or 5 sections like this. I bought this book to help out my summer vacation- I will be fishing in several areas that were written about. This is one of the better "guide books" that I own. It contains good information on the "how', "what", "when", "where" and "why".

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Summary: Like fishing with a seasoned expert at your elbow
Review: Unlike most guidebooks, this book defines an approach to the Driftless Area spring creeks. Streams change, and the typical guidebooks are soon obsolete--but not this one. It devotes two full chapters to understandng and exploring the resource. The excellent discussion on tackle, leader design, and two-fly rigs is overshadowed by an abundance of innovative and proven fly patterns for year-round angling. Mueller's expertise is evident throughout, but his writing remains clear, compact, and full of "good things to know"--like the spring creeks themselves.