Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die | 
| Author: Chris Santella
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 71525
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8 x 7.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1584793562
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.124
EAN: 9781584793564
ASIN: 1584793562
Publication Date: June 1, 2004
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Product Description
Amateur or expert, every angler dreams of landing "the big one," but that's only part of the appeal of fly fishing. Because even when hours pass without a bite, nothing beats the rugged beauty of the surroundings. For both armchair travelers and avid lovers of the outdoors, who may have already started a checklist of their own, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die maps out the meccas of the fly-fishing world. Through in-depth interviews with the sport's acknowledged gurus, author Chris Santella goes beyond standard guides to convey the very essence of the recommended locations. Readers can vicariously cast mouse patterns to fifty-pound taimen in the wilds of Mongolia, wrangle with wily permit off the Florida Keys, and match the hatch on Montana's Armstrong's Spring Creek. Jardines de la Reina, Cuba (tarpon), the Zhupanova River, Kamchatka (rainbow trout), and the Rio Negro, Brazil (peacock bass) are also included. The essays include a cultural and natural history of each site, along with colorful anecdotes based on the author's and authorities' experiences. With breath-takingly-beautiful photos of the spots, many by celebrated fly-fishing photographer R. Valentine Atkinson, the book also provides adventurous anglers with enough travel-and-tackle information so that they, too, can start planning excursions to go fish around the globe.
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 Dream book December 16, 2008
I really haven't in depth reviewed this, but I bought it for a friend who is an avid flyfisherman and I hope he can make it to all the places before he dies! I do think he has been to quite a few already, so maybe a later review would be in order.
Very informative and introductory December 28, 2007
It was a very good quality book, very informative. It is NOT a full informative planing trip gide, but rather a good place to start planing your own trips.
Where's the Beef, Er Trout? November 25, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book, one that is smartly designed and packaged, pleasant to leaf through and to handle, but somewhat lacking in substance.
Here's an example of the kind of lapse that would have been caught had the book been written for hard core fisherpeople. We read, "The South Island of New Zealand is awash with beauty and teeming with trout". And then a few sentences later, "The South Island trouting experience is certainly one of quality rather than quantity. A majority of the rivers simply don't support large numbers of fish. Some of the most fishy-looking water you can imagine may not contain a single fish".
So is the South Island "teeming with trout" or is it not?
Ultimately it doesn't really matter. This isn't a book about information - it's a wonderful collection of vicarious fishing trips. I'd never flicked a fly rod when I got it, yet I was engrossed, transported, and in the end captivated.
The settings range from intimate, "Brown Trout on Letort Spring Run", to grand, "Steelhead on the Dean River". Along the way we encounter tarpon, bonefish, snook, pike, redfish, all manner of salmon and trout, and even something known as a giant trevally that lurks in the waters off Christmas Island.
And the photographs are stunning. I only wish there were one for every destination.
Recommended to wile away a winter's afternoon while waiting for the ice to break.
Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die August 16, 2006
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
A wonderful book for the fly fishing enthusiast. A keepsake for all fishermen. A must have for the coffe table!
 Beatiful places March 9, 2006
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
nice book, but i would like to see more pictures of the different species!! also some maps to locate some places would be great...I live in argentina and the 3 places chosen are great, although you must be a millionaire to fish rio grande!! Fortunately we still have a lot of places here to fish for free.
I would rather see a book where they tell where to fish and spent little money (as an example the book tells you that i f you want to fish rio traful, the only way to do it is going to arroyo verde lodge and thats no true!! you can do it for free if you want..there are accesses by foot or you can reach it by the lake, an there are other private places much more cheaper, but why they dont describe that??). Do not tell me where i can go spending $ 5000 a week because its obvious i could go everywhere with that money!!!!
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