Western Fly-fishing Strategies

"Craig Mathews is a master fishing guide." --Tom Brokaw, former NBC News anchor "Craig Mathews has once again shared his tremendous knowledge of Western rivers and their trout. Liberally sprinkled with stories, his text both teaches and entertains. The comprehensive advice collected within these pages comes from years of experience on the water, and his stories carry the love of angling." --Steven J. Meyers, author of San Juan River Chronicle Praise for Craig Mathews's The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide (co-author): "A crisp, convenient, and comprehensive guide to this remarkably rich and diverse fishery. Excellent and useful, it offers greater access, better fishing, and more knowledge to anglers than they have ever had about the trout heart of America." --Darrel Martin, author of Micropatterns and The Fly-Fisher's Craft Craig Mathews, the Fly Rod & Reel "Angler of the Year" in 2005, is founder and owner of Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone, Montana. He is the co-author of The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide, Fishing Yellowstone Hatches, Fly Patterns of Yellowstone, and Fly Fishing the Madison. Blue Ribbon Flies has earned several conservation and environmental awards for helping protect Western trout waters. Along with Yvon Chouinard, owner of Patagonia, Inc., Mathews helped start 1% for the Planet, an alliance of businesses that contribute atleast 1 percent of their annual -revenues to environmental and conservation causes.Mathews, Craig is the author of 'Western Fly-fishing Strategies ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781592288465 and ISBN 1592288464.