Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams, Updated and Revised

by John E. Ross

Overview

The Penobscot, Penns Creek, the Little River, Guadalupe, Firehole, Copper River—these streams and ninety-four others like them provide the best trout fishing in America say members of Trout Unlimited (TU). With a dozen or more streams in each of eight regions, one of America’s one hundred best trout streams flows within a few hours’ drive of most of the nation’s anglers. These are the rivers that anglers dream of visiting. Describing species, hatches, the flies and lures, and when to fish, each profile contains information and maps that boosts angler success. Profiles present, as well, the environmental challenges facing each stream and the role that TU and others play in protecting the fishery. Extensive interviews with anglers for whom each stream is “home water,” add depth to personal observations formed when award-winning writer and angler, John Ross, fished many of these streams himself.

Many who buy the book set out to fish all the streams. For others, the guide is an essential ingredient in the planning of fishing and family vacations. It’s a book that’s as at home next to a fly tyer’s bench as it is tucked in the console between the seats of a pickup truck. A portion of the sale of each book goes to Trout Unlimited to help protect and sustain coldwater fisheries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762780310
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/17/2013
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John Ross, raised in East Tennessee on the flank of the Great Smokies, was given his first rod and reel by his granddad. Ever since, Ross has chased trout and salmon from the waters of the high Arctic tundra to the river of the grassy steppe of Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. He is actively involved with Trout Unlimited, and as this is written, serves as the chair of the Virginia Council of Trout Unlimited. He is the author of several sporting travel books including The Sports Afield Guide to America's Greatest Fishing Lodges.

Read an Excerpt

Excerpt from pg. 31:
You can count on the thumb of your left hand the number of major cities in the South or anywhere else in the nation, for that matter, that have a great trout stream running through their centers. But that's just what the Chattahoochee brings to Atlanta, thanks to the frigid outflow from the base of Buford Dam about 45 miles north. The suburban 'Hooch is the section of river that gets all the glory, but high in its headwaters in the mountains above Helen, the river is quite good for both wild and stocked browns and rainbows.
Rising between Coon Den Ridge and Spaniards Knob where the southern Appalachians brush 4,000 feet, the Chattahoochee gathers its waters from beneath hemlocks, rhododendron, and azalea, and tumbling over granite boulders, runs thin and cold. This is native brook trout country. You can catch tiny trout of six inches or so, as gaily colored as the wildflowers that bloom in the spring woods. A 30-foot waterfall at Henson Creek protects the brookies from browns and rainbows lower down. The falls are a short hike from the Wilks Road, which branches off the Poplar Stump Road at Vandiver Branch, about a mile to the west. At that point the Poplar Stump Road is fairly high above the Chattahoochee, which is flowing in a gorge. There's less fishing pressure there, yet the fishing is very good, probably because the river is not easy to reach.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	x
	Foreword	xi
	Introduction	xiii
	How to Use This Guide	xiv
	Locator Map	xvi
	The Streams
	Northeast	1
	Connecticut
1	Farmington River	2
2	Housatonic River	5
	Maine
3	Grand Lake Stream	9
4	Kennebec River	13
5	Penobscot River, West Branch	17
	Massachusetts
6	Deerfield River	20
	New Hampshire
7	Connecticut River, Upper	23
	New York
8	Ausable River, West Branch	26
9	Beaverkill	29
10	Delaware River	33
11	Willowemoc Creek	37
	Vermont
12	Batten Kill	40
13	White River	43
	Mid-Atlantic	47
	Maryland
14	Big Gunpowder Falls River	48
15	Potomac River, North Branch	51
16	Savage River	54
	Pennsylvania
17	Cedar Run	57
18	Fishing Creek	60
19	Kettle Creek	63
20	Letort Spring Run	66
21	Little Juniata River	69
22	Penns Creek	73
23	Slate Run	77
24	Spruce Creek	80
	West Virginia
25	Cranberry River	84
26	Seneca Creek	88
	Southeast	93
	Georgia
27	Chattahoochee River	94
	Kentucky
28	Cumberland River, South Fork	98
	North Carolina
29	Davidson River	101
30	Nantahala River	104
	Tennessee
31	Clinch River	108
32	Hiwassee River	112
33	Holston River, South Fork	116
34	Little River	120
35	Tellico River	124
36	Watauga River	128
	Virginia
37	Mossy Creek	131
38	Rapidan River	135
39	Whitetop Laurel Creek	139
	Midwest	143
	Arkansas
40	Little Red River	144
41	Norfork River	147
42	White River	150
	Michigan
43	Au Sable River	153
44	Big Manistee River	157
45	Little Manistee River	160
46	Pere Marquette River	163
	Minnesota
47	Trout Run Creek	166
48	Whitewater River	170
	Missouri
49	North Fork (of the White) River	174
	Wisconsin
50	Bois Brule River	177
51	Kickapoo River, West Fork	180
	Northern Rocky Mountains	185
	Idaho
52	Snake River, Henry's Fork	186
53	Snake River, South Fork	191
	Montana
54	Big Hole River	195
55	Bighorn River	199
56	Blackfoot River	203
57	Gallatin River	207
58	The Madison River in Montana	210
59	Missouri River	215
60	Yellowstone River, Middle	218
	Wyoming
61	Firehole River	221
62	North Platte River	225
63	Slough Creek	228
64	Yellowstone River, Upper	232
	Southern Rocky Mountains	237
	Colorado
65	Animas River	238
66	Arkansas River	241
67	Big Thompson River	244
68	Colorado River, Upper	247
69	Eagle River	251
70	Fryingpan River	254
71	Gunnison River	257
72	Rio Grande	262
73	Roaring Fork of the Colorado River	265
74	South Platte River	269
	Utah
75	Green River, Flaming Gorge	273
76	Provo River, Middle Fork	276
	Southwest	281
	Arizona
77	Colorado River	282
	California
78	Fall River	285
79	Hat Creek	288
80	Kern River	292
81	McCloud River	295
82	Owens River, Upper and Lower	299
83	Sacramento River, Lower	302
84	Sacramento River, Upper	305
85	Trinity River	308
86	Truckee River	311
	New Mexico
87	San Juan River	314
	Texas
88	Guadalupe River	318
	Northwest	323
	Alaska
89	Alagnak River	324
90	Copper River	327
91	Kanektok River	331
92	Kenai River	334
93	Russian River	337
	Oregon
94	Crooked River	340
95	Deschutes River	343
96	Klamath River	346
97	Metolius River	349
98	Salmon River	352
99	Umpqua River, North Fork	355
	Washington
100	Yakima River	359
	Index	362

Editorial Reviews

"One of my favorite guides, and a great "take along" for interstate road-trips, is Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams. It's a great way to see your state, or a state you're visiting."-www.troutworld.com

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