Outside Adventure Travel: Fly Fishing

by E. Donnall Thomas, R. Valentine Atkinson (Photographer)

Overview

Introducing a unique series of international sport/travel guides: your favorite sports, Outside's top picks of the greatest places on earth to pursue them. Each guide is an invitation to take your first steps toward an active vacation of exploration.

Chase the biggest trout in the world from Montana and Labrador all the way to Chile and New Zealand. Wade Caribbean flats from the Bahamas and Mexico to Belize and Venezuela. Explore America's own undiscovered saltwater backcountry in Texas and Florida. Discover the challenge of bluewater fly fishing in Costa Rica and on Midway in the middle of the Pacific. And search out fly-rod adventure in far-flung corners of the world from Alaska and Siberia to Tierra del Fuego.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393320732
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	11/17/2001
Series:	Outside Destinations
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

E. Donnall Thomas Jr. writes about fly fishing for a number of magazines, including Sports Afield, Gray's Sporting Journal, and Alaska. His ten previous books include Whitefish Can't Jump and Dream Fish and Road Trips.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	9
1	Kiribati: Christmas Island	16
2	Montana: The Missouri Headwaters	26
3	Venezuela: Los Roques	38
4	Argentina: Tierra del Fuego	46
5	Belize: The Central Coast	54
6	Chile: The Lake District & Aisen	64
7	Hawaiian Chain: Midway Atoll	74
8	Russia: The Far East	84
9	Mexico: The Yucatan Peninsula	96
10	Alaska: Kodiak & the Southeast	106
11	Florida: The Everglades & Coastal Backcountry	118
12	New Zealand: South Island	130
13	Costa Rica: Pacific & Caribbean Coasts	142
14	Canada: The Labrador Peninsula	150
15	Texas: The Gulf Coast	160
16	Bahamas: Andros Island	172
Appendix A	Health & Safety	185
Appendix B	Tackle & Flies	199
Appendix C	Booking Agencies	201
	Photo Credits	202
	Index	203