Reviewed by Ron Eagle Elk
Okay, it's December or January and there is a light
snow falling. You're sitting on a waterworn cedar log,
a small warming fire blazing on the gravel bar
to chase the chill from fingers and ears, the rush of
an ice cold river along the gravel makes background
music. Sitting across the fire from you is a your
fishing guide, who happens to be world class steelheader,
Dec Hogan, and he's giving up all he knows to help you
catch the elusive steelhead. Sound like the trip of a
life time? A trip to spend the kid's inheritance on? Well,
boys and girls, I just had that trip and it only cost me $59.95.
Okay, so maybe we weren't sitting on a gravel bar, but it
felt like it. I spent a few days reading A Passion For
Steelhead, by Dec Hogan. Passion would be a good word
to describe the way Hogan writes about steelheading and
the fish he knows so well.
The book is 8 1/2" x 11", 319 pages are crammed with
good information on steelhead, steelhead flies, reading
steelhead water, casting to steelhead, and how steelhead
attack your fly. Not only is it filled with technical
information about steelheading, it is a good read! There
is no dry drivel thought up by a scientist, this is the
passionate talk of a fishing guide truly enamored with
his prey and their pursuit. The many eye-catching color
photos and black and white sketches only add to the
clearly written word.
If you're a steelheader already, only dreamed about
casting to those chrome torpedoes, or are gearing up
to tackle the waters for the first time, this is the
book for you (and me). Primarily written for the two
handed caster, the information in this book relates
to all steelheaders on the fly.
Though it would make a great coffee table book, my copy
is going to be hidden away from view. One of my fishing
buddies may see it and want to borrow it, and I may not
get it back. Ron Eagle Elk ~ REE
A Passion for Steelhead
By Dec Hogan
Hardcover; 319 pages
Size: 11 x 8 1/2.
Hardcover ISBN: 09746427-1-1 $59.95
Published by: Wild River Press
2315 210th Street SE
Bothell, WA 98021
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