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September 2006

A Passion for Steelhead

Dec Hogan

No other game fish stirs the passion of the dedicated steelhead fly fisher as does this big sea-run rainbow—whether rising to intercept a dry fly skated across a September tailout on a high-desert canyon river in Oregon, or taking a deeply swinging wet fly on a swollen springtime river in coastal British Columbia. From his longtime base on Washington State's legendary Skagit River, highly regarded steelhead guide and fly fisher Dec Hogan has done and seen it all. Now he brings together a lifetime of solid steelheading experience to write a book which, if not the last word on the subject, is destined to be an instant classic. A Passion for Steelhead will cover all the basic techniques proven on thousands upon thousands of steelhead successfully hooked, selecting the best fly for various river conditions, choosing the right tackle for you, effectively covering different water types, learning to spey cast, practical strategies for finding productive streams by the season, and a fascinating and highly original look at how steelhead take (or refuse) a fly, based on the author's personal observations of more than 1,000 summer-run steelhead movements during nine intense seasons. The book will be filled with the author's own impressive color photography and illustrated with many beautiful pencil sketches of two-handed casting and steelhead taking the fly.

Trade Edition: $59.95 hardbound, 319 pages

Limited Edition: $250 Leather-bound, signed and numbered 51-250

Premium Edition: $750 (Includes leather-bound and numbered books 1-50 signed by Dec Hogan, plus your choice of one of three limited-edition framed steelhead fishing photographs and spey flies tied by the author; custom mounted by Angler's Choice Framing. The other two archival shadowboxes with your number many be purchased for $350 each to complete your set of three.)

Numbers will be reserved strictly in the order received and purchased. Prices do not include shipping or insurance charges, which are additional. Washington State residents add 8.9% sales tax.

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Street shipping address: 2315 210th Street SE, Bothell, Washington 98021