Fly-Fishing in Southern New Mexico (Coyote Books (Albuquerque, N.M.).) | 
| Authors: Rex,jr. Johnson, Ronald Smorynski
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0826319823
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.175709789
EAN: 9780826319821
ASIN: 0826319823
Publication Date: August 1, 1998
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Product Description
This unique guide leads the fly-fisherman to little-known trout waters in the remote mountains and canyons of southern New Mexico. Part One reviews trout species in southern New Mexico, fishing regulations, and safety tips. Part Two describes trout streams and lakes in southwestern New Mexico: the Gila National Forest, Pinos Altos Range, Black Range, Mogollon Creek System, San Francisco River system, and Blue River. Part Three is devoted to the waters of the Sacramento Mountains, Zuni Mountains, and the Rio Grande. All descriptions of major drainages include a chart listing the location, available maps, elevation, length, best times to fish, fish species, and fishable tributaries. A map accompanies each drainage system. The authors offer directions to the streams and lakes, describe both main stems and fishable tributaries, and offer tips on how best to fish them. An appendix describes the important aquatic insects of the Gila National Forest.
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 Don't Know What the Problem Is February 28, 2006
Jeffardo (Las Cruces, NM)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think this is a very good book; it's well-written, accurate (for 1995, when it was completed), and it even has a certain "literary" quality. I read the whole 200 pp. in a couple of days without "slobering" (I think this is supposed to mean slobbering, see review below) one bit.
 Don't know what all of the hype is! January 25, 2005
Matt Hav (El Paso, TX USA)
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
I don't know if it was because the author himself really thought this was a good book, or if it was because I had other things on my mind while reading it. Rex Johnson is a fair writer, and does provide interesting information at times. However, I found myself falling asleep, slobering while I was reading it. I guess fly fishing is not for me! Illustrations in the book are up to par. If you like fly fishing, maybe, borrow it before you think about buying it. Really!
A Fine Gila Wilderness Primer June 22, 2004
Wes Hooker (Tucson, Arizona United States)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
The kind of "excellence" described in the author's (excellent) introduction pervades this detailed guide. Historical anecdote is meticulously intertwined with drily philosophical musings on the uneasy relationship between cow, cowboy and trout. Tips for fly types and sizes,line weights, rod lengths and other technicia may seem somewhat cursory,as the author's great affinity is not for technique and equipment but for the wild trout he has caught here. There is a certain "reading between the lines," necessary to get full benefit from this book -- in this way it can be as rewarding (or frustrating) as what is sometimes called literature.
A hidden world in the Gila October 21, 2001
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book is simply the best available for southern New Mexico, and one of the bext of its type. Very comprehensive. It's clear that the author has actually been to and caught fish at the many remote spots he describes, over a period of many years. If you are even thinking of visiting the remote mountains of southern New Mexico, this is for your bookshelf
A great book for a beautiful area. April 25, 2000
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
I have been a fly fisherman from time to time over the last ten years or so, and I lived in the Southwest from 1977 until 1998. My family returned to the area for a vacation and re-visited the Gila National Forest last summer, equipped with a lot of fishing gear and Rex's book. FFSNM seemed to bring the Gila's trout streams to life. This book is a kind of "sleeper'. Not many people have read it, but it's a good example of quality outdoing quantity. A lot of really good things in this world, like this book, remain overlooked, but that's probably fortunate in this case, because, like Rex Johnson, Jr., I liked having the Gila all to myself.
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