This is a wonderful book, full of history and insight, and a little humor. There are even some great fishing tips for the river if one reads carefully and a little between the lines. Mr. Baughman loves the river, as does the photographer Dan Callaghan. I do too, and I hope this book inspires other people to love the river and protect it for future generations.

For those who don't know it, the North Umpqua is a Federal Wild and Scenic River, located on a Scenic Highway. There is very challenging and very rewarding fishing, but fishing is but a small measure of the N. Umpqua experience. As well as the great beauty of the main river, there are many waterfalls on feeder streams. The scenery and wildlife is great for those who move slowly and peacefully.

If you would like to learn about this river, I encourage you to read this book. If you visit the river, please help protect it; it's a treasure. Michael Baughman sees it right, too.

A wonderfully written tale of outdoors and flyfishing. Read this book on the advice of a friend and halfway through I was pulling out the fishing and camping gear and planning a winter trip. This book is a small treasure of a find.

I recommend this book to all the fly tiers out their that dont have this book

This is a great book. Not only does it provide information about 1,500 amazing flies, it also gives short biographies of Dave Whitlock, Randall Kaufmann, Bob Clouser, etc. The flies in this book are great, not only are they innovative, but they are for the most part simple to tie, durable, and will defintely catch the fish that they were made to catch. This is a must for any fly tier. For the beginner it is a great starting point for tying great flies, and for the advance or veteran fly tier it is a great addition. There are also many flies in this book that Umpqua has the copyright to so the patterns of these flies can only be provided in this book.

This is a top-shelf, must have for any fly tyer. It is simply the most complete reference with the best color photography.

This book is a very complete reference. It contains recipes (complete with color photos) for just about every fly you could possibly want. Famous fly tiers such as Gary LaFontaine, Craig Mattews, Mike Lawson, Dave Whitlock, Lefty Krey, and Ed Schroeder contributed their patterns.

The book is very weak in the couple of other areas it covers (such as materials), but if you're looking for one place for most any pattern you could need, this is a great book.

With this book, you can visit the deep canyons of the Rogue River as one of the West's last frontiers. The faded memories recalled by this tale of a good and simple people in a land of hardships will walk with you down a heritage trail, hand in hand with those early trailblazers who opened a wild country of beauty and abundance , the Rogue valley.