Publications

Sea Run Cutthroat Trout: A Saltwater Fly Angler’s Guide to Their Biology, Prey, Angling Strategies, and Conservation from California to Alaska.

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Sea run cutthroat trout inhabit the margins of aquatic communities. These are the runs, washes and aquatic byways that other salmonids rarely frequent. Their nuptial beds are in the margins of very small streams and tributaries. These are where they spend two to three formative years feeding in their mostly hidden lairs. When they move down and out of rivers and streams and into estuaries they prefer outer margins of ever-changing nearshore areas. Once in saltwater they mostly confine themselves to low salinity margins of inland seas, areas that are subject to often aggressive and ever-changing tidal dynamics. They rarely venture into calmer, deeper waters. Regardless of where they are, they are non-discerning marginal eaters targeting what is most available at any given time, in any given place.

This book is the most definitive treatise written on sea run cutthroat trout to date. In it Richard Stoll explores the realms of sea run cutthroat trout from both scientific and practical angling perspectives. Richard attempts to unlock their secrets and expose their habits as has never been done before. At the same time he engenders a new age of ethical angling; that is how, where and when to angle for these fish while preserving the resource.
This book is an invaluable read for the fly angler who wants to explore this exciting and heretofore substantially unexploited fly fishery.
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Fly-fishing Inshore Saltwaters for Pacific Salmon available for $24.95.

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One of the great misconceptions amongst fly fishing writers and indeed everyday fly anglers is that fish see the way humans see. Not only are fish eyes constructed different than human eyes, and for different intended purposes, but fish eyes are wired to fish brains differently. Further, how light acts in water is substantially different than the way it acts in air. There are also other key senses complexes through which fish perceive their food and environment in very different ways. One of these complexes, the Acoustico-Lateralis System, does not even exist in humans. At times these other senses may be even more important in fish feeding behaviors than sight.

As an aquatic biologist, environmental engineer, and avid fly angler Richard combines the above observations with the major environmental factors that affect the aquatic environments fish live in. From this he creates truly unique fly fishing perspectives and approaches not only for salmon, but for fly fishing in general.
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