Jay Ford Thurston brings anglers the best fifty streams in Wisconsin and the science of trout, their habits and their habitats.

A profile of twenty of Wisconsin's finest streams. The authors share their fishing experiences, offering detailed maps and descriptions of the stream's location and natural setting, and conservation history.

In this completely updated and expanded second edition, veteran anglers Jim Humphrey and Bill Shogren have added information on dozens of new streams. The authors describe their native trout waters with an evocative sense of place and anecdotes that convey not only the details but also the experience an angler can expect.

The sixty stories in Spring Creek Treasure contain 150 trout tips, more than any other trout fishing book. You will read about the importance of fishing when the stream temperature is rising. And I tell you exactly why trout go on a feed at water temperatures of 40, 45, and 49 degrees. Then I explain where you can catch large trout when the water temperature rises to the magic 45 degree mark. In the back of my book is my list of, Wisconsin's 100 Best Trout Streams. The streams are listed in order of priority and I provide the location of each stream. My book gives you a lifetime of Wisconsin trout streams and tells you when to fish them. An avid trout angler asked me why I keep giving away all my trout secrets. I told him, "It challenges me to keep fishing and discover more trout fishing secrets." ---Jay Ford Thurston

Smallmouth bass swim in more streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs than any other gamefish, and exceptional, world-class fishing opportunities for them are found across the country, from the John Day River in Oregon to the Great Lakes, to Maine’s Penobscot. While numerous books have been written on smallmouth, this is the first book to cover the cutting edge techniques and fly patterns being used by some of the country’s top fly fishing guides. Though most of these flies and techniques have been developed and refined in the rivers and lakes of the Midwest (a hotbed of smallmouth fly fishing) anglers can adapt them for their waters. Cutting edge fly patterns for smallmouth, including full color plates and recipes, as well as new techniques for fishing these patterns A “tips” section from various guides, both old school and new, including Luke Kavajecz, Kyle Zempel, Austin Adduci, Kip Vieth, and Bart Landwehr Covers smallmouth bass essentials including biology, behavior, and where to find trophy bass Interviews with Mike Schultz, Lefty Kreh, Chuck Kraft, and Larry Dahlberg

Trout anglers, as a group, are deeply polarized. The author travels to the famed Driftless Area in the rural southwestern corner of Wisconsin to fish its spring creeks for brown trout and explore the science, culture and history of social divides. "Lost in the Driftless" looks at the role of regulations, the impacts of destination fisheries, the role of social science in fisheries management, and creek and wild trout restoration. The author's guide is a well-known, self-described Wisconsin "trout regulations protester." Author documents his fight to bring the "locals" back to trout fishing.