Fishing Yellowstone National Park

Fishing Yellowstone National Park: 3rd Edition

Richard Parks' book Fishing Yellowstone National Park is now in its' third edition. Originally published by Falcon Guides, it is now put out by The Lyons Press. Published in April, 2007, this edition is the most up-to-date of all the Yellowstone Park fishing guides.

It also serves a different function than the rest. Richard is the first to admit that the book is lacking in fly and hatch information, but despite the title it isn't intended as a fishing guide in the sense of many others. Instead, it focuses on describing in precise detail how to access every piece of water in the Park that's worth fishing, including both road and trail mileage down to the nearest tenth of a mile and frank discussions of the difficulty of any hiking involved. It also provides accurate descriptions of what kind of fish and what kind of water characters you'll find on a given stream and suggestions on tactics, and doesn't sugercoat things if the fish are small or way too smart for their own good or the crowds of anglers are thick. When combined with the hatch charts and river and stream descriptions in our Trip Planner, the book gives a thorough introduction to Yellowstone's fish and fisheries, though you should still call us for current conditions.

Click here for reviews of the Second Edition, as none have yet been posted of the Third. If you've read the book, we'd appreciate you posting another review. You can purchase the book from Amazon, but if you buy it from us for slightly more money you get a personalized autograph and also put a nickel or two into Richard's official New Boat Fund.