AD: The Half-Pounder

  AD: The Half-Pounder A Steelhead Trout Dennis P. Lee 2015 SIGNED # 284 of 500 SCARCE

The Half-Pounder A Steelhead Trout: Life History and Fly Fishing

2015 Stated First Edition Hardcover with DJ by Dennis P. Lee

VERY SCARCE & OOP

**  Limited Edition of 500 copies, this copy being #284,  SIGNED and NUMBERED by the author, Dennis P. Lee **

In The Half-Pounder – A Steelhead Trout, Lee summarizes information from published & unpublished scientific fishery studies & popular literature. Information on early history, geography, streamflows, access, run size, run timing and distribution, age and growth, and angler catch of half-pounders from the Rogue, Klamath, Eel and Mad rivers is included. Furthermore, a chapter covers the Sacramento River and its unique run of Central Valley steelhead.

Equally important the book includes chapters on half-pounder fly fishing equipment, fly presentation and methods, and the history, styles, and flies used by anglers for half-pounders. Included are 156 individual color photographs and descriptions of historical and present day half-pounder flies. A chapter on conservation and management and an extensive reference section of both scientific and popular steelhead literature is included.

Dennis retired from the California Department of Fish and Game in 2006 as a Supervising Fishery Biologist after 35 years managing California’s inland and anadromous fisheries. He began his career began in 1970 as a Fish and Wildlife Assistant at the Nimbus Salmon and Steelhead Hatchery on the American River and supervised and assisted in a variety of statewide projects and programs during his career. 

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