Spring Creek: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition

By Nick Lyons

Book Overview

The classic memoir of a fly fisherman's love affair with a river.
For years, Nick Lyons has been one of the most popular fishing writers in America. Thirty years ago, he wrote his masterpiece, Spring Creek, now reprinted in a beautiful collector's edition.

Spring Creek is one of those rare places where the trout are as long as your arm, but also exceedingly difficult to catch. Lyons recounts a month's adventures on this river, a time in which he explores its secrets and confronts its greatest challenges. At first he catches little. Then, slowly, he acquires the various and special skills and disciplines necessary to take the large, wary brown trout of this extraordinary river.

Spring Creek is the record of halcyon days astream. It is a fisherman's book, drawing a rare portrait of an angler actually learning to fish more wisely, filled with battles between angler and trout, a few epic victories, and even more epic defeats. Spring Creek is a richly humorous and perceptive account of an angler's passion for his sport--and a book all fishermen will cherish.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1510772367
• ISBN13: 9781510772366
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Dairy of a trout fisherman

Start to finish, a wonderful book. The author recounts his adventures (and in some cases, misadventures) from one month on a private trout stream. The epic "battle" with the snake alone is worth the price of the book. Any rabid fisherman should have this book in their library.

Nick Lyons' best work.

For me, the premier flyfishing book. It's the only fishing story I'll read every year.If they had a hardcover version, I'd buy it.

One of the best fly fishing titles ever!

I was a fan of Nick Lyons' after reading "Bright Rivers" and this book just solidified that. Although not a "how to" book on fishing spring creeks, it does offer some instruction in the form of the author's experiences. Lyons' books are similar to Gierach... well written, funny, witty with a little self deprecating humor, and A LOT of fishing! Some of his experiences on this creek are nothing short of amazing. A definite classic.