Steve Beck’s first book is Yosemite Trout Fishing Guide. He’s fly-fished the Sierra for twenty years from his nearby home in Merced (the "Gateway to Yosemite") CA, where he lives with his wife and two young children. As a freelance writer he has also written articles for national fishing magazines. He spent five years doing extensive field work gathering the fishing information for this book. During that time he estimates he hiked over 1000 miles exploring Yosemite’s scenic waters while catching and releasing thousands of colorful wild trout.

Steve Beck’s most recent book is Trout Fishing the John Muir Trail, published Feb. 2000. After devoting many years to becoming intimately acquainted with Yosemite and its trout, he turned his attention to the spectacular high country of the southern Sierra. During the past few years, his summers have been pleasurably spent hiking the John Muir Trail, with fly rod in hand, exploring its sparkling waters. Of his work on both books he says, "Fishing for the most beautiful fish I know, in the most beautiful place I know, has been a labor of love".

Yosemite Trout Fishing Guide, by Steve Beck, 1995 Frank Amato Publications (15.95).

Trout Fishing the John Muir Trail, by Steve Beck, 2000 Frank Amato Publications (19.95).

Signed copies (both books are all color) will be available after the program, as will flies designed and tied by the author.

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