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In 1994, at the fly fishing industry’s main trade show in Denver, I was seeking someone who could put together a fly fishing guide to Colorado. My crude and unscientific market research (hunch) back then told me the world needed such a book, mostly because I really like Colorado.

Time and again at that show, fly fishing people in the know pointed to a particular fly shop in Breckenridge as a good place to find such a talent. Check in any phone book (or the back of this guide) and you’ll appreciate the quantity of fly shops and fly fishing powers in Colorado. As mention of this one shop persisted, I decided I’d better find that guy.

Sure enough, Jackson Streit, the person behind The Mountain Angler in Breckenridge, turned out to be one of the best, most modest, friendliest and most talented authorities on fly fishing in Colorado one could hope to meet. After some persuasion, Jackson agreed to put everything he knew about fly fishing in his home state into a No Nonsense guidebook.

When Jackson needed additional information more specific to particular waters, he had scores of willing associates and friends across the state who were happy to contribute to his book. Often he didn’t have to look much farther than the knowledgeable group in his shop, or their buddies.

The result of all this has been one of our most popular books. This is perhaps one of the happiest and most helpful fly fishing collaborations to come from college archrivals. Author Jackson is a University of Denver graduate, and the publisher is a Colorado College alum. Just attend a DU vs. CC hockey game and you will know what I mean.

David Banks