Rick Kustich is author of River Journal: Salmon River, Reflections on the Water, Fly Fishing the Great Lakes Tributaries, and Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead, which he co-authored with his brother Jerry. Rick's writing and photography have appeared in numerous national and regional publications. He is also a fly tier and seminar speaker and has produced a fly-tying DVD, Tube Flies for Steelhead. For ten years Rick owned a fly shop in western New York.