Beaverkill - Hardcover

Put, Ed Van

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811715469 ISBN 13: 9780811715461

Publisher: Stackpole / Headwater, 2016

Synopsis

This complete social and environmental history of America's first famous trout stream completely revises and updates an out-of-print classic. Teeming with information on its colorful history and painstakingly researched, The Beaverkill is the must-read book on the famed river and its rise as a premiere Catskills fly fishing destination.

The story of "America's stream" from its ancient past to the present

Portraits of the legendary fly fishers, fly tiers, and writers who populated its waters

New sections on favorite flies, famous pools, and fishing tips

Newly restored & gorgeous color photography

About this title

About the Author

Ed Van Put, an avid fly fisherman for more than fifty years, worked as a fisheries professional with New York State for over 45 years, and authored several essential books on fly fishing and its history & development in America. His first book, "The Beaverkill: The History of a River and its People," first released in 1996 and later expanded & revised in 2016, is the definitive book on the famous river. The follow-up "Trout Fishing in the Catskills" received similar acclaim as a must-read expansive exploration of the development of the Catskills as America's premiere fishing destination. His articles have appeared in The Conservationist, Trout, Fly Fisherman, Fly Rod & Reel, and elsewhere. He was a founding member of the Beamoc Chapter of Trout Unlimited, as well as a founding member of the Catskill Fly Tiers Guild. He learned to tie flies from Harry and Elsie Darbee, the noted Catskill tiers, and lives in the Catskills with his wife Judy.

From the Back Cover

"Ed Van Put's The Beaverkill is a masterful history of one of America's most important and beloved trout streams. In this new edition, the author has significantly enhanced his vivid and colorful account of the evolution of fly fishing on the river. A meticulous historian, Van Put enriches the story of fly fishing with his comprehensive knowledge of the geography and social history of the Catskills. A joy to read and essential to understanding the deep roots of trout fishing in American life."

- Christopher Camuto, author and columnist for Gray's Sporting Journal and Trout

"The Beaverkill is the kind of book you read slowly because you don't want it to end. It's a fascinating and delightful history of one of the world's great trout streams and the people who have relied on it over the centuries for physical and spiritual sustenance. Ed Van Put played an important role in that history, and has uncovered the rest through prodigious research. The story he brings to life is, in many ways, the story of American fly fishing itself. Anyone who loves rivers, trout, and angling will love this book."

- Morgan Lyle, author of Simple Flies and columnist for the New York Outdoor News

"Historian Ed Van Put is to American fly fishing, in particular its Catskill cradle, what Gibbon was to Rome. Unlike Gibbon, compelled to labor in dusty archives in search of new material, Van Put has been able to mine deep seams of information recently made available on the Internet for his revised edition of The Beaverkill. A rich cast of characters - ranging from preachers, artists, and writers to fish culturists, innkeepers, biologists, and fly tiers, capped by wet and dry Beaverkill flies tied by the author - make the book a landmark in its field."

- Robert H. Boyle, author of The Hudson River: A Natural and Unnatural History

Edition details

• Publisher: Stackpole / Headwater
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811715469
• ISBN 13: 9780811715461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256