The New American Trout Fishing. This item is unavailable.The New American Trout Fishing

Briefly traces the history of American trout fishing, discusses trout behavior, fly casting, and fly tying, and looks at new devlopments in fishing equipment and technique

Dedicated trout fishers will find whatever they're looking for herein. The less-than-dedicated, however, will suffer serious eye-glazing as the many, many pages (for a trout tome, after all) inflict information overload. It seems that zillions of volumes on fly-fishing for trout have been printed all too recently and that Merwin condenses just about all of them into one relatively large mass. From his effort, a fly fisher for trout will learn how the various trout species came to be (not all are North American natives), the many techniques and tactics for catching them, and healthy doses of fly-fishing history and trout stream ecology. Meanwhile, average persons (non-trout nuts) may marvel at trout anglers' ability to go on and on about the wonders and the glories of this type of fishing. Still, if you need a really good text on all aspects of fly-fishing for trout in streams (a rather specialized form of fishing), this is one of the best to come bobbing along lately. Jon Kartman

This is a delightful, well-written, and personal overview of freshwater fly fishing, emphasizing not only recent developments in tackle, equipment, and technique but also increased scientific knowledge about trout behavior and ecosystems. The book is divided into five parts dealing with trout species, tackle, aquatic entomology, artificial flies, and presentation, plus a miscellaneous section on water, fly tying, and etiquette; appendixes treat knots and fly patterns. Each chapter includes personal anecdotes from other prolific angling authors. Aimed at informed readers and filled with historical, biological, and bibliographic references, this book is a thorough, readable, and welcome work in a crowded field. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries, particularly in Northern states.
- Roland Person, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
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