This new edition of A Fly Fisherman's Blue Ridge offers readers a chance to revisit a contemporary classic of fly fishing literature, a book that takes the reader through a year of fly fishing backcountry mountain streams from Pennsylvania to Georgia. Camuto's love of trout fishing is wedded to a keen awareness of both history and nature. Although the author has fished for trout from Oregon to Russia, he still lives in the shadow of the Blue Ridge and still considers its trout streams to be the best rivers he has ever fished.
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The free-running love of wild trout and trout rivers in these 11 linked articles nearly overflows the cycle-of-the-fisherman's-year structure meant to contain it. Camuto's style is informed by what premier angling essayist Roderick Haig-Brown has described as the "power, grace, and associations" of rivers. From the chill opening piece, "Solstice," on the obsessive joys of fishing in winter, to "Autumn Brown on the Rose," the author carries us down a half-dozen remote wild trout waters of the Shenandoah Valley. The essays draw in the tributaries of the area's rich folklore, complex geology and colonial history--including the evidence of pollution and stress on the watershed--and emerge as a strong voice for real wilderness: "If the mountains can be said to have a consciousness, it is to be found in these trout." Camuto's first book ranks with angling's best by Nick Lyons, Norman McLean and Haig-Brown, and should appeal to a wide naturalist audience.
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The author, a writer and photographer who has contributed to Fly Fisherman, Trout , and Sierra magazines, here lovingly describes fly fishing in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the sport can be pursued while savoring the region's enchanting variety of fauna and flora. In a dynamic but low key series of 11 essays, he weaves a colorful, delicate tapestry of words around his pursuit of the wild trout, placing it in the context of the revolving, kaleidoscopic seasons of nature and giving the reader a new understanding of this magical world. Recommended for any outdoor-lover who appreciates fly fishing and excellent writing.-- Eugene J. Millich, Univ. of Wisconsin Lib., LaCrosse correction: The final sentence in the re view of Steve Grooms's Pheasant Hunter's Harvest (LJ 9/15/90) should have read "Rec ommended for public libraries, particularly those west of the Mississippi River," not east of the Mississippi.
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Camuto takes the reader through one year of fly fishing in the Blue Ridge Mountains, delving into the changes he observes in his streams. The book contains much that is of practical use to fly fisherman, such as the timing of hatches, etc, but its real strength lies in the beauty with which Camuto describes his surroundings. He is a true naturalist in that he actually participates in that which he describes, unlike so many who only observe. I have camped in his Blue Ridge and fished his streams, and I must say that my time spent there has been enriched by his thoughtful commentary. I highly recommend this book for naturalists and fly fisherman alike.
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In winter the North Fork of the Moormans River flows implacably gray, as if it had been dyed a granite shade by the eroding mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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wild trout water, winter trout, hatchery trout, native brook trout, native trout, fly fisherman, good trout, rising trout, forage fish, emerald pool, fly fishermen Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Natural History Essays (Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists) by Henry David Thoreau in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains: An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America by Timothy Silver in Back Cover
- The Height of Our Mountains: Nature Writing from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley by Michael P. Branch in Back Matter
- Chattooga: Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River by John Lane in Back Matter
- Moon Handbooks Virginia: Including Washington, D.C. by Julian Smith in Back Matter
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