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Pursuing Wild Trout: A Journey in Wilderness Values

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There is a message of utmost importance in this book that is told through amusing stories of adventure into the wilderness: Only if we carefully preserve the trouts extended habitat can we continue to pursue wild trout. Take one or maybe two fish and flavor them. Leave the rest behind and enjoy the wilderness where they are raised. Before you return home, make sure you leave everything around you like it was when you first got there!

This is not just a delightful read, I think it's a "must read" for Dads. Sure, their youngsters will enjoy reading it too, but this little book reminds one just how important it is to take your kid into the out of doors and share the experience. So many activities are now "managed" for our young people, but outdoor adventures like fly fishing with your father do more to foster independent thinking, the spirit of adventure, and, yes - I'll say it - "bond" with your kid than almost any other activity. Great book - buy it - it's worth every penny.

I picked up Bob Madgic's book by chance on a friend's coffee table. I have no interest in trout fishing, some interest in the environment, and a great deal of interest in family values and inter-relationships. To my suprise I read the book from cover to cover being drawn in by the incidents revealing the challenges accepted by this family which were dealt with with good humor and love for each other. They seemed to leave their egos behind them as they experienced the wilderness and the people they met there. Incidently, I learned more about trout fishing and good fishing streams than I really wanted to know, and enjoyed the introduction to a sport of which I knew nothing. There are many reasons to read this book!

I have been to many of the places that Madgic describes and envy his ability to articulate the special feelings that these places engender. A wonderful book that gently arrives at a point of view regarding conservation without being preachy.

This book impressed me with the family's simple enjoyment of each other and their experiences as they search for and learned to treasure and protect the wild trout streams. I enjoyed the illustrations showing various experiences of the family as they went about their adventures.