"Succeeds at both fishing and history."—Kaatskill Life
Ed Van Put begins this important new book with the history of native brook trout and offers little-known details about their sizes, abundance, and demise from over-fishing, the growth of streamside industries, and the introduction of competitive species. He records the attempts to restore the depleted fishery by restocking streams with hatchery-bred trout, and then the introduction of rainbow trout from California and brown trout from Europe, and their impact upon Catskill trout fishing. Throughout, this is a history of people and methods as well as rivers, and there are profiles of Theodore Gordon, Art Flick, Harry and Elsie Darbee, Sparse Grey Hackle, and more. No serious trout fisherman, in any part of the country, will want to miss this pioneering portrait of a seminal region in American angling history. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout
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“No one knows trout fishing in the Catskills as well as Ed Van Put – both its present day angling possibilities and its fascinating history.”—Nick Lyons
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Ed Van Put has worked as a fisheries professional with New York State since 1969. An avid fly fisherman for more than fifty years, he wrote the important The Beaverkill, and his articles have appeared in The Conservationist, Trout, Fly Fisherman, Fly Rod & Reel, and elsewhere.
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This is a very interesting, informative and entertaining book. I live on the northern edge of the catskills and have fished many of the places mentioned. I really enjoyed reading this and would recommend it to anyone who loves trout fishing.
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A Remarkable Book,
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This book chronicles the history of the Catskill Mountains in New York through the ribbon of trout fishing since its inception in the US. It is a fascinating story told by the King of the Delaware, Ed Van Put. This story will hold the attention of ardent fisherman and history buffs alike. The photography is beautiful and I learned so much about the plight of the fish and it's environs through the last 200 years. Any fisherman would be thrilled to cast a line around this book.
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Great book...recommend to all those interested in flyfishing,
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Great indepth history of the beginning of flyfishing in the Catskills with biographies of the flyfishing legends...
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The Catskill region is a densely forested mountainous area renowned for its rivers, streams, waterfalls, and scenic landscape, as well as for influencing many of Americas earliest and most famous writers, poets, artists, and naturalists. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fish commission, dry brook, trout pond, fish protectors, domestic trout, wood chemical industry, major trout stream, organized sportsmen, hatching house, raising trout, native brook trout, professional fly tier, largest brook trout, wood duck wings, wood duck flank feathers, avid fly fisher, brown trout eggs, large brook trout, first brown trout, trout fishermen, private fishing clubs, casting tournaments, stocking trout, large brown trout, fishing articles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, East Branch, Sullivan County, Theodore Gordon, Esopus Creek, West Branch, Seth Green, East Brook, Delaware River, Big Indian, Stony Clove, Balsam Lake, Rube Cross, Schoharie Creek, Mill Brook, American Angler, Delaware County, United States, Conservation Department, Rondout Creek, Henry Inman, New Jersey, Ulster County, Willowemoc Creek, Hudson River Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The Catskill region is a densely forested mountainous area renowned for its rivers, streams, waterfalls, and scenic landscape, as well as for influencing many of Americas earliest and most famous writers, poets, artists, and naturalists. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fish commission, dry brook, trout pond, fish protectors, domestic trout, wood chemical industry, major trout stream, organized sportsmen, hatching house, raising trout, native brook trout, professional fly tier, largest brook trout, wood duck wings, wood duck flank feathers, avid fly fisher, brown trout eggs, large brook trout, first brown trout, trout fishermen, private fishing clubs, casting tournaments, stocking trout, large brown trout, fishing articles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, East Branch, Sullivan County, Theodore Gordon, Esopus Creek, West Branch, Seth Green, East Brook, Delaware River, Big Indian, Stony Clove, Balsam Lake, Rube Cross, Schoharie Creek, Mill Brook, American Angler, Delaware County, United States, Conservation Department, Rondout Creek, Henry Inman, New Jersey, Ulster County, Willowemoc Creek, Hudson River Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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