Trout Madness [Hardcover]

Robert Traver (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Trout Madness was John D. Voelker's (aka, Robert Traver) fifth book (to be followed by his equally popular, Trout Magic). Here, for the delight of his many fans and friends, are twenty-one stories gleaned from the lifetime of glorious fishing - as true as can be expected of a fisherman. They cover the whole range of the trout fishing season, from The First Day ("Entire expedition got half shot and retired in vast disorder") to The Last Day ("Only eight more months to the magic first day"). There are hilarious stories that make one laugh out loud and stories that have an undercurrent of deep emotion. But each one carries that special kind of oblique humor and canniness that were John D. Voelker's special mark. And though this is no "how to" book, the author cannot help divulge in his stories some of the tricks of a lifetime of wily fishing.

Here are a few of the stories: "The First Day," "Fish Car," "The Haunted Pond," "Trout Heaven," "The Old and the Proud," "The Old Fox," "Spots Before the Eyes," and "The Last Day." (71/4 X 101/4, 196 pages)

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Trout Madness was John D. Voelker's (aka, Robert Traver) fifth book (to be followed by his equally popular, Trout Magic). Here, for the delight of his many fans and friends, are twenty-one stories gleaned from the lifetime of glorious fishing - as true as can be expected of a fisherman. They cover the whole range of the trout fishing season, from The First Day ("Entire expedition got half shot and retired in vast disorder") to The Last Day ("Only eight more months to the magic first day"). There are hilarious stories that make one laugh out loud and stories that have an undercurrent of deep emotion. But each one carries that special kind of oblique humor and canniness that were John D. Voelker's special mark. And though this is no "how to" book, the author cannot help divulge in his stories some of the tricks of a lifetime of wily fishing.Here are a few of the stories: "The First Day," "Fish Car," "The Haunted Pond," "Trout Heaven," "The Old and the Proud," "The Old Fox," "Spots Before the Eyes," and "The Last Day." (71/4 X 101/4, 196 pages)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 196 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585741078
• ISBN-13: 978-1585741076
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,177,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Step into the world of Robert Traver and improve your own., March 26, 1997

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This review is from: Trout Madness: Being a Dissertation on the Symptoms and Pathology of This Incurable Disease by One of Its Victims (Hardcover)

This book relates simple tales of a lawyer gone mad with trout fishing. What is so unique about this book is the simplicity in the stories told, they feel so close to the heart that the reader can almost touch them. Reading this book will show you how to appreciate the simple things in life and to take notice of the vast array of people who inhabit this world. Even if you have never fished for trout you're sure to enjoy this book

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Writer Ever to Come Out of the Upper Lakes, November 27, 2005

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G. E. Mantel "RCM-Maki" (Mesabi Iron Range) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trout Madness (Paperback)

John Voelker is a U.P. legend, hero, statesman & sportsman with a personal history that proves very unique within a very unique part of our landscape. Lord rest (and preserve!) his soul, because there will never be another like him.

All of his stuff is worth a read though I prefer to his "Courtroom Dramas" his 'trout' books published after he abruptly retired from the insanity of Michigan's Supreme Court and retreated to the relative calm of the woods (and the Rainbow Bar) near Ishpeming & Gwinn, Michigan.

This I say in part because the U.P. is still the best 'wilderness' trout experience east of the Mississippi as I well know from my own experiences.

Traver's trout tales are not merely 'how to' books but are stories of relationships, friendships, adventure and (most of all) the Essence of Life's Simplicities.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tales and Tails, What a Catch, January 26, 2010

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Dr. Cardinal "Cardinal Bound!!!!" (Free of the Mountains!!!!!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trout Madness (Paperback)

I love books where the author has been able to craft such a product that it is as though you are right there in their mind as the write their stories. This book is an example of such a product, as a result, it provides you with a portal into a forgotten era as it impact an area that few of us are only vaguely aware of. You will step into the UP of Michigan during the gaslight era to see what trout fishing meant to people of the that time and place. And it is done so well that you never even have time to realize how foreign this land is to you. The trout action is also very wonderful, while not a "how to" type of book it is still somewhat useful because it introduces you to the ways of old. All in all, a great book of trout tales.