Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xi
1 One Fish for Us All 1
2 Exploring 6
3 The Caddis Connection 10
4 A South-County River 13
5 A Coast Stream Primer 15
6 The Fishing Deer 20
7 Ben's Boy 22
8 Learn to Pee Before You Put Your Waders On 30
9 Troubled Waters, Troubled Trout 32
10 Metamorphosis 36
11 Lost Lakes 38
12 Free Advice 44
13 A Quiet Shout 46
14 The Telltale Deer 49
15 Home Waters 56
16 Friendly Persuasion 59
17 Bass Is a Four-Letter Word 63
18 The Ugly Duckling 68
19 Steelheading with Flies 71
20 The Purist in Winter 76
21 When the Rivers Are Dropping and Clearing 78
22 When the Rivers Are Low and Clear 91
23 Winter's Hope 105
24 A Failed Instinct 109
25 The Edges of Fishing 120
26 Sea-Run 123
27 Flies 141
28 Puzzled on the Pallix 146
29 Fly Fishing for Salmon 149
30 Coho 153
31 Bridge Fishermen 158
32 Kandoll's Explosion 161
33 The Ocean Fishery 167
34 A Fly-Fishing Lesson 169
35 The Golden Age of Astoria 177
36 Unlandable Lingcod 184
Conclusion 191
Epilogue 194