If Fish Could Scream: An Angler's Search for the Future of Fly Fishing

by Paul Schullery

Overview

In essays sometimes controversial, sometimes reflective, all fascinating, Paul Schullery ruminates on the evolution of fly fishing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811751650
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	07/28/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Paul Schullery, an honored naturalist who Trout magazine hails as our preeminent angling historian, lives in Bozeman, Montana.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Stand Facing the River     vii
Uncles and Other Heroes: Fly Fishing and the Culture of Celebrity     1
All the Long Desired Things: Trains, Tracks, and Trout     17
Spinners and Sinners     31
A Great Want of True Angling Sentiment: Is Competitive Fly Fishing Fatal?     51
If the Fishes Will Be Patient: Fly Fishing, Wild Rivers, and the Legions of the Dammed     75
Outworn Privileges: Trout Wonderland and the Institutionalizing of Angling's Identity Crisis     101
If Fish Could Scream: How Cruelty Helped Shape the Modern Fly Fisher     125
Acknowledgments     169
Notes     172
Index     191