Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xiii
The Trouting Journals xv
Part I (1989-2001) 1
On Grayling Creek 26 July 1989 2
Hardy LRH Lightweight 28-29 July 1989 6
A Rod, Not a Pole 6 October 1991 11
Four Corners Faraway 28 March 1992 15
The View from Staley Springs 25 July 1992 21
The Beaverhead Is a Movable Feast 3 August 1992 28
Through a Looking Glass 11 October 1992 36
Rainbows in Paradise Valley 2 September 1993 40
In Praise of Small Streams 1 August 1994 49
The Myth of Fishyfus 11 August 1994 57
Nick Nicklas Instructs 27 July 1995 62
Desert Places 18 August 1995 66
For Whom Big Wood River Tolls 26 July 1996 69
Brown Trout after Dark 4 August 1997 73
Western Rivers Guide School 7 July 1998 81
Querencia 11 July 1998 85
Millennial Trout 23 December 1999 89
Elk River Trout Ranch 15 May 2000 93
Success Is Counted Sweetest 15 August 2000 96
Spring Creek Tantalizations 11 August 2001 101
Part II (2002-2015) 107
Marryat's Fly Box 9-10 July 2002 108
On the North Tongue 6-7 August 2002 114
Red Run Brookies 10 October 2003 118
A Fox Barked on the Hiwassee 28 March 2004 121
Fishing with Jim Harrison 18 August 2005 124
In the Driftless Region 29 April 2007 129
Isos and Big Fish 19 June 2007 133
The Big Wet 20 August 2008 140
Co-Ed Angling 6-8 June 2009 144
Front-Door Trout 15 August 2010 148
Slaty Fork Takes Before It Gives 26 September 2011 151
Cruel Sport of the Angling Gods 15 August 2012 157
O'Dell Creek Redux 22 August 2012 161
Honey Ants on the Railroad Ranch 15 August 2013 164
Strange Courage 30 August 2013 169
Looking for Joe Brooks 1 September 2013 174
Déjà Vu All Over Again 13 August 2014 179
The Fisher as He Fishes 1 September 2014 182
Finale, for Now 27 October 2015 188
About the Author 193