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Backcasts: A Global History of Fly Fishing and Conservation
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“Many of us probably would be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect.”-Norman Maclean Though Maclean writes of an age-old focus of all anglersthe day’s catchhe may as well be speaking to another, deeper accomplishment of the best fishermen and fisherwomen: the preservation of natural resources.Backcasts celebrates this centuries-old confluence of fly fishing and conservation. However religious, however patiently spiritual the tying and casting of the fly may be, no angler wishes to wade into rivers of industrial runoff or cast into waters devoid of fish or full of invasive species like the Asian carp. So it comes as no surprise that those who fish have long played an active, foundational role in the preservation, management, and restoration of the world’s coldwater fisheries. With sections covering the history of fly fishing; the sport’s global evolution, from the rivers of South Africa to Japan; the journeys of both native and nonnative trout; and the work of conservation organizations such as the Federation of Fly Fishers and Trout Unlimited, Backcasts casts wide. Highlighting the historical significance of outdoor recreation and sports to conservation in a collection important for fly anglers and scholars of fisheries ecology, conservation history, and environmental ethics, Backcasts explores both the problems anglers and their organizations face and how they might serve as models of conservationin the individual trout streams, watersheds, and landscapes through which these waters flow.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780226366579 |
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Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Publication date: | 07/11/2016 |
Pages: | 400 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d) |
About the Author
Samuel Snyder is the Alaska Engagement Director of Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program.
Bryon Borgelt is principal of Saint Rose School in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Elizabeth Tobey is an art historian and independent scholar affiliated with the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland. She lives in Greenbelt, MD.
Bryon Borgelt is principal of Saint Rose School in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Elizabeth Tobey is an art historian and independent scholar affiliated with the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland. She lives in Greenbelt, MD.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Looking Downstream from A River Jen Corrinne Brown Acknowledgments Introduction. A Historical View: Wading through the History of Angling’s Evolving Ethics Samuel SnyderPart One: Historical Perspectives 1 Trout and Fly, Work and Play, in Medieval Europe Richard C. Hoffmann 2 Piscatorial Protestants: Nineteenth-Century Angling and the New Christian Wilderness Ethic Brent Lane 3 The Fly Fishing Engineer: George T. Dunbar, Jr., and the Conservation Ethic in Antebellum America Greg O’BrienPart Two: Geographies of Sport and Concern 4. Protecting a Northwest Icon: Fly Anglers and Their Efforts to Save Wild Steelhead Jack Berryman 5 Conserving Ecology, Tradition, and History: Fly Fishing and Conservation in the Pocono and Catskill Mountains Matthew Bruen 6 From Serpents to Fly Fishers: Changing Attitudes in Blackfeet Country toward Fish and Fishing Ken Lokensgard 7 Thymallus tricolor: The Michigan Grayling Bryon BorgeltPart Three: Native Trout and Globalization 8 “For Every Tail Taken, We Shall Put Ten Back”: Fly Fishing and Salmonid Conservation in Finland Mikko Saikku 9 Trout in South Africa: History, Economic Value, Environmental Impacts, and Management Dean Impson 10 Holy Trout: New Zealand and South Africa Malcolm Draper 11 A History of Angling, Fisheries Management, and Conservation in Japan Masanori HoriuchiPart Four: Ethics and Practices of Conservation 12 For the Health of Water, Fish, and People: Women, Angling, and Conservation Gretel Van Wieren 13 Crying in the Wilderness: Roderick Haig-Brown, Conservation, and Environmental Justice Arn Keeling 14 The Origin, Decline, and Resurgence of Conservation as a Guiding Principle in the Federation of Fly Fishers Rick Williams 15 It Takes a River: Trout Unlimited and Coldwater Conservation John Ross Conclusion. What the Future Holds: Conservation Challenges and the Future of Fly Fishing Jack Williams and Austin Williams Epilogue Chris Wood, CEO, Trout Unlimited Appendix. Research Resources: A List of Libraries, Museums, and Collections Covering Sporting History, Especially Fly Fishing Contributors IndexFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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