Legendary Neversink Cl

by Askins,Justin

• ISBN13: 9781602391147
• ISBN10: 1602391149
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

The Neversink River in New York's Catskill Mountains, with its plunges and gorges, is one of the world's great trout streams. So it's no surprise that this diverse and fecund waterway has compelled the finest fly-fishing writers to take up their pens. This treasury of their best work takes a revelatory look at the river from its earliest days right up to the present, and from its origins high on Slide Mountain to the wild and deep ledge pools where the biggest fish live. It includes pieces by John Burroughs, Theodore Gordon, Edward Ringwood Hewitt, George M. L. LaBranche, Hay Berman, Ernest Schwiebert, Austin M. Francis, A. J. McClane, Len Wright, and Jay Cassell. Every fisheman will want to "catch" this collection!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Speckled Trout	p. 1
Letters from a Recluse	p. 13
Little Talks about Fly-Fishing	p. 23
Conditions of the Life of Trout	p. 37
The Point of View	p. 53
Sunshine and Shadow	p. 59
Some Big Fish on the Neversink	p. 69
With Hewitt on the Neversink	p. 79
The Quest for Theodore Gordon	p. 85
The Golden Age	p. 113
Neversink Fishing	p. 119
The Woman Flyfishers Club	p. 123
Incident on the Bushkill	p. 129
The Great Days	p. 131
Salar Sebago	p. 133
The Endless Belt	p. 145
Last Days Are for Dreamers	p. 153
A Rivers Tale	p. 159
The 100-Year Fly	p. 167
Intimations at Denniston's Flats	p. 173
A Camp on the Neversink	p. 181
Brief Selected Bibliography	p. 185
Eyes on the River	p. 187
The Gorge Controversy
Catskill Victory Nears
On the Road in the Catskills: The Lost River of Xanadu
Fishing Prohibited in New State Park
State Owns Prime Fishing Spot but Can't Use It
Two Neversink Tributaries to Be Named
New York Plans Action on Neversink Land
Debate Over a Proposed Park
Historic Neversink River: A Legal Dispute Runs Through It
The Neversink War
Neversink Gorge Controversy: One View
Some Effective Flies on the Neversink	p. 211
Credits	p. 215
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