Table of Contents
Foreword Jimmy Carter xiii
Introduction Howell Raines xv
The Evolution of a Flyfisher Joan Salvato Wulff 1
Environmentalists vs. Native Trout Ted Williams 5
What Comes of Reading Old Fishing Stories G. M. Wickstrom 14
The Lucy Coffin W.D. Wetherell 23
Midstream Crisis Lamar Underwood 37
Man's Best Friend: Should You Take Your Dog Fishing? Rhea Topping 44
Steelhead Dreams: A personal Odyssey in search of the fish that matters most E. Donnall Thomas Jr. 48
The Secrets of the Littlehorn William G. Tapply 54
The Saga of the Yellowfin Mark Sosin 58
The Fishing of Caribou Creek Paul Schullery 62
Still Unravished Art Scheck 66
The Novitiate's Tale Marjorie Sandor 74
Excerpt from An Even-Tempered Angler Louis Rubin Jr. 80
Getting Hooked Roy Rowan 83
A Single Step George Reiger 89
Like Father, Like Son Steve Raymond 91
Alaska John Randolph 96
Excerpt from The One That Got Away Howell Raines 107
Sacred Eels James Prosek 110
The Island Margot Page 125
A Disappearing Act Craig Nova 134
A River of Child Seth Norman 136
From Birth Jake Mosher 140
What's in a Name? Howard Frank Mosher 145
The Surrender Bil Monan 148
Winter Fishing-Looking Over My Shoulder Steven J. Meyers 156
Speaking of Spoons John Merwin 159
Fishing for American Shad John McPhee 162
Excerpt from "Skelton's Party" Thomas McGuane 166
The Mayfly Terry McCarthy 170
The Haddycall Bruce E. Matthews 173
Stepping Up to the Plate for Wild Trout, Clean Air and Wild Places-1% for the Planet Craig Mathews 176
On Norman Maclean John N. Maclean 180
The Once and Future Sport Nick Lyons 183
Red, White, and Bluegill Ted Leeson 186
Hard Hands, Soft Moon Sydney Lea 190
Keeping Busy When not on the Casting Deck Lefty Kreh 195
2000 Words of Heartfelt Advice Verlyn Klinkenborg 198
Head-Spinning Ed Gray 203
Fishing the Run John Graves 206
The Shanty Jerry Gibbs 219
A Fly Box John Engels 226
Life, Death, and Tuna David DiBenedetto 232
Excerpt from An Outdoor Journal Jimmy Carter 234
Excerpt from Sowbelly Monte Burke 239
Martha's Vineyard Island, Mass. Nelson Bryant 244
Take Me Fishing John Bryan 247
The Man Who Lived Two lives in One-Zane Grey Robert H. Boyle 252
Nothing Fishy About Trout Dave Barry 265
Excerpt from Crazy for Rivers Bill Barich 268
