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

by Paul Schullery

Overview

In seven essays sometimes controversial, sometimes reflective, all fascinating, Paul Schullery ruminates on the evolution of fly fishing and delves into the big issues affecting the world of fly fishing today and tomorrow. Dams' effect on fishing, the supposed cruelty of catch-and-release, competition among fly fishers, spinning versus fly fishing, and how transportation has changed the sport are just a few of the topics he covers.Learn more at author Paul Schullery's website.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811704359
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	07/28/2008
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)

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