The Last Wild Trout

Author : Greg French
Publisher : Affirm Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781925475760

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The Last Wild Trout by Greg French Pdf

Trout are found in some of the most wild, romantic and scenically diverse habitats on Earth, and fly fishers the world over share a unique camaraderie, something universally profound and sincere. In The Last Wild Trout, Greg French explores the last truly great and most coveted trout fisheries left on the planet. Roaming the final frontiers of trout fishing, Greg visits twenty locations including Tasmania, New Zealand, Iceland, the British Isles, Mongolia, Slovenia, British Columbia, Wyoming, California, Nevada and Hokkaido. Each chapter deals with a unique species or subspecies of wild trout, and tells a compelling human narrative set against a backdrop of conservation. Photo sections and taxonomy notes complete the picture in this fascinating book. Reflecting on the complexity of humanity?s interactions with pristine natural environments and threatened fisheries, The Last Wild Trout is a reminder from one of the world?s best fishing writers of the beauty and importance of nature in all of our lives.

Author : Rex Johnson
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0826322735

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The Quiet Mountains by Rex Johnson Pdf

Readers who believe as Herman Melville's Ishmael, that "meditation and water are wedded for ever," will be entranced by Rex Johnson, Jr.'s, account of his travels to the upper Bavispe River in Mexico's northern Sierra Madre. Combining travel observations, natural history, ethnography, ecology, and ichthyology, Johnson's narrative plunges the reader into a world that is so far from the twenty-first-century United States that it is difficult to believe how physically close the two countries actually are. Johnson goes in search of an ancient species of trout, the Bavispe, at least 3 million years old. It has been easier for the Bavispe to remain unchanged for millennia than for the human inhabitants of the Sierra Madre to endure for mere centuries. Johnson notes the area's Indian descendants are in the process of becoming modern, and the needs of the ancient trout, dependent on pure, unpolluted water, collide at times with the choices of people scratching out an existence in a challenging environment. The parallel stories from natural and human history are a central theme in Johnson's account of environmental change and its consequences, layered with the personal, contemplative meaning he finds in the quest for the seldom-seen fish.

Author : Greg French
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Fishers
ISBN : 1525225847

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The Last Wild Trout by Greg French Pdf

The Last Wild Trout is an entertaining and intrepid adventure seeking out the last truly wild trout fisheries around the world. Casting his line in 20 far-flung locations, Greg takes in Tasmania, New Zealand, Iceland, the British Isles, Mongolia, Slovenia, British Columbia, Wyoming, California, Patagonia, Nevada, Alaska and Hokkaido all in search of the species that can still be called wild trout. Each chapter in this evocative and beautifully-illustrated book focuses on one species or subspecies of trout, and includes a compelling human narrative in Greg's gregarious and inimitable style. With the deft touch of an expert fisher, Greg beautifully balances the scientific with the personal, the practical with reverie, and the conservation with travel narrative.

Author : Douglas M. Thompson
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781611683196

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The Quest for the Golden Trout by Douglas M. Thompson Pdf

The angler's dream of fishing pristine waters in unspoiled country for sleek, healthy trout has turned fishing into a form of theater. It is a manufactured experienceÑmuch to the detriment of our rivers and streams. AmericansÕ love of trout has reached a level of fervor that borders on the religious. Federal and state agencies, as well as nongovernmental lobbying groups, invest billions of dollars on river restoration projects and fish-stocking programs. Yet, their decisions are based on faulty logic and risk destroying species they are tasked with protecting. River ecosystems are modified with engineered structures to improve fishing, native species that compete with trout are eradicated, and nonnative invasive game fish are indiscriminately introduced, genetically modified, and selectively bred to produce more appealing targets for anglersÑincluding the freakishly contrived "golden trout." The Quest for the Golden Trout is about looking at our nationÕs rivers with a more critical eyeÑand asking more questions about both historic and current practices in fisheries management.

Author : Frank Richardson,R. H. Hamre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fishery resources
ISBN : MINN:319510029749113

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Wild Trout IV by Frank Richardson,R. H. Hamre Pdf

The first Wild Trout Symposium (1974) was sponsored by Trout Unlimited and the United States Department of the Interior. The second Symposium (1979) added the Federation of Fly Fisherman as a sponsor. Five years later (1984) the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service joined. In 1989 , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American Fisheries Society joined. These symposia began with a concentration on management, then recognized that more than 'management' was required in ongoing efforts to enhance wild salmonid fisheries. Subsequent symposia began to examine a broader range of environmental and social factors influencing wild salmonids. The originators hoped that each symposium would be a building block upon which the succeeding symposium could provide insights and research which future sessions could revisit. Along with the broadening of sponsorship, we have grown , we have gained recognition, and we look forward to expanding our contribution to the cause of wild salmonids. We hope these Proceedings will stimulate readers thinking and efforts on behalf of our wild salmonid resources , and plan to participate with us in Wild Trout V.

Author : Anders Halverson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300166866

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An Entirely Synthetic Fish by Anders Halverson Pdf

Anders Halverson provides an exhaustively researched and grippingly rendered account of the rainbow trout and why it has become the most commonly stocked and controversial freshwater fish in the United States. Discovered in the remote waters of northern California, rainbow trout have been artificially propagated and distributed for more than 130 years by government officials eager to present Americans with an opportunity to get back to nature by going fishing. Proudly dubbed an entirely synthetic fish by fisheries managers, the rainbow trout has been introduced into every state and province in the United States and Canada and to every continent except Antarctica, often with devastating effects on the native fauna. Halverson examines the paradoxes and reveals a range of characters, from nineteenth-century boosters who believed rainbows could be the saviors of democracy to twenty-first-century biologists who now seek to eradicate them from waters around the globe. Ultimately, the story of the rainbow trout is the story of our relationship with the natural world--how it has changed and how it startlingly has not.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fishery resources
ISBN : MINN:31951D025912869

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Wild Trout VII by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rod Sutterby,Malcolm Greenhalgh,Simon Farrell
Publisher : Philip's
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fishes
ISBN : 0540011991

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The Wild Trout by Rod Sutterby,Malcolm Greenhalgh,Simon Farrell Pdf

Describes the habits and habitat of the wild trout, and makes a plea for conservation measures for this endangered species

Author : Theo Pike
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1906122423

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Trout in Dirty Places by Theo Pike Pdf

Here is a guide to the most revolutionary development in British angling for many years: fly-fishing for trout and grayling in the very centre of towns and cities throughout the United Kingdom. From Sheffield to South London, from Merthyr Tydfil to Edinburgh, this is the cutting edge of 21st century fishing. Nothing is more surreal yet exhilarating than casting a fly for iconic clean-water species in the historic surroundings of our most damaged riverscapes -- centres of post-industrial decay, but now also of rediscovery and regeneration. * fishing-focused profiles of 50 selected streams * interviews with local conservationists dedicated to restoring the urban rivers * local flies and emerging traditions, and * details of how to get involved and support this restoration work. This book guides readers towards relaxing, good-value fishing on their own doorsteps as a viable alternative to more costly (and carbon-intensive) destination angling: a positive lifestyle choice in challenging moral and economic times. No one author or publisher has yet attempted to bring this emerging trend of urban flyfishing into a single, epoch-making volume. **A donation from all sales goes to the Wild Trout Trust and the Grayling Society **

Author : Derek Grzelewski
Publisher : The Trout Diaries
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Fly fishing
ISBN : 1869537246

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The Trout Diaries by Derek Grzelewski Pdf

The Trout Diaries contains a wealth of captivating and often amusing anecdotes as well as valuable information making it a true angler's companion, both literary and practical.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fishery resources
ISBN : PSU:000057951102

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Wild Trout VIII by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Forest management
ISBN : UOM:39015019859605

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Mt. Hood National Forest: Final environmental impact statement by United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region Pdf

Author : David Coggins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781982152512

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The Optimist by David Coggins Pdf

The perfect fly fishing book for today's novice, enthusiastic amateur, as well as the devoted angler is part narration of the author's own angling obsessions and adventures, part practical how-to, and part meditation on a connection to the natural world.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Natural areas
ISBN : PSU:000014992063

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Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1988 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests Pdf

Author : Greg French
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781938340581

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The Imperiled Cutthroat by Greg French Pdf

Yellowstone, the world’s first national park and one of America’s truly great trout fisheries, has been a crucible for ideas on how to look after wild places. Renowned Australian fishing writer Greg French gives a sparkling firsthand account of how the park’s history, landscapes, wildlife, and people have touched anglers worldwide — and why this matters. The Imperiled Cutthroat is a travelogue that covers the story of the Yellowstone cutthroat trout: its discovery, biology, decimation, modern-day allure, and uncertain future. Although set against the dramatic backdrop of Yellowstone, comparisons to Australia, New Zealand, and Europe are inevitable. It is a cautionary tale too, ending up in Mongolia, which is as pristine as Montana once was. The Yellowstone fishery is at a crossroads, and debate about what to do is dangerously narrow. Anglers everywhere need to be constantly reminded that hatcheries are far from a panacea for ailing fisheries: fostering conservation of the natural environmental delivers far better outcomes at a fraction of the cost. The power of Greg’s stories comes not just from the quality of the writing but also from the quirks and passions of the people he meets. Greg's compelling storytelling enthralls anglers and naturalists the world over.