land of little rivers

[krayfish2]

Anyone have it, read it? I've seen a few pics and a small section of the book online. Looks to contain some impressive photography.

 

[RCFetter]

I have not read it but you post caused me to check it out on Amazon.

Using the "look inside" feature you can see some of the photography.


Land of Little Rivers: A Story in Photos of Catskill Fly Fishing

 

[krayfish2]

Thank you for that link. That did provide more of a taste. Based on the history, sketches and photography, that's something I'll have to pick up for some winter reading. I think it'll be a real loo kback at the history of fly fishing in America.

 

[mcwillja]

love reading and seeing photographs like that.

 

[Tups]

This is a coffee table book about the history of trout fishing in the Catskills. The photos (by Enrico Ferorelli) are stunning and worth the price of the book, especially since I saw the book recently at Ollies for $9.99.

 

[krayfish2]

What!?!? Retail is $100 for hard cover and well above that for signed / numbered editions in leather cover. I thought I did great to find a copy for $35.

Tips, you find it enjoyable, informative?

 

[Tups]

Krips: I purchased it directly from the author at the NJ Flyfishing Show when it first came out. I believe I received a show-special discount and paid $75.00. Now I see it at Ollie's for 10 bucks. Oh well.

It's a coffee table book, so I'll pick it up every now and then when I get a chance to sit on the couch, which is a rare occassion. But I do enjoy reading it and, as I said earlier, its greatest strength is its photographs.

 

[Tups]

I have been recently re-reading all of the Leonard Wright books in my bookcase, which has me in a Catskills sort of mind. Yesterday I pulled out The Complete FlyFisherman - Notes and Letters of Theodore Gordon, edited by John McDonald. Before I am done with this strain of interest, I am sure that I will have re-read everything within reach concerning the Catskills.

If you can find a copy of "In the Catskills," a collection of essays by John Burroughs, I recommend you get it. It's theme is not particularly trout fishing, but natural history and rural life, and very enjoyable nonetheless.