The way of the trout
Subtitle: an essay on anglers, wild fish, and running water ...
By: M.R. Montgomery ; drawings by Katherine Brown-Wing.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Trout fishing.; Fly fishing.
First sentence: In late May, spring seems well advanced in the Battenkill River valley from Manchester, Vermont, down to Greenwich, New York.
Description: From the Cover Beneath the Subtitle:

"Principles of Fly-Fishing Drawn from Personal Experience, Historical Sources, and the Advice of Companions, Guides, and Strangers to which are added Anecdotes of Angling in North America and Great Britain including the Author's Return to the Bitterroot and Blackfoot Rivers of Montana, and Expeditions to New Rivers Created by the Construction of Water Reservoirs and to Old Streams Newly Discovered"
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Comments on the purpose, history and pleasure of angling for trout with the artificial fly
pagenum: 3; label: 1.
title: Fishing with Bait: Thoughts on the instructional advantages of simplified angling techniques, with a note on the aesthetic appeal of trout streams
pagenum: 23; label: 2.
title: Fly-fishing as a Rite of Passage: With a brief note on the significance of the book Trout, by Ray Bergman
pagenum: 36; label: 3.
title: Making Connections: An examination of the development of the modern fly leader, beginning with the silkworm, to which are added some comments on the importance of knots
pagenum: 44; label: 4.
title: Learning to Fly-fish: A narrative of the difficulties encountered by the novice, with comments on the unusual habits of the Columbia Basin cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki)
pagenum: 61; label: 5.
title: Trout Country: Notes on the relative rarity of suitable trout water, considered as a bilogical and gological phenomenon
pagenum: 75; label: 6.
title: The Invention of the Dry Fly and the Artificial Nymph: A commentary on the rise of the modern industrial state and its influence on trout fishing
pagenum: 85; label: 7.
title: The Household Science of Trout: A discussion of the effect of moving water on the behavior of trout and anglers
pagenum: 106; label: 8.
title: The Stocked-Out Trout: A brief history of the rise of trout hatcheries, with an analysis of the differing behavior of artifically raised trout and wild trout, from which is deduced the reason it is imperative to stop the pernicious practice of adding man-made fish to rivers populated by real trout
pagenum: 124; label: 9.
title: The Psychology of Perception in Trout: Notes toward a better understanding of the art of fly-fishing for salmonids
pagenum: 139; label: 10.
title: The Underwater Imperative: Reflections on the reason for the delayed development of the art of nymph-fishing, with comments on its importance to the business success of angling outfitters
pagenum: 155; label: 11.
title: Duffer's Fortnight: A description of the salmon fly, a giant stonefly of the American West, and the difficulties often encountered by anglers in pursuit of it
pagenum: 171; label: 12.
title: Fishing While Floating: Comments on the variability of guides and on float-fishing as an educational event, with suggestions for matching the guide's expertise to the angler's ability
pagenum: 186; label: 13.
title: The Theory of Very Large Artificial Flies: With an explanation of the reasons why thre are so many very small natural flies in rivers that drain lakes and reservoirs
pagenum: 198; label: 14.
title: Not Fine, and Not Far-Off: Notes on the lost art of fly-fishing without fly-casting, with historical and modern examples
pagenum: 214; label: 15.
title: Rainbow Trout Abroad: A report on angling for American fish in Derbyshire, and an illustration of the immutable sociobiology of salmonids
pagenum: 227; label: 16.
title: Return to the River: Natural and man-made changes on the East Fork of the Bitterroot River
pagenum: 240; label: 17.
title: New Rivers, Old Bones: Some final thoughts on the nature of trout country
pagenum: 249; title: Index
pagenum: 261