San Juan River chronicle
Subtitle: personal remembrances of one of America's premier trout streams
By: Steven J. Meyers
Publisher: WestWinds Press; Westwinds Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780871089694
Subjects: Trout fishing; Environmental conditions; Description and travel; Fishers; Biography; NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers; NATURE / Regional; NATURE / Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION / Fishing
Description: "With an abundance of lyricism and insight, Steven Meyers writes about the natural history and sporting opportunities found on his home river, the San Juan of New Mexico. Rising out of southern Colorado's majestic San Juan Mountains and flowing through the arid hardscrabble of the Southwest, the San Juan has garnered a devoted following of fly fishers. This classic tailwater fishery is renowned around the world for easy access and trophy-sized trout. But with fame comes a cost, and the river is now host to a carnival of crowds, poachers, and crass trophy seekers. Meyers mourns the loss of solitude while celebrating his own ways of seeking solace on a river known only superficially by most who fish its hallowed pools and riffles"--
Notes: Originally published: New York : Lyons & Burford, 1994.
Table of contents: title: Quality Water; title: The Gray Season; title: Poachers; title: The Water Witch; title: Some Days Are Electric; title: The Big Bug; title: Holy Water; title: Carpe Diem; title: Coming of Age; title: On Guiding; title: Some Unorthodox Advice Concerning Fly Rods; title: Watching for the Wink; title: A River in Decline?; title: Mentors.