 Author Name: R. Valentine Atkinson
Title: TROUT & SALMON: GREATEST FLY FISHING FOR TROUT & SALMON WORLDWIDE
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS
ISBN Number: 1558218041 / 9781558218048
Seller ID: 1028743
Twelve of the world's most heralded trout and salmon destinations, in essays and full-color photos. Writers include: Zane Grey, John Gierach, Tom McGuane, etc. Places include: England, Chile, Argentina, Ireland, New Zealand, Alaska, and more. Each essay is followed by a fact file on each place, with map and advice on when and where to go. Foreword by Nick Lyons. Photos by R. Valentine Atkinson, full-color; 10x11 inches, 176 pgs.
'Trout and salmon, the aristocracy of freshwater game fish, can be found from the beautiful West Coast to New Zealand to Russia to the mighty rivers of Norway. In this stunning full-color book, Val Atkinson has captured with inimitable skill the beauty of the trout and salmon landscape'quietly gurgling streams, secret river pools, broad mirrorlike lakes. Complementing Atkinson's photographs are both contemporary and classic essays by twelve writers from fly fishing's literary hall of fame: Zane Grey, Negley Farson, Tom McGuane, and John Gierach, to name a few. Their destinations: England, Chile, Argentina, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, Alaska, Scotland, Iceland, Russia, Norway, and the United States. Each essay is followed by a fact file on the corresponding destination, including a map, advice on when and where to go, strategies for success, and which tackle and flies to use.
R. Valentine Atkinson is an internationally acclaimed and widely published photographer who specializes in fly fishing worldwide. His most recent book is the much acclaimed Distant Waters. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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