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The successful fisherman, writes Charles F. Waterman, is a student of his favorite waters, whether they be an endless blue world of the open sea or a brook he steps across. Not only does each species have it separate ecology, it has its own temperament which fishermen must try to interpret, for by this means they can see contrasts among the species and even the differences among individuals.
These are the things of fishermen studies, aware that the factor of luck becomes smaller as knowledge and expertise increase. He becomes a judge of the shores, the currents, and the waters texture. He learns about the creatures that shared the element with his quarry or live on the water's edge, creatures large and small that consumed or are consumed by his game fish, and those that compete with it for food. It is the knowledge of his surroundings that makes the skilled and happy fisherman.
These are the concerns of this book. It explores the Fishman's world in terms of the kinds of water fish inhabit, beginning with the Genesis of all watercourses, the snowmelt trickles of the high mountain glacier brooks where golden trout reside. It considers the valley streams of rainbows and browns, the big salmon rivers, the highways of steelhead, the cool water habitats of pike and muskie, bass country, the modest creek bed homes of the Panfishes, the brackish mix where stripers flourish, the backwaters and mangrove creeks of tarpon and snook, the title flats of bonefish, and the ocean depths of salt water giants. Overall, it finds angling excellence in more than the number of fish caught.
Condition: hardcover with dust jacket, used with moderate wear to dust jacket. Book in very good condition, oversized, 208 pages including index
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