Fly-Fishing the 41st: From Connecticut to Mongolia and Home Again: A Fisherman's Odyssey

329 Pages·2004·1.09 MB·English

by  James Prosek

Contents

PART I
The 41st Parallel 1
THE ATLANTIC 4
SPAIN 11
ALHAMBRA 14
TUSCANY 19
WHAT IS A FISH? 22
PARIS 24
MEETING THE RETIRED VETERINARIAN
PIERRE AFFRE 29
THE OLD BROTHEL ON RUE DAUPHINE 31
THE ILE DE LA CITÉ AND LE SALON
DE LA PÊCHE À LA MOUCHE 37
MEANWHILE IN ROUEN—MONET AND THE
FISH IN HI S LILY POND 46
AN EXHIBITION OF FISH 49
PHILIPPE BOISSON AND LIFE
IN CHENECEY-BUILLON 51
LA BIENNE 56
CRAYFISHING IN THE BOIS 58
FISHING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL POOL
IN THE WORLD 61
SEA MONSTERS 67
THE HAUTE SEINE—THE VINE LIFE 72
DEPARTING PARIS 75
PART II
Johannes Schöffmann and the Trout
of the Tigris River 77
THE FIG EATERS 92
THE TROUT OF EDEN—COOL MOUNTAIN
BROOKS OF GÜLYURT AND ARARAT 103
RETURNING TO AUSTRIA 116
THE SECRET DEN 128
ITALY—ON THE ROAD TO THE HOME
OF ENRICO TORTONESE 132
INDULGENCES OF A CORSICAN KIND 140
SANKT VEIT: BARS 80, POPULATION 10,000 148
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, 41°N—A GIRL WHOSE
NAME MEANS LITTLE RIVER 156
CHASING THE SAKURA 165
PART III
Spain Again, and Portugal 171
41°N, EASTWARD—YEREVAN, ARMENIA 190
PEPAN THE FISHMONGER 196
HAMLET THE FISHERMAN 205
CENTRAL ASIA 210
THE BASE CAMP AT LENIN MOUNTAIN 218
THE YELLOW VOLGA, TO BISHKEK
AND LAKE ISSYK KUL 231
MONGOLIA, SEARCH FOR
THE HOLY GRAYLING 244
A PERFECT DAY 251
THE ALTAI 259
PART IV
The Transit Lounge in Seoul, Korea 267
KAMCHATKA, THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 272
THE ABRIDGED SCHWARZFISCHER LEXICON 284
GOLDEN TROUT 287
TROUT IN THE NEVADA DESERT 291
THE CABIN 294
VISITING DR. BEHNKE 299
HOME 307
AFTERWORD
A LITTLE-KNOWN TWENTIETH-CENTURY
ARTIST NAMED ILIAZD AND HI S 41° 309
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
AUTHOR’ S NOTE
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PART I
The 41st Parallel