Fly Fishing and Conservation in Vermont: Stories of the Battenkill and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9781540242372

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: History Press Library Editions

Publication Date: 03-09-2020

Pages: 242

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

Tim Traver grew up fishing the saltwater bays, marshes and rivers of southern New England and has had a passion for fishing and fisheries science ever since. He's worked as a commercial fisherman, at a federal Atlantic salmon hatchery and as director of a coastal wildlife refuge. He has thirty-five years of experience in the land conservation and science-education fields in Vermont, including serving as executive director of the Upper Valley Land Trust and the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. He lives with his family in Taftsville, Vermont, near the banks of the celebrated Ottauquechee River. His writing credits include Sippewissett: Or, Life on a Salt Marsh, Lost in the Driftless: Trout Fishing on the Cultural Divide and numerous articles for magazines and newspapers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 11

1 The Ottauquechee River, Part I 13

2 Lake Runnemede 21

3 The Black River 24

4 Lewis Creek 30

5 Caspian Lake 38

6 The Battenkill 43

7 Lake Mitchell Trout Club 54

8 The Lower Connecticut River 57

9 The Family Fishing Festival 63

10 The White River 67

11 The Winooski River 73

12 Lake Champlain 81

13 The Ottauquechee River, Part II 91

14 The Rod Makers 101

15 The Walloomsac River 107

16 The Connecticut Fiver 112

17 Stratton Pond 119

18 The Mettawee River 123

19 Miller Pond 130

20 Mill River 136

21 Little River, Mad River, Dog River 139

22 The White River, Third Branch 147

23 Jon Conner 155

24 The Lamoille River and Sterling Pond 162

25 Lamoille River Headwaters 168

26 Growing Fish 173

27 The White River, West Branch 176

28 Lake Willoughby 183

29 The Leicester River 190

30 The Upper Connecticut River 194

31 Little Averill Lake 201

32 Jobs Pond 210

33 Saving the Missisquoi 212

Appendix A Recipes 225

Appendix B The Upright Caddis Emerger Thomas Ames 231

Selected Bibliography 233

About the Author 237