trout

A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.

The Major, who seeks to raise one record-breaking size trout, engages in a duel of wits with a fourteen-year-old poacher at his trout stream.

Animal friends discover that the horrible monster in the pond is really a rainbow trout.

Photographs and simple text introduce the reader to the physical characteristics, habitat, and habits of the trout.

Covers stream-fishing equipment, how to fly-fish, spinning and baitcasting, and the best trout streams in North America.

"Do trout snooze? If so, when do they do it? Does sleeping affect how they feed? And what about the barometer--does its rising or falling impact feeding patterns? How much do fish need to eat, and under what conditions will they grow the largest? Geoff Mueller, acclaimed senior editor with The Drake Magazine, travels to some of the best trout habitat in America, talking with the experts, donning swim fins and mask to meet trout on their own turf. This authoritative, plain-speaking book shows us, for the first time, what the world is like under the water, from the fish's point of view. For curious anglers interested in taking their skill levels up a notch or two, What a trout sees offers the knowledge they need to meet trout on equal terms."--Provided by publisher.

Profiles over thirty varieties of North American salmon and trout, describing each one's markings, biology, distribution, evolution and classification, and conservation, and providing forty range maps and more than one hundred color illustrations by Joseph Tomelleri.

Illustrates and describes the tracks of beavers, herons, frogs, and other wetland creatures, with information on the sounds they make, their paw prints, and their dwellings.