Nervous water: variations on a theme of fly fishing

Part 1:"A calm, quiet, innocent recreation

By the book

Shop the scents

The fine art of flyfinagling

Junkyard rivers

Dressing for success

Bear with me

The intrepid insect trapper

Elko interlude

Playing the numbers

Part II: You should have been here yesterday

The good old days

Fishing with Bill Nation Remembering Ralph Wahl

Part III: Causes and controversies

Sensitivity training

Wives and lovers

Fish culture

Boob tubes

The Salmo Society

Part IV: Memories are made of fish

Opening daze

The Beaver-pond brotherhood

Rescue mission

How now brown trout

Early and late

Shad occasion

Monday night salmon

February

Yesterday's magic

Part V: The state of the art

Take me to your leader

The arcane art

Coping with technology

"Old Yeller"

The compleat fly tyer Silver bullets and exploding floatants

The sound of silence

A matter of definition.