Fly-fishing the 41st : from Connecticut to Mongolia and home again : a fisherman's odyssey

the new York Times Has Called James Prosek The Audubon Of The Fishing World, And In fly-fishing The 41st , He Uses His Talent For Descriptive Writing To Illuminate An Astonishing Adventure. Beginning In His Hometown Of Easton, Connecticut, Prosek Circumnavigates The Globe Along The 41st Parallel, Traveling Through Spain, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, China, And Japan. Along The Way He Shares Some Of The Best Fishing In The World With A Host Of Wonderfully Eccentric And Memorable Characters. booklist “prosek’s Enthusiasm For Fish By No Means Blinds Him To The Charms And Eccentricities Of The Places He Goes.” Title Page......Page 3 Contents......Page 5 Part One : The 41st Parallel......Page 9 The Atlantic......Page 12 Spain......Page 19 Alhambra......Page 22 Tuscany......Page 27 What Is A Fish?......Page 30 Paris......Page 32 Meeting The Retired Veterinarian Pierre Affre......Page 37 The Old Brothel On Rue Dauphine......Page 39 The Ile De La Cité And Le Salon De La Pêche À La Mouche......Page 45 Meanwhile In Rouen-Monet And The Fish In His Lily Pond......Page 54 An Exhibition Of Fish......Page 57 Philippe Boisson And Life In Chenecey-Buillon......Page 59 La Bienne......Page 64 Crayfishing In The Bois......Page 66 Fishing The Most Beautiful Pool In The World......Page 69 Sea Monsters......Page 75 The Haute Seine-The Vine Life......Page 80 Departing Paris......Page 83 Part Two : Johannes Schöffmann and the Trout of the Tigris River......Page 85 The Fig Eaters......Page 100 The Trout Of Eden-Cool Mountain Brooks of Gülyurt And Ararat......Page 111 Returning To Austria......Page 124 The Secret Den......Page 136 Italy-On The Road To The Home of Enrico Tortonese......Page 140 Indulgences Of A Corsican Kind......Page 148 Sankt Veit: Bars 80, Population 10,000......Page 156 Hokkaido, Japan, 41°N-A Girl Whose Name Means Little River......Page 164 Chasing The Sakura......Page 173 Part Three : Spain Again, And Portugal......Page 179 41°N, Eastward-Yerevan, Armenia......Page 198 Pepan The Fishmonger......Page 204 Hamlet The Fisherman......Page 213 Central Asia......Page 218 The Base Camp At Lenin Mountain......Page 226 The Yellow Volga, To Bishkek And Lake Issyk Kul......Page 239 Mongolia, Search For The Holy Grayling......Page 252 A Perfect Day......Page 259 The Altai......Page 267 Part Four : The Transit Lounge In Seoul, Korea......Page 275 Kamchatka, The Russian Far East......Page 280 The Abridged Schwarzfischer Lexicon......Page 292 Golden Trout......Page 295 Trout In The Nevada Desert......Page 299 The Cabin......Page 302 Visiting Dr. Behnke......Page 307 Home......Page 315 Afterword : A Little-Known Twentieth-Century Artist Named Iliazd And His 41°......Page 317 Acknowledgments......Page 321 Author’s Note......Page 323 About the Author......Page 324 Praise......Page 325 Other Books by James Prosek......Page 326 Credits......Page 327 Copyright......Page 328 About the Publisher......Page 329 “James Prosek has eloquently demonstrated that angling is a kind of universal language.... he has taken us on an unforgettable journey.” — Thomas McGuane, author of The Cadence of Grass and The Longest Silence: A Life in FishingThe New York Times has called James Prosek'the Audubon of the fishing world,'and in Fly-Fishing the 41st, he uses his talent for descriptive writing to illuminate an astonishing adventure. Beginning in his hometown of Easton, Connecticut, Prosek circumnavigates the globe along the 41st parallel, traveling through Spain, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Japan. Along the way he shares some of the best fishing in the world with a host of wonderfully eccentric and memorable characters. One day, I left in a straight line from home at 41 Kachele Street, east along the 41st parallel, following my passion for fish.