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

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