Trout Reflections: A Natural History of the Trout and Its World

by David M. Carroll

A naturalist provides an in-depth look at the yearly cycle of the trout, examines other creatures that inhabit its world, and ends with the trout's mating season, which marks the close of the fishing season.

Genres: Nature, Natural History

143 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1993

Reviews

[Keena · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was not quite what I thought it was. It was less science-y and more poetic. A very relaxing read that shouldn't be rushed.

[Kds · Rating 4 out of 5]

David M. Carroll is a consummate artist, essayist and observer of nature. From his home in Warner, New Hampshire he explores the woodlands, swamps and hills avidly observing everything he comes across. He records his observations in journals and in paintings and each of the books that he has written from these pages has reached a far-flung quiet success. This is not a suspenseful page turner Carroll brings your through reflections – lyrical and literal – of the trout and it’s surroundings from the beginning of the year to the end. His passion for his subject seeps from every carefully chosen word. and brush stroke.
The book begins in the dead of winter “Between Snows” on 5 January “Between the snows in early January I walk out on to the mantle of ice and snow that covers the meadow pond. I can walk on water now, walk over the world of the trout. The sky has gone as gray as the ice where wind-sweep has kept it clear of snow. Most of the small pond is a pure white plain, against which are set the black and straw-old scripts of emergent grass, rush, sedge and shrub; fine-lined writing on a white ground. ” (1)
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[Maryanne]

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