The Beaverkill: The History of a River and Its People, Revised and Updated

by Ed Van Put

This complete social and environmental history of America's first famous trout stream, the Beaverkill, fully revises and updates an out-of-print classic. Dan Rather wrote, "This gem of a book is an enlightening and entertaining masterpiece of Americana."

256 pages, ebook

First published July 1, 2015

About the author

Edward George Van Put was an American fisherman, author, and conservationist.
Born on May 28, 1936, in Paterson, New Jersey, Van Put was raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey, and graduated from Hawthorne High School.
When former president Jimmy Carter was attending a fundraising event for the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum in September 1984, Van Put served as Carter's guide while fishing for rainbow trout along stretches of the upper Delaware River. Van Put admired the former president's work on the water, saying 'Mr. Carter made my guiding easy."

Reviews

[Dennis Robbins · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this by the campfire while camping and fly-fishing on the Beaverkill. This edition improves over the earlier one with the addition of color plates, an updated history of the region and peoples of the Catskills and an appendix of fly patterns. Highly recommended as a history of fly fishing and environmentalism.