Trout Eyes: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Fly-Fishing »

One of New England's most prolific authors, William G. Tapply wrote more than 20 mystery novels, including the popular Brady Coyne series, and nearly a dozen highly praised books on hunting and fishing. After a long career as a high school teacher, he was an English professor and writer-in residence at Clark University in Worcester. He died at his Hancock, NH, home in the summer of 2009 from leukemia.

Fly fishermen everywhere will enjoy these varied, witty, and engaging adventures by one of America’s finest outdoor writers. There is a long section on trout fishing called “Brookies, Browns, and Bows,” and another on the challenges and excitement of saltwater fly fishing, and an exciting group of memoirs about fishing near home and in far-flung and often exotic places—like the Minipi, Bighorn, and Norfolk rivers, where the trout can beggar the imagination, and where frustration can be the occupational hazard. Trout Eyes is a love letter to the fish we pursue and insects they eat and the waters in which they live.