Trout and Salmon of North America de Robert J. Behnke; Joe Tomelleri - 2002-10-03

Free Press, 2002-10-03. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x1x9. 2002 Free Press (New York), oblong 10 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall forest green cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, pale green endpapers, copiously illustrated with full color photographs and drawings, viii, 359 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~WW~ [5.0P] A fly fisher's guide to trout and salmon considers their evolution, relationship, and conservation efforts, complementing more than one hundred illustrations with the author's field notes, observations, and specimen photographs. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Genus Oncorhynchus; Pacific Salmon; Chinook; Coho; Pink; Chum; Sockeye; Rainbow and Redband Trout; Coastal Rainbow Trout; Redband Trout of the Columbia River Basin; Redband Trout of the Northern Great Basin; Redband and Rainbow Trout of the Northern Sacramento River Drainage; Golden Trout of the Kern River Drainage; Rainbow Trout of Mexico; Gila and Apache Trout; Mexican Golden Trout; Cutthroat Trout; Coastal Cutthroat Trout; Westslope Cutthroat Trout; Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout; Snake River Finespotted Cutthroat Trout; Bonneville Basin Cutthroat Trout. Colorado River Cutthroat TroutGreenback Cutthroat Trout; Yellowfin Cutthroat Trout; Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout; Lahontan Cutthroat Trout; Paiute Cutthroat Trout; Alvord Cutthroat Trout; Whitehorse Basin Cutthroat Trout; Humboldt Cutthroat Trout; Genus Salmo; Atlantic Salmon; Brown Trout; Genus Salvelinus; Brook Trout; Lake Trout; Bull Trout; Arctic Char; Dolly Varden; Other Salmonids of North America; Arctic Grayling; Mountain Whitefish; Epilogue; Artist's Note; Acknowledgments; Species List; Selected Bibliography; Glossary; Index.