Word: trout
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Mountains, by William O. Douglas. Trout-fishing and mountain-climbing in the tall Northwest, served up with a garnish of mountain-made philosophy by a U.S. Supreme Court justice (TIME, April...
...casually as a campfire tale, Of Men and Mountains rambles through the experiences of scores of camping trips, lingering longest where the trout are thickest. Author Douglas is a passionate advocate of dry-fly fishing, but he knows a quicker way to catch his supper if the trout is lying in moss or under a bank. Procedure: tread softly, bring the hand up cautiously under the fish, stroke him gently, hoist him from the water. "A trout," declares Douglas, "loves to have his belly rubbed...
Bear Oil & Snow Caps. Bear oil is best for frying trout. Better still, boil the fish for a couple of minutes, remove the skin, head and bones, season and butter it, then broil. But Douglas saves his warmest eulogies for blue jays fried in butter: "The best meat I ever had in the hills." He was in a more philosophical mood the day he stood on top of Darling Mountain and felt "a challenge to explore each ridge and valley, to climb each snow-capped peak, to sleep in each high basin, to sample the berries and fish...
When he can't fish to relax, Ted plays with his daughter, ties trout flies, or putters with his collection of cameras. He is generally in bed by 11 p.m. and up at 7:30 for a huge breakfast. Loudly congenial in the clubhouse or when on the road with the club, he spends all the time he can with his family, with friends who are not ballplayers, and alone...
...candidates are Susan Bittel, Lorna Carey, Pamela Huntsman-Trout, Jane Johnson, and Mary Towle...