Catskill Rivers by Austin M. Francis

Catskill Rivers: Birthplace of American Fly Fishing is Austin M. Francis's history of the storied trout streams of New York's Catskills, published in 1983 by Nick Lyons Books and Winchester Press. Francis, a New York fly fisher who split his time with Roscoe and co-wrote Catskill Flytier with Harry Darbee, covers the Beaverkill, Willowemoc, Neversink, Delaware, Esopus and Schoharie. He also looks at the rafting, sawmills, tanneries and wood-acid factories that shaped the rivers, and profiles the anglers who made them famous, among them Thaddeus Norris, Seth Green, Theodore Gordon, Herman Christian, Roy Steenrod, George LaBranche and Sparse Grey Hackle. A large-format book with maps by John Manikowski, it is a natural for anyone who fishes or collects the Catskills.

• Edition: 1st
• Condition: Mint/New
• Other Notes: Inscribed, no 8/300