LIFE OF CHALKSTREAM EB
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LIFE OF CHALKSTREAM EB

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eBook - ePub

LIFE OF CHALKSTREAM EB

About this book

This delightful book records a year in the life of an essentially English waterscape, one that is home to a vast array of wildlife and natural habitat of the keen angler – the chalkstream.

Simon Cooper grew up in Hampshire, where he first fell in love with fly fishing. Only after moving away did he realise how little people knew about the secret world of the chalkstreams.

Chalkstreams are nearly exclusive to England, ranging from Dorset to Yorkshire and including the famous River Test in Hampshire. Every river is special in its own right. Life of a Chalkstream is a lyrical and revealing voyage through the yearly cycle of this unique waterway.

From the remarkable spectacle of salmon, sea trout and brown trout spawning in winter, to the emergence of water voles in spring and the explosion of mayflies in the early days of summer, the author evocatively describes the natural wonders of the chalkstream. He introduces us to the fascinating diversity of life that inhabits its waters and environs – the fish, the angling community, the plant life and the wildlife. We learn how neglect threatens these inhabitants and why the fight to save the chalkstreams is so vital, not only for fishermen, but for anybody who values the beauty of rural England.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. 1 Discovery
  7. 2 Decline
  8. 3 Work begins
  9. 4 Spawning and the cycle of life
  10. 5 Scar Boy
  11. 6 March
  12. 7 How I held a trout for warmth
  13. 8 Mayday
  14. 9 The mayfly
  15. 10 Crayfish invasion
  16. 11 Midsummer’s Night
  17. 12 High summer
  18. 13 The English savanna
  19. 14 Cams Point
  20. Epilogue
  21. Bibliography
  22. Acknowledgements
  23. About the Publisher