Fiction Books for Adolescents 

Conly, Jane Leslie.  Trout Summer.  New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1995. 

            When their father leaves the family, Shana and Cody move with their mom to Maryland.  Over the summer, the three of them stay in a cabin along the Leanna River.  While their mom is at work, the kids explore the surrounding wilderness, eventually meeting a man who calls himself the ranger.  Little by little, the children learn from this older man about his passions: canoeing, trout, and clean water.

George, Jean Craighead.  The Case of the Missing Cutthroats.  Originally published as Hook a Fish, Catch a Mountain, 1975.  New York:  Harper Trophy, 1999. 

Spinner, a dancer from New York City, is not thrilled to be on a western flyfishing trip with her family.  She figures that, once she catches one fish, she’ll have pleased her father and be able put the rod aside.  But once she catches one fish, she becomes intrigued by the mystery of the river and the mountains.  She and her cousin, Alligator, set off on a journey to find the source of the amazing cutthroats.

Hyde, Dayton O.  The Major, the Poacher, and the Wonderful One-Trout River. Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Boyds Mills Press, 1985.

             The Major, widely recognized as one of the world’s best flyfishers, does not actually hold a record for any trout he’s caught.  Determined to change that, he begins construction of a perfect trout river.  Meanwhile, Plummey, the young bait angler across the river, puzzles over the Major’s actions, but slowly learns the art and wisdom of flyfishing.

Nonfiction and Reference Books for Children

Burk, Sandy.  Let the River Run Silver Again!  Blacksburg, Virginia: The McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, 2005. 

Cole, Joanna.  A Fish Hatches.  New York: HarperCollins, 1978.

Winner, Cherie.  Trout.  Minneapolis, Minnesota: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1998.

Behnke, Robert J.  Trout and Salmon of North America.  Illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri.  New York: The Free Press, 2002.