Monthly Archives: April 2011

Robert Traver

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

The May 2011 issue of the Northwoods Sporting Journal will include an article I wrote about Robert Traver, the pen name for the popular fishing author John Voelker. I’ll reprint the column and add more information here at a later … Continue reading →

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The Tame Trout

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

summary by Greg Tuttle and Jeremiah Wood “The Tame Trout and Other Backwoods Fairy Tales” was narrated by Ed Grant and published by Phillips: Maine Woods and Woodsman Print in 1904. Grant was the proprietor of Grant’s Kennebago Camps and … Continue reading →

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A Journal of a Trip Downeast

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

summary by Greg Tuttle This little book by Frank Ellison is a very early (1858) account of an excursion into the Maine woods and it is fascinating. The author is purported to be the publisher, printer, binder and the book … Continue reading →

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Letters From Fraternity

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

summary by Greg Tuttle This wonderful book was published 1931 and is written in the form of letters to Maine author Ben Ames Williams from his friend and hunting and fishing companion Bert McCorrison.  Williams first met McCorrison in 1918 … Continue reading →

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Up Here in Maine

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

“Up Here in Maine” was Gerald E. Lewis‘ first book. It was printed by Pittsfield Publishers and has no copyright date, but the foreword was written by famous Maine author John Gould, and dated 1974. Illustrations were done by Roderick … Continue reading →

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About Brook Trout, by R.G. Allerton

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Summary by Greg Tuttle “About Brook Trout”, written by R.G. Allerton and published in 1869, was an early account of a trout fishing excursion in Maine by the Oquossoc Angling Association. This book was a very early description of fishing … Continue reading →

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Last Hunt

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Here, in its entirety, is a story I published in the Northwoods Sporting Journal in 2011. The last person Fred Barnes expected to hear from when he picked up the phone was his old pal Gene Burdette. It was with … Continue reading →

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To Fish and Hunt in Maine

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

With ten quality books and hundreds of short stories under his belt, it was inevitable that someone would publish a collection of Edmund Ware Smith stories.  The collection came in 1991 under the title “To Fish and Hunt in Maine”, … Continue reading →

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NWSJ Column: Last Hunt, Part III

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

LAST HUNT, PART III (reprinted from the Outdoor Sporting Library column in the Northwoods Sporting Journal) This month’s column marks the third of a three part story, entitled “Last Hunt”. In the previous two entries (Last Hunt Part I and … Continue reading →

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The Trout Fisherman’s Bedside Book

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

Written by Greg Tuttle Arthur Macdougall’s “The Trout Fisherman’s Bedside Book” is his most popular and easiest to find book, which is fortunate for all. Published in 1963 by Simon and Schuster, it is a handsome little book. It contains … Continue reading →

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