Chasing Ghost Trout: In his most personal book to date, Dennis Dauble shares the events and people that shaped his love for wild trout and the streams of Oregon’s Blue Mountains. Chasing Ghost Trout is rollicking ride through five decades of heartfelt memories that show how the spirit of family and a love of nature can carry us through life. Dauble tells stories about encounters with wood ticks, a first steelhead, cleavage from heaven, sibling rivalry, old trucks, giant bull trout, organized religion, and a legendary rock formation. Even through the pain and uncertainty of his battle with prostate cancer and the loss of dear family members, comfort is found in the constant companionship of his Grandpa Harry’s battered willow creel—aka fish box—and its elusive collection of “ghost trout.”
Bury Me With My Flyrod: The Unvarnished Truth About Fly Fishing: Travel a “spoke of the wheel” tour of northeastern Oregon trout streams where Dauble battles the “Mike Tyson” of Couse Creek, hikes into Spirit Mountain, and soaks flies near his cabin in the Umatilla River canyon. Regale in tales about grasshoppers on a string, beaver scat, dogs that herd trout, and how not to teach your honey to cast. Swing a fly for steelhead on the Deschutes and Columbia rivers and chase “Brownies” on the Isle of Skye. Learn what makes a perfect rod and the secret of huckleberry cream pie. Contains award-winning photos and 25 original illustrations by Ronald Reed.
Author Bio
Dennis Dauble retired in 2008 from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington after a 35-year career as a fisheries scientist. He has since written five books about fish and fishing, including the natural history guidebook, Fishes of the Columbia Basin, three short story collections (The Barbless Hook, One More Last Cast, Bury Me with My Fly Rod) that won awards for excellence from the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association. His fishing memoir, Chasing Ghost Trout, was a finalist in the Outdoor Writers of America Excellence in Craft contest for 2021. Dennis speaks widely to museums, public libraries, civic and sportsman groups on such topics as the history of fish and fishing in the Columbia Basin, ecology of fish-eating birds, water management conflict, and fly fishing Blue Mountain streams. In his spare time, he restores a vintage cabin located in the Umatilla River canyon, whittles pipes from found wood, fishes, and writes columns for three regional newspapers. Whether via humor, wit, or self-reflection, Dauble’s personal accounts of a day on the water will entertain and inform.His website is DennisDaubleBooks.com.