Wings Over Water: The Late Notes of a Naturalist

In this collection of personal essays, the author describes the flora and fauna he encounters while plying some of his favorite trout streams in the Mid-Atlantic states, New England and the American West. Walt Franklin is as much a bird watcher and amateur naturalist as he is an avid fly fisherman, with a strong desire to protect the lands he has walked and the waters he has fished for decades. Wings Over Water is a curious blend of fishing tales, folklore, natural history, and riverine ecology. It is also a lighthearted narrative the turns poetic whenever the wild comes into full view.