John Voelker (Robert Traver)

[uptroutfishr]

As far as I know, there was not a second edition of "Anatomy of a Fisherman", so you have to find a first edition. My wife found one for me several years ago at a book store in Marquette, MI. The photography is wonderful. Trout Magic and Trout Madness have been republished many times.

There is a book that was published a few years ago entitled "Voelker's Pond: A Robert Traver Legacy" with several photos from John's camp on Frenchman Pond:
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RW, yes, I was actually confusing two books, the one you mentioned and "Voelker's Pond." Got it straight now!

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[gerry l]

uptroutfishr
So good to read your note. Yes, I know of Boskydell, over by Cedar Lake. We retired several years ago to our place on Lake of Egypt. I did not have the opportunity to fish often in the UP. However, we did fish PM and Little Manestee down below. We really enjoy warm water fishing and the year long aspect of this location. Troout fishing is not all that long of a drive. My Traver/Voelker is just a reach away. Again, thanks for your note.
gerry l

[October Woods]

I own all of the judges books and ;ove them very much. If you like the works of the judge you'd enjoy those by Edmund Ware Smith and Arthur Macdougall Jr. equally as the One Eyed Poacher character of Mr Smith and Dud Dean from Mr Macdougall are in good company with the judges Danny and his boys.

One of my favorite stories is in Trout Magic chap 13 entitled Morris the rodmaker. It is about Morris Kushner and the story recounts he and the judges meeting and some other tales. Chap 11 is about one of the judges fishing companions, Ed Lotspiech. Seems he and the judge are as fare apart about everything worldly and in life with the exception of fishing. I happen to be fortunate in owning one of Mr Lotspiechs bamboo rods which was made by Morris Kushner.

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Isn't it ironic that very few fish for the reasons that "Travers" wrote about. His "Testament of a Fisherman" would surely be rewritten for todays modern fly fisher:

"I fly fish because I can. Because I can get on stream with 20 or 30 other guys and yell, "FISH ON" when I hook one. Because I can head to a plush lodge after frothing the water and sip exotic wines and cheeses, because I can carry my cell phone and make calls and conduct business while on the stream, river or pond, because I might be on a television commercial which uses fly fishing as a backdrop, because with enough money, I may not be able to buy or bribe a trout, but I can buy and bribe a guide or landowner to get into some trout, and finally, not because I regard fly fishing as so terribly important, but because I regard myself as important and better than all other types of fishermen."

[Litehen55]

My cousin was, for a number of years, the chairman of the Voelker foundation. Hey had met and fished with the judge, and actually had a video tape of them at Frenchmans. I have fished all over the UP and love it for the same reasons that John Voelker did. Solitude without lonliness. And a fly caught native brook trout is still the most beautiful fish you can get.

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