Meeker and I head over in the early afternoon and hit the White's winking riffles and the deep green pools with nymphs, streamers and dry flies.

FORBES: Adventurer

Over the years, I gradually worked my way downstream from the West Branch to the big riffles and eddies of the Main Stem, where wild rainbow trout, more tolerant of warmer temperatures, reign supreme for the 35 miles between Hancock and Callicoon.

FORBES: Catskills Fly Fishing Book

We stopped alongside the Sonobe River, where Miyamoto, as a boy, had caught fish with his hands, and I descended the bank and stared at the riffles for a while until I realized, with a start, that there were six or seven giant carp in a pool right by my feet.

NEWYORKER: Master of Play