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Author ron P. swegman writes: "When thinking about reading and writing, I am also drawn to the home of the book: the library. This institution has been a constant throughout my life." and ends his story with a list of further reading.

"Did you get a brownie?" The voice the author heard was young; a girl’s voice that floated gracefully over the soft, almost melodic, water tumble of the creek. He was releasing a small brown trout that had patiently watched his patterns float by for close to half an hour.

Knots have challenged author ron P. swegman all his life. When he was a preschool boy, he demanded his mom buy him “buckle shoes” because he just could not get the hang of shoestrings.

Light gear is best for little fish for two big reasons

More than a sport fish, the brook trout has, throughout its range, become a barometer for the environmental health

The father of English fishing literature, Izaak Walton, devotes two chapters of The Compleat Angler to chubs

When you catch a fish species on the fly for the first time

Some readers may have encountered this sporty sunfish before

Picture a uniform, unbroken expanse of sun bright cloud bed; the classic white sky day

The smallmouth bass is the headliner of small coolwater venues

Perfection is as illusory in fishing as it is in any other aspect of life

A treatise on small fish and small waters; an eclectic collection of classic fly pattern variations; a survey of some of the better literature on the art and sport of fly fishing; a portrait of the angler as a young man ... All of these descriptions apply to "Small Fry: The Lure of the Little" brought to you by ron P. swegman.