FR_R_Confluence_Review_Summer2016.pdf
Praise for Trout Do Not Lie
“A volume filled with unique voices that explore new ground, often breaching the rules of the genre, to tell deep, rich, varied stories of life….”
~Margot Page, author of Little Rivers: Tales of a Woman Angler
“Moving and heartfelt, the remarkable stories in Trout Do Not Lie remind us that fly fishing sometimes takes us to places that go well beyond our farthest casts.”
~Stephen Sautner, author of Every Cast: Chronicles of a Deeply Hooked Angler
Trout Do Not Lie
An Anthology of Robert Traver Award Fly-Fishing Stories
Edited by David A. Van Wie, Jody Martin and Kathleen Achor
Foreword by Seth Norman
Afterword by Nick Lyons
The Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Writing Award has been the most widely recognized international award for fly fishing stories in the English language for thirty years. The annual Traver Award is jointly administered by the John D. Voelker Foundation of Marquette, Michigan and the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester, Vermont. As an anthology of twenty honored stories from 2008 to 2025, this volume includes many of the best voices in fly fishing over the past twenty years. Foreword is by Seth Norman and Afterword by Nick Lyons.
Foreword by Seth Norman
Introduction by David Van Wie
Testament of a Fisherman – Robert Traver
Brief History of the Robert Traver Award by Jody Martin
2008 Winner–Michael Doherty, “The Shining Path”
2009 Winner–Pete Fromm, “The Land Beyond Maps”
2010 Winner–Kent Cowgill, “Two Men in a Museum”
2011 Winner–Michael Doherty, “Seven Great Flies for the Boston Metropolitan Area”
2012 Winner–Dave Karczynski, “Awake in the Moonlight: Notes at Hex Time”
2013 Winner– Richard Chiappone, “Requiem for a River Bend”
2015 Winner–E. Donnall Thomas, Jr., “Rubies and Amethyst”
2016 Winner–Kent Cowgill, “La Bouchon Souris”
2017, 2018 – Contest suspended
2019 Winner–Jimmy Watts, “A Wet World That Burns”
2020 Winner–Alexander Benoît, “Blue Lines”
2021 Honorable Mention– Paige Wallace, “Pretending to Listen”
2021 Winner–Jody Martin, “Simon’s Daughter”
2022 Honorable Mention– Sarah Zoric, “Vanity Plates”
2022 Winner–Frank Sargeant, “A Dog Named Fish”
2023 Winner–Matt Powell, “Middle-seat Meditations”
2024 Finalist–Michelle Werrett, “Following Filleul”
2024 Finalist–Katie MacDonald, “Between the Snow and the Second Line”
2024 Winner–George Rogers, “Last Salad on the Gairezi”
2025 Winner-Joseph Jackson, "Oncorhynchus"
Afterword – Nick Lyons