Table of Contents

In the Beginning	11
Anatomy of Le Shack	17
Sacred Waters	27
Hank Looyer: The Headmaster	37
The Silver Fox	43
Russ Gaede: One of a Kind	47
Bus Duhamel	53
The Seminars & Looyer’s Rules	59
Baptismal Rites	69
Round Midnight	77
The Trout from Augustine	83
“There’s a Hippo in my Trout Stream”	91
The Big Oak at Mirage Bend	95
Chuck’s Splendid New RV	100
Nocturnal Battles	107
Dracula on the West Branch?	121
Nobody’s Been There!	125
A Mouse Named Mingo	130
The Happy Trout at Acorn	135
Lunch with Walter	142
Gaede’s Trunk	150
The Walking Tree Episode	156
Voices in the Dark	167
Viewpoints: Past and Present	173
The Old Man’s Stretch: The Sequel	187
Fishing Wives	195
Five-Minute Course for Small Streams	199
Dangers & Threats	204
The Dream	215