An extraordinarily talented artist, writer and musician, James Prosek is a
passionate voice for conservation, wild trout habitat and the sport of fly fishing.
James will be advising us on how we can raise awareness for conservation issues in the coming
years and is generously allowing his artwork to be used to help raise funds for
World Trout and other conservation causes.
Winston’s friendship with James goes back to 1996, when we were first introduced to
the young naturalist and his work: Trout: An Illustrated History
(Knopf, 1996), which he published as an undergraduate at Yale with watercolors
of seventy species, subspecies and strains of trout of North America.
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We were lucky enough to feature his artwork in our 1997 catalog,
ad campaign, and accessory line. And we’ve been ardent fans ever since.
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CONSERVATION:
James furthered his study of native trout species in his travels abroad from 1996 –
2003. His extensive research into the trout of Europe, Asia, and North Africa is beautifully
recorded in his book: Trout of the World,
an illustrated history of the native species he encountered in his travels.
In 2004, James, along with Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia founded World Trout,
an on-going conservation effort to preserve native trout species worldwide.
Winston is pleased to join the effort by contributing proceeds from the sales of our
Winston
World Trout Tshirts and our signed
James Prosek Books to World Trout. James is dedicated to preserving native trout species around the world
and bringing public awareness to the threats to their habitat. “Preserving
diversity of indigenous trout species around the world is also about preserving
our last coldwater wildernesses, and arguably our most precious resource, clean water.”
James is the author of 8 books, the latest of which is his first novel,
The Day My Mother Left, to be published in Spring of 2007.
Listen to the
interview with James about his new book on National Public Radio.
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Trout: An Illustrated History (Knopf, 1996)
Joe and Me: An Education in Fishing and Friendship (Morrow, 1997)
The Complete Angler (HarperCollins, 1998)
Early Love and Book Trout (Lyons Press, 2000)
Fly-Fishing the 41st Parallel (HarperCollins, 2003)
Trout of the World (Stewart Tabori and Chang, 2003)
A Good Day’s Fishing (Simon & Schuster, 2004)
The Day My Mother Left (Simon & Schuster, 2007)
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| His latest artwork “Symmetry and Myth” features realistic
depictions of birds and fish in abstract environments. Included in the series are several studies of eels,
which are the focus of his future written works including a non-fiction book and an article for National Geographic.
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