Author, Peter Shea
Angling geographer, Peter Shea, has chased trout with a fly for more than fifty years. He was a founding partner of Northern Cartographic, Inc. where in the early '8os he co-authored two local fishing classics (The Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds and Vermont Trout Streams,) as well as sharing national recognition for their large-print volume Access America: An Atlas and Guide to the National Parks for Visitors with Disabilities. Among other awards, the latter was selected as a “Best Reference” by the American Library Association’s Booklist in 1990. During a twenty-year career at Vermont PBS, which followed, his own books were published by New England Press, as well as Headwater Books. Establishing Wind Knot Publishing in 2013, he has authored seven books under this imprint: Vermont Trout Ponds: A Personal Selection, Commentary, and True Stories; Long Trail Trout: Backcountry Fly Fishing Adventures from Vermont to Montana, and Beyond; Vermont’s Trophy Trout Waters : An Atlas and Guide (now in a Second Edition); Collateral Trout: A Vermonter's Angling Memoirs and Fishy Tales; The NEW Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds: A GPS-Compatible Guidebook; Vermont Trout Streams: A Fly Angler's Guide to the Best; and, Vermont Trout Hikes: A Guide to its Backwoods Ponds. He lives with his wife, Carol, in Burlington.
Author and visiting friend
Co-Author of Vermont Trout Streams, Bob Shannon
Bob Shannon is the owner of the Fly Rod Shop in Stowe, Vermont, and a professional fly-fishing guide for over 30 years. His travels have taken him to New York, Canada, Montana, and the Caribbean. As an adjunct professor at Northern Vermont University, he has taught students about fly fishing for over 25 years. A member of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board for 11 years, and also a former board member of Lake Champlain International. Bob was a contributor to Fifty Best Places: Fly Fishing the Northeast (Mallard, editor). Featured in many television fishing programs and radio shows, he has also been a celebrity speaker throughout the United States. He has most recently co-authored Vermont Trout Streams: A Fly Angler's Guide to the Best.