Cameron Chambers was born in Helena, Montana, where he learned to fly fish as a kid. After working as a fishing guide on Chile’s Futaleaufu River, he decided to return to to Patagonia with one mission: to catch fish. During his next five trips to Patagonia, the stories behind the fish became much more interesting to him than the fish themselves. He’s conducted hundreds of hours of interviews, traced down historical leads, met with renowned biologists, and gotten threatened with violence if he did not leave private property more than once. Cameron's articles have appeared in Fly Fisherman, American Angler, Traveling Angler and other magazines. When he is not fishing in Patagonia, Cameron is a firefighter in Seattle, Washington. He has also served as a smokejumper for the US Forest Service.
Chasing Rumor: A Season Fly Fishing in Patagonia
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ISBN-13:
9781938340413
- Publisher: Patagonia
- Publication date: 06/09/2015
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 256
- File size: 7 MB
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A blip of prosperity at the turn of the 20th century brought American trout to Patagonia, then for a half-century they were forgotten to fight wars and build a nation. Rediscovered by fishermen a half-century later, the fish had grown to epic proportions. In Chasing Rumor, Cameron Chambers chronicles his modern-day pilgrimage to the rivers of Patagonia in pursuit of these legendary 20-pound trout. What started as a trip focused on catching fish became a love affair with the Patagonian landscape, environment, and, mostly, the people. From a business mogul turned B&B owner to a kid determined to save a local trout population, Chasing Rumor is at times the story of a handful of fishermen, and at other times a tale of enormous trout.
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“Chasing Rumor is different. It’s a fly-fishing book the same way Moby Dick is a whaling tale.” -- Chicago Sun Times
“[Cameron Chambers] fits in a line that includes Thomas McGuane, Robert K. Brown and Norman Maclean (A River Runs Through It.) . . . What sets Chambers apart as a contemplative fly-fishing writer is relative youth. It’s one thing for aging men to contemplate navels and big questions of life. Quite another for a young man to do that.” -- Chicago Sun Times
"FLY FISHING OFF THE BEATEN PATHS OF PATAGONIA (AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM) IS NOT FOR SISSIES BUT IT CAN BE A HELLUVA ENTERTAINING ADVENTURE. I KNOW - I'VE BEEN THERE. CAMERON CHAMBERS CAPTURES IT ALL - THE WILD RIVERS AND LAKES, SMALL AND GIANT FISH, LOCAL CHARACTERS AND NORTH AMERICAN FISH BUMS. CRACK A BEER AND GO ALONG FOR THE RIDE IN THIS ENTERTAINING BOOK." TOM BROKAW
"Cameron's journey enabled him to compress, in a relatively short time, an understanding of himself and why we love fly fishing; something most fly fishermen acquire only during their lifetime. The dream of many is to chase a very special fish. Cameron brought to life the mythical chase and the joys, tribulations and, finally, understanding of that pursuit." -- Lefty Kreh