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• The  New Atlas of  Vermont Trout  Ponds

"Pick up your copy of the New Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds this spring and enjoy fishing a hidden Vermont gem."
Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife,  VDF&W Facebook page

"Shea published the first [Vermont trout] atlas…now comes a 21st century version…GPS-compatible…fishermen and –women can make use of the book’s info on fish populations and stocking data, invasive species… and more"

Seven Days

"The New Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds offers not only updated information on waterways from Adams Reservoir to Zach Woods Pond but also satellite-based GPS navigation coordinates."

Brattleboro Reformer

       Vermont Trout Hikes: A Guide to its Backwoods Ponds

“Trout-filled ponds discovered off the beaten path? A trout angler's dream.

Find these special locations in Peter Shea's “Vermont trout hikes: A guide to its backwoods ponds.” 

Official Webpage and Facebook page of the 

Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department

“Vermont Trout Hikes” will serve as a reference book that includes information on wild trout populations, stocking, depth charts, and more than an angler will want to know…If you are an angler who likes to get away from the crowd and fish new waters, the book is ideal.”

Gary Moore

Outdoor Columnist

Caledonia Record

If you are looking for new places to fish, check out Peter Shea’s new book, “Vermont Trout Hikes: A Guide to its Backwoods Ponds,” with maps, pond depths, and detailed description. Even if you’re not carrying a fly rod, the hikes are worth it to explore some of Vermont’s lesser known waters.

Vermont Sports

• Vermont Trout Streams: A Fly Angler’s Guide to the Best

Broken down by different watershed areas, the book lays out just where someone looking to land a Vermont trout should cast. It includes 20 hand-drawn maps, state stocking patterns, fly-fishing patterns, where public access to different streams and rivers is available and local intel from professional guides and people who know the fishing in each region intimately.

Stowe Reporter

“[It is] the first ground-up, comprehensive treatment of Vermont’s trout streams in more than thirty years.”

Vermont Digger

“The title says all of it, and these two Vermonters aren’t afraid to inform the secretsing spots. Additionally they get into one of the best methods for profitable fly fishing.” and techniques of their favourite fish

Brent Hallenbeck, Burlington Free Press

Vermont Trout Streams Allows us to dream -- Are you a fly fisherman hunkered down to avoid close contact and going a bit stir crazy? Get a copy…The guide lists some 400 Vermont trout streams shown on 20 hand drawn maps to guide you. The two accomplished anglers devote space to fly patterns, public access and stocking data for the various streams.

Gary Moore – Thoughts on the Out-of-Doors, Caledonia Record 

• Vermont's Trophy Trout Waters

“Until now, however, there has not been a comprehensive guide to these waters. But that has changed in a big way… Researched and written by Vermont trout bum extraordinaire Peter Shea, the handy, 116-page guide contains a wealth of information that will help anglers find and fish Vermont’s trophy trout waters. A geographer by training and the author of several other Vermont fishing guides, Shea includes detailed directions for each water and GPS coordinates for parking areas along rivers and boat accesses on ponds, along with 46 simple, line drawn maps, 15 depth charts, and more than a dozen black-and-white photographs...”

Lawrence Pyne, Outdoors Writer, Burlington Free Press

• Vermont Trout Ponds

"...Vermont Trout Ponds is a delightful romp for anyone who wishes to hear about the special places fly fishermen covet with almost the passion of Captain Ahab, but tempered with the rare gift of someone who is willing to share those places in well-written words, as well as the thrills of his victories and the agonies of his defeats, all with a sense of side-splitting humor and a serious appreciation for the wilderness of the Green Mountain State.“

Philip R. Jordan, Editor, Vermont Magazine

“Shea literally put Vermont still-water fisheries on the map more than thirty years ago with the publication of The Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds…now [he] is back with a more intimate and in depth companion book…Vermont Trout Ponds... It’s a fun, easy read that melds useful information with fishy tales that will make you want to strap a canoe to your car or lace up your hiking boots and go see each of the ponds covered for yourself… [the book] reflects his more than four decades spent exploring and fishing Vermont with an almost single-minded focus on small, hidden waters…”

Lawrence Pyne, Outdoors Writer, Burlington Free Press.