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FLY-FISHING FOR SHARKS AN ANGLER'S JOURNEY ACROSS AMERICA Shark Fishing Book NEW
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 074320025X
- Publication Name
- Simon & Schuster
- ISBN
- 9780743200257
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
074320025X
ISBN-13
9780743200257
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038735548
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fly-Fishing for Sharks : an Angler's Journey Across America
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Essays & Travelogues, Fishing
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Sports & Recreation
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Jim Lehrer The News Hour, PBSHere's a book about fishing for people who do not fish....That's because its real subject is people., Jim Lehrer The News Hour, PBS Here's a book about fishing for people who do not fish....That's because its real subject is people., Elizabeth Grossman Chicago Tribune An enlightening glimpse into the world of piscatorial pleasures and what evokes such passion in its enthusiasts., Christopher CamutoGray's Sporting JournalThrough his travels, Louv becomes a kind of Studs Terkel of the fishing world....Makes me proud to be an American., Jim LehrerThe News Hour,PBSHere's a book about fishing for people who do not fish....That's because its real subject is people., Elizabeth GrossmanChicago TribuneAn enlightening glimpse into the world of piscatorial pleasures and what evokes such passion in its enthusiasts., Michael Levy The Buffalo News I am blown away....The best book of armchair angling to hit the shelves in years., Christopher Camuto Gray's Sporting Journal Through his travels, Louv becomes a kind of Studs Terkel of the fishing world....Makes me proud to be an American., Michael LevyThe Buffalo NewsI am blown away....The best book of armchair angling to hit the shelves in years.
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction: Shop Talk Headwaters It Changes Everything The Lost World Fish Eyes and Lizard Legs Flyover Waters You See That? Mall Fishing The Contender The Contest Sex and the Bass'n Gals Hidden Waters Whitefish Willy and the Northern Lights Ice Flying Poaching the King's Fish Flywaters True Story Relics The Fishermom Industrial-Strength Fly-Fishing Lodge Life Fishing with Papa Ghostwaters Nick Raven and the River of Heaven River Witching The Giveaway Fishing for Ghosts (or, Sasquatch of the Stilly) City Waters A Trout Grows in Brooklyn Down the Potomac Saltwaters Captains of Florida Bring Me the Head of Osceola Renewing Waters Murky Waters: The Morality of Fishing Fishing with Bobby Moving On Notes Index
Synopsis
For three years, Richard Louv listened to America by going fishing. To explore the cultures of angling, he traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific and to the Gulf Coast, too; from bass waters north and south to fly-fishing waters east and west. He joined a professional bass tournament on Lake Erie and got a casting lesson from fly-fishing legend Joan Wulff in Colorado. He angled with corporate executives in Montana and stoic steelheaders in the Northwest. He went ice fishing on Michigan's Upper Peninsula and fly-fishing for sharks in California. In the Midwest, he fished with the host of the nation's longest-running television fishing program. He spent time with the captains of Florida, the poachers of the West, and the regulars who fish the Harlem and Hudson Rivers in New York City. Fly-Fishing for Sharks is the delightful result of Richard Louv's journey, a portrait of America on the water, fishing rod in hand. From Whitefish Willy to Bass'n Gal's Sugar Ferris, the people Louv writes about are simply unforgettable. As diverse as the cultures of fishing are. Richard Louv found that certain values unite them. Most of the anglers he spoke with care passionately about the health of the country's water; some have pondered what fishing tells us about our changing relationship with nature. Every one of them finds something renewing, even healing, in angling -- and many of these men and women believe that fishing can be a thread that binds the generations. Louv discovers from a Hemingway son what it really was like to go fishing with Papa; he fishes and talks about fatherhood with Robert Kennedy, Jr.; and he shares the joys and pains of caring for his own children. Fly-Fishing for Sharks is by turns funny, thoughtful, and poignant -- a revealing look at our country from an unusual perspective., For three years, journalist Richard Louv listened to America by going fishing with Americans. Doing what many of us dream of, he traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from trout waters east and west to bass waters north and south. Fly-Fishing for Sharks is the result of his journey, a portrait of America on the water, fishing rod in hand. To explore the cultures of fishing, Louv joined a bass tournament on Lake Erie and got a casting lesson from fly-fishing legend Joan Wulff He angled with corporate executives in Montana and fly-fished for sharks in California. He spent time with fishing-boat captains in Florida, the regulars who fish New York City's Hudson River, and a river witch in Colorado. He teamed secrets of fishing and living from steelheaders in the Northwest, Bass'n Gals in Texas, and an ice-fisher in the North Woods. Along the way, he heard from one of Hemingway's sons what it was like to fish with Papa and from Robert Kennedy, Jr., how fishing changed his fife. As he describes the eccentricities, obsessions, and tribulations of dedicated anglers, he also uncovers the values that unite them. He reveals the healing qualities of fishing, how it binds the generations, how the angling business has grown, and how the future of fishing is threatened. But most of all, Fly-Fishing for Sharks is about the unforgettable characters Louv meets on the water and the stories they tell. From them, Louv learns about our changing relationship with nature, about a hidden America -- and about himself.
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