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posted by admin on Dec 10

Product Description

Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders collects forty of John Gierach’s finest essays on fishing from six of his books. Like all his writing, these essays are seasoned by a keen sense of observation and a deep knowledge and love of fishing lore, leavened by a wonderfully wry sense of humor. Gierach often begins with an observation that soon leads to something below the surface, which he finds and successfully lands. As Gierach says, writing is a lot like fishing.

This is the first anthology of John Gierach’s work, a collection that is sure to delight both die-hard fans and new readers alike. To enter Gierach’s world is to experience the daily wonder, challenge, and occasional absurdity of the fishing life — from such rituals as the preparation of camp coffee (for best results, serve in a tin cup) to the random, revelatory surprises, such as the flashing beauty of a grayling leaping out of the water. Whether he’s catching fish or musing on the ones that got away, Gierach is always entertaining and enlightening, writing with his own inimitable blend of grace and style, passion and wit.Amazon.com Review
There are two things no dedicated fly-fisher can really have enough of: a decent selection of flies on the stream and a decent selection of John Gierach off of it. Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders should go a good way toward satisfying the latter. In this “greatest hits” of essays culled from Gierach’s previous collections, the genial wit and astute observer behind Another Lousy Day in Paradise, Dances with Trout, and Trout Bum reels in 40 of his favorite keepers. Considering the quality of Gierach’s writing, calling Headwaters a “treasury” is no fish tale at all.

Reading Leaky Waders is like recalling some memorably productive afternoons on the stream with an old fishing buddy. Writing about his sport and his adventures, Gierach is naturally writing about much more: “I’ve always tried to figure out what a story is about,” he’ll admit readily. “It’s something other than the fishing but that wouldn’t have come up without the fishing.” As in “The Purist,” an essay from The View from Rat Lake: it’s vintage Gierach, an excuse to use fishing to open a window onto human nature. “What is it about fly-fishing,” he asks,

that attracts … those people who must engineer a corner of their lives–sometimes a pretty large corner–where things have to be done properly? I’m not sure I know, but whatever it is, it’s why the sport can be used to define the very existence of the practitioner.

From there, he connects, with deft precision, the seemingly diverse strands of his own experience as a plumber’s helper, a fire on the Cuyahoga River, Zen, a little fishing history, a brief meditation on the dry fly, B.B. King, such noted anglers as G.E.M. Skues and Gierach’s own great fishing accomplice A.K. Best, Idaho’s Three Rivers Ranch on the Henry’s Fork, and a graceful dismissal of snootiness and pretension. It’s a skillful performance. Before you’re finished with Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders, you’ll find 39 more that are just as good. –Jeff Silverman

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posted by admin on Jan 15

Editorial Reviews

Review
“…satisfies [anglers'] desires by bringing together light, playful sketches, and tales…with attractive photographs, paintings and illustrations.” — Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, September 2005

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Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2005 (circ. unavailable) “Fly fishing anglers repeatedly stress the art of their sport – the process of tying, reading the river and casting – above the catching. The makers of this book know that to be a huge self-deception. Fly fishers – like all anglers –thrill over catching beautiful fish in beautiful places. The Fly Fishing Anthology satisfies these desires by bringing together light, playful sketches and tales – full of catching – with attractive photographs, paintings and illustrations.”

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posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

Fly Fishing With A.K. is a Stackpole Books publication.

About the Author
A.K. Best is a Stackpole Books author.

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posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

Review
Few angler-authors can match the skill and insight of Steve Raymond . . .”–The New York Times“Reading Steve Raymond’sNervous Wateris much like sitting around a campfire with a good scotch, a fine cigar, and listening to your best friend. The tales and rants are a look into the soul of a man who loves the marvels of nature.”–A. K. Best”Steve Raymond has been one of fly fishing’s finest writers longer than most of us have been fishing. Nervous Water is a splendid and vastly entertaining celebration of all the big and little things that make fly fishing such a compelling way of life.”
–Paul Schullery, author of Royal Coachman and American Fly Fishing: A History
“…contrasts the tranquil surface of the sport with the trends, debates and issues that roil the waters.”–Seattle Post-Intelligencer

”The entertaining stories are a snapshot of Raymond’s life and reveal engaging insights in the complex sport…”–Northwest Adventures
“…adds a bit more glitter to the bright thread of fly-fishing gold that runs through the fabric of American sporting literature. Raymond has for several decades made important contributions to the literature of fly fishing. In his collection of loosely connected essays we see him at his intriguing best. There’s something for all tastes-easygoing appreciation of the sport’s quirks, heartwarming reminiscence, and just simple tales wonderfully told. This is vintage Raymond, and for those who know his work, that means a literary wine to sample and savor.”–Fly Rod & Reel“Here you’ll find 34 essays ranging from outright comedy through some fascinating historical research, from a wry commentary on the burgeoning technologies of the fly-fishing industries and the cult of celebrity to some just plain, excellent fishing stories.” –Flyfishing and Tying Journal“Raymond’s prose is direct, his commentary forthright, frankly opinionated, frequently funny and not without cutting edges…”– Fly Rod & Reel“In a genre whose longing for the old days and calls for better management are too often scolding and furious, Raymond offers a simpler and more graceful message: Get out ther and pay attention to the wonder of the water.”–Seattle Times
“…a thoughtful and entertaining collection…”–Fly Rod & Reel

Praise for Steve Raymond’s Blue Upright:

With Blue Upright, Steve Raymond proves once again why he is the Raymond Carver of fly-fish lit. With elegant, unadorned precision, Steve offers the biographies of his favorite flies, which blossom into an autobiography of Steve Raymond and a history of fly-fishing for salmon, trout and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest, with side trips after bonefish and Atlantic salmon. It is complex wisdom simply presented, and belongs on any literate fly-fisher¹s bookshelf.–James R. Babb, Editor, Gray’s Sporting Journal

Raymond’s storytelling and writing skills enable him to seamlessly work these varied topics into cohesive chapters that both inform and amuse. And no matter where Raymond’s thoughts take him, he’s always able to convey how each of these tiny fishing flies has affected his life in a big way.”–Publishers Weekly

“Insightful, informative, and always interesting, this book could be a fitting capstone for the author’s literary career . . . “– Library Journal

Nervous water: sometimes it’s nothing more than a fleeting crease or wrinkle on the surface of a lake or stream, or a small patch of salt water that looks as if it’s shivering. But wise anglers know that such subtle surface movements are nearly always signs of fish stirring down below. The sport of fly fishing is like that. It has a reputation as a tranquil, contemplative sport, but something is nearly always going on down below: constant currents of new thought and theory, a relentless drive to develop new technologies, an ongoing muted chorus of debate. Esteemed fly fisher and author, Steve Raymond has contemplated many of these issues and presented them in articles and essays published in many magazines. Now, for the first time, many of these works have been collected in a single book - thirty-four variations on the theme of fly fishing. Together they form a selective, opinionated chronicle of the trends, developments, and changes in fly fishing from the 1960s to the present, along with a look back at some pioneers of the sport - and the fish that make it all possible. Most of these pieces have been updated, expanded, or otherwise revised or edited for publication in this book; several appear here for the first time. Some tackle important topics (such as the very definition of fly fishing itself), and others take a light look at the more trivial angling concerns (such as how, or even whether, to dress for fishing). A thoughtful, engaging contemplation of this complex sport, “NervousWater” belongs on the shelf of anyone who loves fly fishing.

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posted by admin on Jan 7

Editorial Reviews

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“A vivid account. . . . Lays open in the hand as neatly as an elegant English fly box and would handily fit in the outside pocket of a fishing vest.” –Chelsea

“Captivating essays - on living simply and living well.” - International Angler”

“This book would appeal to philosophical fly fishermen, but to a wider audience as well–particularly individuals who relish the idea of a reflective life.” –Baton Rouge Advocate

“Where does [this] book belong? Carried in a fishing creel for streamside reading. On a night stand or a coffee table. Anywhere within easy reach of anglers and nonanglers caught up in the currents of a fast culture and looking for lovely, reflective moments of grace.” –Eugene Register-Guard
–This text refers to the

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With sly wit and disarming candor, Soos recounts fly-fishing adventures that have become points of departure for wide-ranging ruminations on the larger questions that haunt him. 31 illustrations, 25 in color.

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posted by admin on Jan 6

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
In these eight short essays, three of which have been previously published, Middleton singlemindedly demolishes the placid image of fishing with moody meditations and dark travelogues. A couple of these pieces read like creative writing class drills, and more than one is marked by florid sentiment. Nonetheless, Middleton makes direct contact with the pulse of existence that fishing provides many people. For the author of The Earth Is Enough , his beloved home waters in the southern Appalachians are the real sources of personal memory, and in re-fishing the waters of his hardscrabble youth, he shows that “fishing is not an escape from life, but a deeper immersion into it.”
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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posted by admin on Jan 5

Editorial Reviews

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Flyfisher Magazine Gierach writes about the common experiences in a way that makes ours more meaningful. — Review
–This text refers to the

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Flyfisher MagazineGierach writes about the common experiences in a way that makes ours more meaningful.
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edition.

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posted by admin on Jan 5

Editorial Reviews

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“This is one of the best books for the aspiring rod maker or the old pro alike. This book is written so that you do not need an engineering degree in order to build a bamboo fly rod.”–Bamboo Fly Rod Network

“This book is a well-illustrated presentation aimed at promoting the delicate art of creating bamboo fly rods. From the required materials to the most intricate techniques, Wayne Cattanach guides the rod maker along the path to producing the perfect featherweight rod.”–Lie-Nielsen Library
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The bamboo fly rod represents the pinnacle of the fly-fishing art: its apparent simplicity and delicacy belie the craftsmanship and strength that are the hallmarks of all great rods.

Wayne Cattanach begins in the Kwangsi and Kwantung provinces of China, where Tonkin bamboo takes about eight years to develop the qualities that distinguish it from all other materials: a tensile strength akin to steel, light in weight, with the flexibility that gives all bamboo rods their relaxed action.

He describes the process that will take anyone from lengths of hard, raw bamboo to a beautiful finished rod with clear, step-by-step instructions, including how to: find the best supplies; select tools and materials; make and use heat treaters and binders; select rod taper, weight, and action; cut culms; straighten bamboo strips; primary and secondary planing; stagger bamboo strips; give proper heat treating; bind strips; apply finish; mount the reel seat, ferrules, and tip top; and much more.

Scores of illustrations and line drawings demonstrate crucial techniques that before this book could only be guessed at, and Wayne’s years of experience with pupils and bamboo are brought to bear at every step as his invaluable tips not only instruct, but also explain how to avoid common beginners’ mistakes. This is surely the most thorough book available for those who want to have the pleasure of making, and fishing, their own bamboo fly rods.

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posted by admin on Jan 5

Editorial Reviews

A journey to the four corners of the earth to experience the world’s most fabulous fishing.

From the Back Cover
Around the world, people share a passion for fishing. The Longest Cast chronicles some of the people and places that define fishing as a truly worldwide pursuit.

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posted by admin on Dec 10

Editorial Reviews

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With George’s years of experience as a professional rodmaker and instructor, along with Bernard’s expertise as writer, this [book] should prove to be a winner. — The Planing Form

Spurred in part by a quest for something authentic in a mostly synthetic world, more and more anglers are abandoning high-tech graphite fly-rods in favor of those handcrafted from bamboo. In fact, so many anglers have been switching to split-cane that the small but growing number of bamboo rodbuilders are selling their custom rods at prices well into four figures. So it should come as no surprise that fly-anglers, most of whom tie their own flies, are now looking to make their own split-cane fly-rods. Bamboo is cheap, and the tools needed to build finished rods are simple and few. What is needed is patience, a steady hand, and a book that explains the process with clarity and detail. This is that book. Co-author George Maurer is something of a phenomenon, having built some of the finest and most innovative bamboo rods seen in a generation. Bernard Elser, who has studied with Maurer for several years, has a rare gift for explaining this exacting craft in simple, precise steps. Each chapter begins with a list of tools and the time needed to complete the step described. Photographs and illustrations throughout illuminate key points of the process.

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