Every Day Was Special: A Fly Fisher's Lifelong Passion - Hardcover

Tapply, William G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1602399557 ISBN 13: 9781602399556

Publisher: Skyhorse, 2010

Synopsis

"It’s been a lifelong, ever-expanding journey, with many big ?sh and faraway waters and dramatic moments . . . and yet I don’t think any of those moments or any of those places or ?sh has thrilled me any more than seeing the twitch of my ?y line where it entered the muddy waters of my backyard pond . . .”

In this collection of ?y-?shing stories from acclaimed novelist and outdoor writer William G. Tapply, the natural appeal of ?y ?shing comes to life. Each story in Every Day Was Special was previously published in Tapply’s back-page column, Reading the Currents” in American Angler, or in Gray’s Sporting Journal, or in Field & Stream. From Dam It” to First Light” to When Trout Get Antsy,” these thirty re-readable pieces are unique in their own ways, and yet, all are classic Tapply. These writings serve as testament to the thrill of ?shing, the inimitable energy of casting at daybreak, and the innocence of streamside summers.

About this title

About the Author:

William G. Tapply was the author of dozens of books, including more than two dozen New England-based mystery novels and nearly a thousand magazine articles, mostly about fly fishing and the outdoors. Tapply died in July 2009 after a battle with Leukemia. He lived and wrote in Hancock, New Hampshire.

From Booklist:

Just before he died of leukemia in July 2009, Tapply completed this collection of 30 fishing essays, his tenth such collection. The foreword by angling publisher Nick Lyons offers a personal, sporting, and literary biography of Tapply, who will be missed both for his outdoors nonfiction and for his crime fiction. This volume addresses such larger, discursive topics as why people fish as well as recounting adventure fishing for trout, bass, bluegill, striped bass, tarpon, bonefish, and snook. Throughout, Tapply’s ruminations feature his signature self-deprecating humor as well as thoughts on how friends and family make fishing a more rewarding experience. Tapply refers often to classic fishing authors such as Ray Bergman, Harold Blaisdell, and Ed Zern. Sadly, Tapply’s untimely demise means his excellent fishing writing has become “classic” before its time. --John Rowen

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1602399557
• ISBN 13: 9781602399556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208