Fly Fishing Is Spoken Here: The Most Prominent Anglers in the World Talk Tactics, Strategies, and Attitudes

Sloan, Stephen

ISBN 10: 1585747726 / ISBN 13: 9781585747726

Published by Lyons Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fly Fishing Is Spoken Here: The Most Prominent Anglers in the World Talk Tactics, Strategies, and Attitudes
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585747726
• ISBN 13: 9781585747726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Prosek, James
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This is a fly-fishing book that speaks to the dedication fly fishermen have for their favorite pastime. Whether you are a veteran fly fisher, a passionate weekend participant, or an enthusiastic beginner, you will come away from this terrific compilation with a better understanding of and fervor for this magnificent sport.
FLY FISHING IS SPOKEN HERE gives you a broader perspective and encourages you to form your own relationship with fly fishing. This collection of radio interviews from "The Fishing Zone" (which reaches 200 stations and 1,000 cites) includes three new chapters from Joan Wulff, Joe Humphreys, and Lefty Kreh; interviews from experts in the field and writers on the topic; plus vivid artwork by James Prosek.
Selections include interviews with James Prosek, renowned painter and author of a number of books, includingEarly Love and Brook Trout; Joseph Heywood, author of The Snowfly andIce Hunter; Valerie Haig-Brown, daughter of Roderick Haig-Brown and editor ofTo Know a River; Jack Samson, former Editor-in-Chief of Field & Stream magazine and author of many books on World War II as well as the outdoors (includingThe Orvis Pocket Guide to Fly Fishing for Bonefish and Permit); and Ernest Schwiebert, world-famous lecturer and author of such bestsellers asNymphs and Matching the Hatch; as well as many others. Through these diverse writings and interviews, the reader acquires a sense of the true importance of this sport, while glimpsing elements of the human condition as it relates to the natural order of the world.

About the Author

STEPHEN SLOAN is the author of Ocean Bankruptcy (page 61). He is the founder of "The Fishing Zone" radio show, as well as "The Fishing Line" radio and television shows. Currently he is the chairman of The Fisheries Defense Fund and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami. He lives in New York City.