The Habit of Rivers: Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing

* Hardover. Condition: Near Fine; may have been read or opened. Gift inscription on front endpiece. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. * Summary: "There was a time that I didn't fish," writes Ted Leeson in his introduction to this stunning first book, "but I cannot remember it. Thirty-five years ago, I toddled off to Turtle Creek with a cane pole and worms and returned with a six-inch smallmouth and a monkey on my back. I ate the bass and have been feeding the monkey ever since." With wry humor and rare insight, The Habit of Rivers tells the story of Leeson's passion for rivers, trout, and fly fishing, and his attempts to understand their remarkable sustaining power. Drawing on his experiences as a newcomer to the Pacific Northwest - "the land of unceasing seasons"--He looks beneath the surface of fly fishing to explore questions that engage most fishermen: "What is the strange gravity of a trout stream? What is it about rivers that draws us so irresistibly, and why does fly fishing seem such an aptly suited response?".…