Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions

Ducker, Bruce

ISBN 10: 081170386X / ISBN 13: 9780811703864

Published by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 2008

About this Item

First Edition/First Printing. Very Fine unread condition. Brodart protected, ships in a box.

Seller Inventory # 004121

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions
• Publisher: Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081170386X
• ISBN 13: 9780811703864
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fishing

About this title

Synopsis

Finalist in the 2009 Colorado Book Awards
16 short stories about fly fishing:

The Specter at Grizzly Hackle

Ute Creek Pass

Tying the Whip Finish

For the Sport of It

The View from Buffalo Mountain

The Home Pool

Plus 10 more
Sixteen short stories evoke the passion of fly fishing and those who are entranced by the waters. Ducker dedicates this collection to his favorite "uncounted mountain lakes and twice as many unnamed streams" where he finds the inspiration for his fiction. His colorful characters include a cantankerous old man who refuses to leave his home and brings the sophisticated city developers to their knees, a young wife who outfishes and outsmarts the staid "good old boys" fishing club, a Hassidic scholar who astounds his fishing companions with his beginner's luck, and a father who can only understand his son when they share a rare afternoon of trout fishing. The enchantment of the water and the land fill these stories and remind readers of the magic of fishing their own home pools.

About the Author

Bruce Ducker is the author of eight novels, including Dizzying Heights. He has fished throughout the world, including the Rocky Mountain West. His work has been published in literary journals, fly-fishing magazines, and Gray's Sporting Journal. He lives in Colorado.