Bright rivers - Hardcover

Lyons, Nick

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46 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0397012322 ISBN 13: 9780397012329

Publisher: Lippincott, 1977

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Recounting pilgrimages near and far - to the Delaware, the Beaverkill, the Schoharie, the Madison, and the Big Hole - Nick Lyons explores a passion for angling that draws him ever closer to the seamless web of life in rivers. He is a city-dweller and never forgets that cities are part of the complex and inexorable reality of modern life; but he is also, in Ed Zern's phrase, that happy and compulsive combination of angler-poet-romantic, and rivers not only touch his heart and imagination but provide a vital link to the natural world. Bright Rivers chronicles the author's passion. He tells of experiences shared with angling friends - some moving, some hilarious - and shares reminiscences of big trout taken, released, or, sometimes, lost: for Lyons is an admitted master of frustration and may well have written more about not catching fish than anyone else.

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About the Author:

Nick Lyons has been an English professor and book publisher, and his many books and essays on fishing have made him one of the most popular writers about the sport. He resides in Woodstock, New York.

Review:

Nick Lyons enters the select company of the finest writers in the genre with his new book about his experiences on the bright rivers’ he has fished from the Catskills to Montana.”
—Publishers Weekly

A superb piece of writing.”
—Philadelphia Bulletin

Wonderful fireside reading, a grand book.”
—Baltimore Sun

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