Gone Fishin': Ruminations on Fly Fishing - Softcover

Tapply, William G.

3.95

21 ratings by Goodreads

9781592288892: Gone Fishin': Ruminations on Fly Fishing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592288898 ISBN 13: 9781592288892

Publisher: UNKNO, 2006

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Here is longtime fly-fishing writer William G. Tapply on the large and small pleasures of fishing, from fly tying to hunting the big ones. In "Extreme Angling," Tapply dismisses the idea of fly fishing as "the quiet sport," with tales of grizzly attacks, rogue logs, and big water. In "Hexed," he finds out that his local stream - overstocked and overfished - offers a lot more than he ever suspected. In "Paying Homage," he describes the mystical joys of the Beaverkill in upstate New York. In "Seven for the Road," he gives readers a peek at some of the most important things he stows in his tackle bag, including the books he carries on every trip.

Included here are also Tapply’s ruminations on:
Coming Unstuck
Playing Guns
Bank Shots
Twiggling
Bass Bugging for Trout
Zen and the Art of Jiggering
Eastern Steelhead
The Fish of 1,000 Casts
Selective Perch
The Upside-Down Dun
Flymphs Reconsidered
Tap’s Bug
and many more

Gone Fishin' is an inspiring collection, from a fisherman whose writing is well known and even more respected.

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About the Author:

William G. Tapply has written for American Angler, Gray's Sporting Journal, Field & Stream, Fly Tyer, and Warmwater Fly Fishing. His books include Upland Days, Pocket Water, The Orvis Pocket Guide to Fly Fishing for Bass, the novel Bitch Creek, and many more. He lives in Hancock, New Hampshire.

From Booklist:

*Starred Review* The 28 essays collected here ruminate on fly fishing in a variety of beguiling ways, from advice on technique to anecdotes about big fish to more inspirational reflections on the sport and its pleasures. Tapply, also author of the popular Brady Coyne mysteries, once lived near Walden Pond, and he weaves Thoreau into his essays in an unforced and thoroughly appealing manner. Literary allusions notwithstanding, however, the subject here is fly fishing, and the quarry--pursued not only across New England but throughout the U.S and Canada--include trout, Atlantic and landlocked salmon, steelhead, pickerel, bass, and yellow perch. Fans of Tapply's mysteries often comment on his comfortable narrative voice--effortlessly charming--and he brings that same quality to his fishing essays. His love of family and friends and his dry humor (toothy pickerel meets bare toes) emerge forcefully here, but so does his always-useful advice on technique and his ever-insightful takes on a variety of fly-fishing topics, from overlooked places where big trout hold in rivers and streams to his selection of the 10 best flies. This is the best Tapply essay collection yet, and it belongs on the shelf with fish lit's other master stylists, Thomas McGuane and John Gierach. One of the best sports books of the year. John Rowen
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