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Angling Days: A Fly Fisher's Journals Skyhorse Statio Edition
Contributor(s): Demott, Robert (Author)
ISBN: 151073225X     ISBN-13: 9781510732254
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $14.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2019
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Fishing
- Sports & Recreation | Outdoor Skills
- Nature | Animals - Fish
Dewey: 799.124
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
 
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Publisher Description:
"From the very first, it seems, fishing was a respite and a therapy along with all of its other potentially redemptive qualities." --Robert DeMott

Spanning more than forty-five years, Angling Days is a collection of Robert DeMott's numerous journal entries, each a small essay in itself, jotted down during the placid moments of fishing in and along the streams and rivers of North America. Through his journaling, DeMott carries on the angling tradition of channeling the tranquility of fly fishing into creative endeavors, whether by painting, sketching, fly tying, or writing. For him, it was writing--something he did whenever he could, whether in the midst of fishing or during a break away from the water.

Angling Days is a lifetime of work, a chronicle of what it is to be an angler seeking the most pristine waters and the smartest fish. It is a collection of entries and musings in the vein of DeMott's literary hero, Henry David Thoreau, and promises to shine a new light on the art and joy of fly fishing.

Contributor Bio(s): Demott, Robert: - Robert DeMott is Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio University and author or editor of many books, including Steinbeck's Typewriter: Essays on His Art, Brief and Glorious Transit: Prose Poems, Afield: American Writers on Bird Dogs, and Astream: American Writers on Fly Fishing. A flyfisherman for more than half a century, he is a Federation of Fly Fishers certified casting instructor and life member of Trout Unlimited. He lives in Athens, Ohio, with writer and editor Kate Fox.