Whitefish Can't Jump and Other Tales of Gamefish on the Fly - Hardcover

Thomas, E. Donnall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070642486 ISBN 13: 9780070642485

Publisher: TAB Books Inc, 1994

Synopsis

In these 19 lyrical stories, Don Thomas takes you to many places: Christmas Island in search of bonefish; an Alaskan river where boating a huge rainbow becomes momentarily more important than avoiding a mid-stream collision with a nine-foot grizzly; a far northern pond and an encounter with the Ultimate Northern Pike; Belize and the quixotic quest to take a permit on a fly, marred only slightly by a failed marriage and a Blue Crab Special stuck firmly in a philosophical guide's ear; Yellowstone's Lewis Lake for a young daughter's first brown trout on a fly; and Siberia, where Dolly Varden, Kundzha, and vodka combine to thaw the cold war. From each story, we learn a little about fishing and a lot about life.

About this title

Review:

. . .one of the best books on fish (not just fly-fishing) I've read in years. This book is wonderful, period.''

Synopsis:

These 19 fish tales, written in the tradition of John Gierach and Norman Maclean, bring the fly-fisher's world to life. From bonefish to brown trout, Alaska to Andros Island, each story examines one of the fly-fisher's favourite quarries.

About this edition

• Publisher: TAB Books Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0070642486
• ISBN 13: 9780070642485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176