The Fly Fisher's Guide to Crimes of Passion: More Sedition from the Master of Meander - Hardcover

Norman, Seth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585741353 ISBN 13: 9781585741359

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2000

Synopsis

A new collection from the Don Quixote of fly fishing. The stories in this maverick collection are set in the Myriad Isles and Malaysia, on high Sierra streams, urban streets, jungle rivers, golf course ponds, and a koi pool in Golden State Park. What fly fishing provides at each site is perspective for those who are passionate observers of the world and tireless explorers of the human spirit. Tilting at endless processions of windmills, Seth Norman is the Don Quixote of fly fishing, and his unforgettable meanderings are filled with pathos, laughter, dreams, and wisdom.

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Review

"Seth Norman writes with toughness and compassion, warmth and humor, and a generosity of spirit rarely seen in the literature of angling." - Ted Lesson "Captured in the prose are wonderful stories of youth, fishing, and coming of age, along with a few that defy pigeonholing." - Trout magazine "One of my two favortie books of the decade.... Seth Norman's Meanderings is a seamless union of life, love, and fishing." - Steve Bodio"

From the Back Cover

The stories in this maverick collection are set in the Myriad Isles and Malaysia, on high Sierra streams, urban streets, jungle rivers, golf-course ponds, and a koi pool in Golden State Park. What fly fishing provides at each site is perspective for those who are passionate observers of the world and tireless explorers of the human spirit. Tilting at an endless procession of windmills, Seth Norman is the Don Quixote of fly fishing, and his unforgettable meanderings are filled with pathos, laughter, dreams, and wisdom.The stories range from how to catch ikan klee - a savage fish of mythic proportions - to a tale suggesting that Icarus was the human equivalent of a poorly tied fly. One story looks at the most graceful piece of tackle - a broken fly rod - to illustrate shame and redemption; another recounts the epiphany of a girl who is raised and raped by a motorcycle gang, yet remains unbroken. "The Humpy King Meets the Halibut God" describes an expedition to a never-fished area of Alaska, where the author confronts fly fishers' snobbery about fish species, and includes the legend of a fish that might better be hunted with dogs than fished for with a fly rod.The twenty-five stories in this unforgettable book will make you cry, laugh, and think. They are among the very best essays and tales being written today about fly fishing. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4, 260 pages)

About this edition

• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1585741353
• ISBN 13: 9781585741359
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256