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"Peter Cammann has written about fishing for more than 30 years. In that time, he has explored at length the lasting questions of fishing, chief among them, why anyone would spend their time doing it. This book presents the odd tales, confessions and musings of a deeply flawed angler, well-acquainted with the limits of his own abilities. These humorous tales are presented by the author as a kind of answer to why so many people spend hours in the water, facing off with fish, sometimes only to release them right away. Occasionally profound and always funny, Cammann's unique perspective on the sport will delight even those who have never cast a line"--
List of contents
Table of ContentsOne-Introduction and Acknowledgments: A Question of Trust
Two-Casting
Three-Advice
Four-Bridges
Five-Blasphemy
Six-Harassment
Seven-The Other Side
Eight-Fish Like a Guide
Nine-Fly Fishing in the Snow
Ten-Fish Like a Local
Eleven-Damn Liar
Twelve-Giving It a Name
Thirteen-The Catch
Fourteen-Running After the Salmon
Fifteen-Die-Hards
Sixteen-Upselling
Seventeen-Bluegills
Eighteen-A Fish by Any Other Name
Nineteen-Confessions of a Fly Fishing Guide
Twenty-How to Treat the Catch
Twenty-One-An Ode to the Dogs
Twenty-Two-Euclid's Dilemma
Twenty-Three-The Hanging Bass
Twenty-Four-The Heretic
Twenty-Five-Cheating
Twenty-Six-The Flies Are Too Damn Small
Twenty-Seven-Solstice Stripers
Twenty-Eight-The First Deadly Sin
Twenty-Nine-Dropping Stuff Through the Ice
Thirty-The Five Gifts
Thirty-One-Luquillo
Thirty-Two-An Angler's Bucket List
Thirty-Three-Not All There
Index
About the author
Peter Cammann is the author of several books and his work has been featured in
On the Water, Coastal Angler, The Fisherman, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Fly Fisherman, Vermont Life, and
New England Game and Fish, and on various web sites, including Coastal Angler, About-Flyfishing and UrbanDesires. He lives in Vermont.
