Book Review – An Entirely Synthetic Fish – Anders Halverson

Book Review of An Entirely Synthetic Fish, by Anders Halverson. The book goes on sale next week. You’ll want to grab a copy of this fascinating look at the history of stocking and conservation of non-native fish in the United States that is told with a reporter’s zeal for facts yet with a storyteller’s touch.

Book Review – Inventing Montana – Ted Leeson

Ted Leeson has been one of my favorite authors since his first book in 1994, The Habit of Rivers. Inventing Montana has a lot more personal feel and more humor than his previous works. For those of you who might have tried Leeson before but didn’t quite get into it, give this one a try. For those who already enjoy Leeson, you’ll love the extra dimensions this book adds to his repertoire.

Lost in Wyoming: Stories – My Book Review

My review of Scott Sadil’s latest book, Lost in Wyoming: Stories. This is a collection of 12 short stories, and 11 of them deal with fly fishing in some way or another, but they are really stories about relationships.

“Where Rivers Change Direction” – My Book Review

My Book Review of “Where Rivers Change Direction,” which is an excellent memoir of a boy growing up on a dude ranch in rural Wyoming. This is not a fly fishing book, but is set in Wyoming, near Yellowstone. Many anglers fish here, and I thought might be interested in a book about the area.

“Northwest of Normal” – My Book Review

My book review of the fly fishing novel, Northwest of Normal by John Larison.

Your Summer River Fix All Season Long

Dry Fly Media has an interesting DVD series (Rivers In Motion) they introduced a couple of months ago. They have a nice offer to bloggers that we could receive a free copy if we would review it for them. Being a sucker for free stuff, I had them send me a copy of “The Gallatin.” [...]

An Angler’s Progress – My Review at Goodreads.com

The Next Valley Over: An Angler’s Progress by Charles Gaines
My review
rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book is the reason I wrote the “Braggarts R Us” post.
Foreward by Terry McDonell:

“Charles Gaines is a handsome man…The perfect cast has been his forever and he is a confident man… [he is:] so deeply eccentric and graceful in [...]

Book Reviews

I’m a bit behind, so here are four book reviews:

Cutthroat: Native Trout of the West (nonfiction)
Travers Corners (fiction)
The Run to Gitche Gumee (fiction)
Killing trout and Other Love Poems (poetry)

Listening to the River – book review at goodreads.com

Listening to the River by Malachi Mccormick

My review
Handmade book from The Stone Street Press
Listening to the River is a slim volume (52pp), handmade by McCormick. It is stated as limited to 595 editions, but the reviewed copy is numbered 708. It is Japanese four hole binding.
This is a memoir of Malachi McCormick’s childhood in [...]

The Trout Whisperers – my review at Goodreads.com

The Trout Whisperers by Peter Bodo

My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Fly fisherman are sometimes thought of as snobbish sorts by other types of fishermen. Or, so the common “wisdom” is bandied about by fly fisherman. But I don’t ever think I’ve heard a non fly fisherman disparage a fly fisherman or fly fishing. It’s [...]

On Trout Streams and Salmon Rivers – My review at Goodreads.com

On Trout Streams and Salmon Rivers is a collection of short (3-4 pages) narrative pieces about trout and salmon fishing which originally appeared in “The Anglers’ Club Bulletin” or “The Atlantic Salmon Journal.”

A Place In Mind – My Review at Goodreads.com

A Place in Mind by Sydney Lea

My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
“Mystery that I observe—and make, like anyone. There are certain things, it seems from birth, that stick in the mind as signs from the heart of truth, and you attach them to what you call the self.
“The self I’ve invented has always lived [...]

Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water – My Review at Goodreads.com

Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water by Kathleen Dean Moore

My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Kathleen Moore takes the reader with her to 20 different rivers, creeks and streams. Each river is the title for an essay. Most of the essays follow the pattern of personal narrative interspersed with philosophical, geological, piscatorial, ethical, etc. discussions. The [...]

Rivers of Memory Review

Rivers of Memory by Harry Middleton

My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Harry Middleton has been a favorite author of mine since the early 1990s, when I first read his book, The Earth is Enough. His ability to evoke emotion and memory is incredible. It is unfortunate that such a great voice in fly fishing literature [...]

Rivers of Memory – My Review at Goodreads.com

I have just finished my review of Rivers of Memory by Harry Middleton (one of my favorite fly fishing authors). The review is found at Goodreads.com. I would like to invite anyone interested in reading to set up an account there and join in the discussions. I’m not a member of any “social networking” site [...]