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Book Review – Travers Corners Final Chapters
These are “feel good” stories, but they aren’t sappy. They are easy reads, and each chapter is a self-contained story, although they are all about the same place and same people. You could easily open the book to a random chapter and read it without missing a thing. When you’re tired of your heavy reading, and need a light pick-me-up read, make sure you have all three of the Travers Corners books on hand.
Dry Fly Gospel – Book Review
My review of the book Dry Fly Gospel by Terry Coffey. It’s a quirky little book of 12 short stories, but one many people should find a few stories to their liking.
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.
The Dead Drift – DVD Review
Dean Bell, one of New Zealand’s premiere guides, fishes Fiordland of New Zealand’s South Island giving excellent instruction on how to fish using the “dead drift,” as well as additional information and analysis.
2009 Fly Fishing Slideshow
Check out Cutthroat Stalker’s 2009 Fly Fishing year in review slideshow.
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.
“The Dead Drift” – DVD Review?
You’ll notice the question mark in the title of this post. That’s because I’m not actually reviewing the DVD, “The Dead Drift,” but rather the promotional efforts of the website that produced and markets the DVD.
“Utah Energy Leases Deferred”
“Utah Bureau of Land Management [announces] that valuable public-lands fish and wildlife habitat would receive additional review before being leased for oil and gas development.”
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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