Rivers of the Heart: A Fly-Fishing Memoir

Rivers of the Heart: A Fly-Fishing Memoir

by Steve Raymond
Rivers of the Heart: A Fly-Fishing Memoir

Rivers of the Heart: A Fly-Fishing Memoir

by Steve Raymond

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Overview

Stories are what keep history alive, and Rivers of the Heart is the perfect book to keep the history of fly fishing alive. Steve Raymond shares some of the best and brightest moments from his nearly fifty years of fly-fishing experiences, a long fly-fishing life that contains ecstasy, agony, and passion for trout, salmon, and saltwater gamefish in waters from Canada to the Caribbean, northern Scotland to the South Pacific.

The heart-warming stories and funny moments within will delight and charm you to no end. Memorable fly-fishing partners, famous pioneer fly tyers, and old fishing friends are only a few of the charming characters you’ll meet.

How did fly patterns get their names? What would the perfect river be like? What would Dame Juliana Berners be doing if she were alive today? Discover the answers to all of these questions and more in this warmly written memoir of the people, places, things, realities, and fantasies encountered by the author in his lifetime of fishing he now remembers as his “rivers of the heart.”

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781632205186
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 06/16/2015
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Steve Raymond is the author of Nervous Water, Blue Upright, Steelhead Country, The Year of the Angler, The Year of the Trout, and many more. He was the winner of the Roderick Haig-Brown Award for significant contributions to angling literature, and he was also the editor of The Flyfisher and Fly Fishing in Salt Waters as well as a longtime reviewer of fly-fishing books for several publications. After a thirty-year career as an editor and manager at the Seattle Times, he retired and now lives in Clinton, Washington.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface xi

Part I People

1 A Few Good Men 3

2 Rediscovering Bill Nation 19

3 War and Peace 37

4 The Last, Best Gift 51

Part II Places

5 Christmas in January 59

6 Dee Days 77

7 On the Edge of the Earth 89

8 Salmon Brook Camp 103

Part III Things

9 Blue Heaven 125

10 Raising Cane 141

11 The Write Stuff 165

12 From Abbey to Zulu 181

Part IV Reality and Fantasy

13 Getting Stoned 193

14 Dame Juliana's Slide Show 203

15 Fall Guy 219

16 The Perfect River 227

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