Read e-book online On the Water: A Fishing Memoir PDF

By Guy de la Valdene

ISBN-10: 1493007939

ISBN-13: 9781493007936

From the acclaimed writer of Fragrance of Grass comes a meditation on water and nature, fishing and getting older. On the Water is a gorgeously written selection of essays that every one occur on or close to the water and pay tribute to the natural world linked to these ecosystems. There are essays in regards to the finer issues of tickling rainbow trout within the streams of Normandy, and of eagles and ospreys fishing for bass whereas slightly breaking the outside of the water. There are tales of droughts and floods, of canine and boats, of worms and rattlesnakes or even of catching and cooking soft-shell turtles that style like osso-bucco. there's fishing and diving within the Bahamas, tarpon fishing within the Florida Keys, and fly fishing for sailfish in vital the USA. And there are larger-than-life personalities which are larger than the fish stories they inform! On the Water is a finely honed and good crafted selection of stories for the genuine sportsman and makes for an ideal better half quantity to los angeles Valdene’s celebrated choice of essays on searching.

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