The Fly Fisherman's Guide to the Meaning of Life What a Lifetime on the Water Has Taught Me about Love, Work, Food, Sex, and Getting Up Early,9781579545840

The Fly Fisherman's Guide to the Meaning of Life What a Lifetime on the Water Has Taught Me about Love, Work, Food, Sex, and Getting Up Early

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ISBN13: 9781579545840
ISBN10: 157954584X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-06-17
Publisher(s): Rodale Books
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Summary

Peter Kaminsky, one of the premier experts on fly-fishing, offers his unique worldview to fishermen and women everywhere in this fifth meaning of life guidebook. As any true fly fisherman knows, fly-fishing is more than a sport. Its an affirmation of life. This lyrical book muses on the philosophy of fly-fishing, rather than the hook and ballet aspect of the sport. Kaminsky calls up the greats of fly-fishing lore and his own profound experiences of early mornings, damp clothes, exuberant catches and releases, and peace. During the hardest times, times when the world seems all wrong, he fly fishes. In these 15 pieces, readers will be transported to another more joyful place where the bass and trout whisper a philosophy of life that makes sense.

Author Biography

Peter Kaminsky is the author of The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass. He has written about angling and the outdoors for nearly twenty years. His work has appeared in Field & Stream and Outdoor Life, and his "Outdoors" column appears regulary in the New York Times. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters.

Table of Contents

Pleasure and Instinct
1(8)
What the View from Behind a Fly Rod Can Teach You about Time, Humanity, and Existence
The Measure of Success
9(11)
You Fail More Than You Succeed
insight Fly Fishing's Transcendent Moments 20(28)
Ethics and Free Will
31(11)
To Choose Not to Kill Is One Element of Our Human Nature
The Living Planet
42(6)
Life Always Goes On
insight Words to Live and Fish By 48(23)
The Next Generation
54(9)
Often the Best Teacher of Your Children Is Not You
Getting Older
63(8)
Asking for Help Is a Sign of Maturity, Not Age
insight A Fly Fisher's Heroes 71(29)
Life time learning
90(7)
It Is Never Too Late to Teach Old Fishermen New Tricks
Humility
97(3)
Don't Believe Your Fans...Or Your Critics
insight Fly Fisher's Essential Reading 100(18)
Dare to Listen
103(5)
Accepting Advice Makes You No Less a Fisherman (or a Man)
Timing
108(10)
There May Never Be a Better Time Than Now
insight The Essential Traits of a Fly Fisher 118(24)
Enough or Too Much?
126(11)
Simplicity Can Be the Key to Satisfaction and Success
Insight The Sounds Of Fly Fishing
130(7)
The Art of Inquiry
137(4)
Don't Let On How Badly You Want to Know, and Someone May Tell You
Home
141
Home Is More of a Feeling, Rather Than a Place

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