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  A River Runs Through It

  And Other Stories

  by Norman MacLean

  Just as Norman Maclean writes at the end of "A River Runs through It" that he is "haunted by waters," so have readers been haunted by his novella. A retired English professor who began writing fiction at the age of 70, Maclean produced what is now recognized as one of the classic American stories of the 20th century. Originally published in 1976, A River Runs through It and Other Stories now celebrates its 25th... (more)
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  Loon Lake Fishing Mystery: Book 5

  Dead Hot Mama

  by Victoria Houston

  When temperatures drop in Loon Lake, Wisconsin, the lakes freeze over, tourists pack their bags and head home, and retired dentist Doc Osborne prepares for a much-needed respite. But this season, just as the weather gets colder, things heat up, as Police Chief Lew Ferris discovers a mystery buried under the icy waters...It's ice-fishing season in Loon Lake and Doc Osborne is trying to convince Police... (more)
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  Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis

  by Howell Raines

  Just as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance used motorcycle repair as a metaphor for the examination of self, Howell Raines uses his lifelong experiences as a fly fisherman to explore his life, politics, gender, roles as a son, husband, father, and journalist, and his attitudes toward aging and mortality. A man who has fished with presidents and Southern friends as well as with his own two sons, Raines... (more)
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  The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference

  by Ted Leeson, Jim Schollmeyer

  Features over 3,000 color photos and over 400,000 words describing and showing, step-by-step, hundreds of fly-tying techniques! Leeson and Schollmeyer have collaborated to produce this masterful volume which will be the standard fly-tying reference book for the entire trout-fishing world. Through enormous effort on their part they bring to all who love flies and fly fishing a wonderful compendium of fly-tying... (more)
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  Fly-Fishing for Sharks

  An Angler's Journey Across America

  by Richard Louv

  For three years, Richard Louv listened to America by going fishing. To explore the cultures of angling, he traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific and to the Gulf Coast, too; from bass waters north and south to fly-fishing waters east and west. He joined a professional bass tournament on Lake Erie and got a casting lesson from fly-fishing legend Joan Wulff in Colorado. He angled with corporate executives in... (more)
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  Sex, Death and Fly Fishing

  by John Gierach

  From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing. John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing can be a casual affair) to Utah's famous Green River, and to unknown creeks throughout the Western states and... (more)