Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher's ProgressOne of the most eccentric and riveting voices to be heard in the world of fly fishing has his say on just about every aspect of angling. |
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CROSSCURRENTS: A Fly Fisher's Progress
Gebruikersrecensie - KirkusA fireside collection of fly-fishing pieces, touched with—but not drowned in—folksy wisdom and whimsy, from Gray's Sporting Journal editor and columnist Babb. These short essays are divided into two ... Volledige review lezen
Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher's Progress
Gebruikersrecensie - Not Available - Book VerdictEvery few years one wonders if the fountain of talented essayists on fly-fishing is running dry. Then someone like Babb (editor of Gray's Sporting Journal since 1997) comes along. In this outstanding ... Volledige review lezen
Inhoudsopgave
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| 29 | |
Fishing with a Wet Fly | 39 |
The Indicator Papers | 45 |
The Great Bream Expeditions | 53 |
The Idiocy of Youth | 61 |
New Roots from Old | 71 |
A Pond of Ones Own | 77 |
Leave It to Beavers | 117 |
Gone Mad in the Midday Sun | 125 |
Thy Rod and Thy Staff | 133 |
Branching Out | 141 |
Appleknocker Time | 147 |
Cabo Wabo | 155 |
Defenders of Midway | 165 |
Ursa Major | 177 |
In the Wake of Henry D | 87 |
Alone on a Nameless Stream | 95 |
Against the Grain | 103 |
Ungava Ungawa | 189 |
A Proper Toff | 201 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Populaire passages
Pagina 1 - No life, my honest scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Pagina 2 - We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher's Progress |
| Auteur | James R. Babb |
| Bijdrager | Ted Leeson |
| Uitgever | Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1599216728, 9781599216720 |
| Lengte | 224 pagina's |
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