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| Fly-Fishing for Sharks: An Angler's Journey Across America | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Louv
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 474359
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 074320025X
Dewey Decimal Number: 799
EAN: 9780743200257
ASIN: 074320025X
Publication Date: July 3, 2001
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 A Rare Gem: Insightful, Humurous, Touching April 29, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
As an avid fisherman and reader, I can tell you that one spends a lot of time pusuing the rare catch: The trophy fish or the unforgetable book. Suffice it to say - this book is a keeper! Louv's insights into the world of fishing, emotions, and the human psyche are poignant, insightful, and dead-on, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny. I've shared this book with many non-fishing friends (for example a 60-something Nanny) - who loved it! Through extensive interviews and lots of fishing with the characters in his book, Richard Louv explores the deeper meaning that fishing and nature hold for these folks - and indeed for mankind. (Previous reviews likening his journey to Steinbeck or William Least Heat Moon are accurate) There are some wake-up calls here too: disappearing landscapes and children growing up detatched from their Mother Earth. I laughed, I cried, I bought a bunch and gave them as gifts. Here's my gift to you, gentle reader: Buy it for yourself and enjoy!
Recommended to all, even those who don't fish April 21, 2000
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This 76 year old lady -- me -- from a midwest farming area -- Waupum, Wisconsin -- lover of all nature -- a constant reader of books all my life of all varieties and subjects -- just now reading your book about fishing and the vivid picture of the outdoors and the people connected with it -- wanting to thank you for writing this super book which I've read every word enjoying your description of your travels, life, outdoors, fishing and the people met along the journey of your life. I don't fish. Never have. But you are a great author and writer...so thank you again for the enjoyment you have placed in my hands with your book and in my mind with your words...Books and reading have been my life -- carry one with me every day, where ever I go. So many have seen your book and asked about it.
This is a classic April 19, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Fly-Fishing for Sharks" reminded me of "Blue Highways," in some ways, but for the most part it's in a class by itself. I guess you could call it "fishing literature," but it's mainly a book of stories about people who don't usually get written about. As you meet the fishing guides, fly-fishermen, bass people and so on, from all parts of the country, you find out what it is like to stand in their shoes. A number of women are included here, and that's a little unusual for books related to fishing. Writer Studs Terkel shows people this way, but Louv weaves it all into a story that kept me turning pages. I am better informed now about ecology, early television, Pacific Northwest fishing heroes, New Mexico politics, Florida sport-fishing captains, Montana high-roller fishing lodges and a hatful of other things. On another level, this is a road trip. Lots of facts and figures on the state of contemporary America. But it's the stories about the people met along the way that stick in my mind. This is a wonderful book. Important and entertaining.
A Candid Journey Into the Hearts of Americans Who Fly Fish April 18, 2000
Thank you for taking me along on your thoughtful journey throughout the hearts and minds of the people who comprise this wonderful facet of our American culture. Richard Louv is the Charles Kuralt of this adventure and he takes you deep into the personal challenges, love and rewards of this American sport. You get to go into waters you never knew existed and meet people with whom you have fly-fishing in common. There are conversations with the familiar and famous, and with people you would never expect to pick up a rod and reel. Let yourself be led by the kindred spirit we all have in fly-fishing. It's worth it! Enjoy!
 Fly-Fishing for Sharks: An American Journey April 12, 2000
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fly-Fishing for Sharks - ReviewWhere's the sharks?...I ordered the book expecting to find an almost 500 page tome on every technical detail on flyfishing for sharks, a growing interest of mine. I was really disappointed. Never one to give up on a book before it is started; I dug right in. I found this book to be a delightful collection of fishing characters from around the country. The breadth of fishing subcultures/interests was fascinating. I found myself jealous of the author's incredible trip through America's fishing universe. But I still want to know how to tie an IGFA legal big game leader with a 90 pound test wire bite tippet. I guess I should read the editorial review first.
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