The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life
By: David Coggins
4.38
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An “excellent” ( The New York Times ) modern tribute to an ageless pastime, and a practical guide t…
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1. The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing
By: Thomas McGuane
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Thomas McGuane's obsession with fish has taken him from the river in his backyard to the holiest wa… read more
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- memoir
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- sports
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- nature
2. Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)
By: John Gierach
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by th… read more
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- outdoors
- sports
- nonfiction
- nature
"A couple of hundred dollars for a fishing pole!?¨ You'll hear that all the time if you don't keep your mouth shut in certain company. You can talk about the aesthetics and even mention a cane rod wil…"-John Gierach, Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)
3. Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing
By: John Gierach
4.31
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sports
- outdoors
- nature
4. Even Brook Trout Get The Blues
By: John Gierach
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by th… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. Ninety-two in the Shade
By: Thomas McGuane
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tiring of the company of junkies and burn-outs, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a m… read more
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8. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
By: Norman Maclean
3.99
Format: None pages, Paperback
From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and f… read more
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9. A River Runs Through It
By: Norman Maclean , Barry Moser
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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10. All Fishermen Are Liars
By: John Gierach
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
From the Pacific Northwest to the Upper Midwest to the Canadian Maritimes, "America's best fishing … read more
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11. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
By: Matthew B. Crawford
4.00
Format: None pages,
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12. Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Elusive Fish
By: Chris Dombrowski
3.86
Format: 144 pages,
Chris Dombrowski was playing a numbers game: two passions--poetry and fly-fishing; two children, on… read more
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13. Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
By: Robert Kurson
3.62
Format: 57 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the auth… read more
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14. Big Two-Hearted River
By: Ernest Hemingway
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Audio CD
Big two-hearted river -- A way you'll never be -- In another country. read more
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15. Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World Record Tarpon
By: Monte Burke
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Funny, wistful, and wonderful." --Carl Hiaasen "You will love this book." --Michael Keaton "T… read more
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16. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twen… read more
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17. The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life
By: David Coggins
4.38
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An “excellent” ( The New York Times ) modern tribute to an ageless pastime, and a practical guide t… read more
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- nature
18. Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers
By: John Gierach
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Witty, shrewd, and, as always, a joy to read, John Gierach, “America’s best fishing writer” (Housto… read more
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- memoir
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19. All the Time in the World
By: John Gierach
4.41
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the answer to life’s most pressing problems through the joy of fly-fishing from master phi… read more
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20. The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life
By: David Coggins
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The author of the instant fishing classic The Optimist wades into deeper waters and shares new wisd… read more
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- nature
21. The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing
By: Mark Kurlansky
3.69
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor Literature From the award-winning, bestselling auth… read more
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