Bibliograph

On the water, a fishing memoir, Guy de la Valdène

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On the water, a fishing memoir, Guy de la Valdène

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On the water

Oclc number

894183501

Responsibility statement

Guy de la Valdène

Sub title

a fishing memoir

Summary

A collection of essays that all take place on or near the water and pay tribute to the flora and fauna associated with those ecosystems. There are essays about the finer points of tickling rainbow trout in the streams of Normandy, and of eagles and ospreys fishing for bass while barely breaking the surface of the water. There are stories of droughts and floods, of dogs and boats, of worms and rattlesnakes and even of catching and cooking soft-shell turtles that taste like osso-bucco. There is fishing and diving in the Bahamas, tarpon fishing in the Florida Keys, and fly fishing for sailfish in Central America. And there are larger-than-life personalities that are bigger than the fish tales they tell! On the Water is a finely honed and well crafted collection of tales for the true sportsman and makes for a perfect companion volume to la Valdene{u2019}s celebrated collection of essays on hunting

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