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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
I made it a quarter in. Just couldn’t engage with it. A guide from Montana interaction with guides in the Bahamas. Had hoped for some Thoreau/zen like meditation on fly fishing but that didn’t materialize for me.
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Excellent recommend by John VL - a memoir by a Montana flyfishing guide, struggling with family and economic reality, who lucks into a bone-fishing trip in the Bahamas with the guru of bonefishers, and discovers again the magic of fish and water and flyfishing zen. The guru's approach to the fish, the sea, the land and the people, reflecting a lifetime spent on this water, is a beautiful reminder of why serious hunters and fishers are often the best and most dedicated stewards of the natural world.
"Horizon's so persistent--You take one step toward it, and it takes one step back. Precisely where does the water stop and the sky begin? I reference this unchartable point because the lines between biography, story, and myth seem even less definable, more arbitrary."
This book is at once biography of a person and a sport. I knew nothing about fishing, much less bonefishing in the Bahamas with a legend like David Pinder, and this book was a treat. Dombrowski's prose is both calming and somehow undulating, mimicking the water he writes about. I found the discussion of conservation towards the end of the book smart and meaningful. Handling the fish before releasing them into the water may possibly have an effect on their ability to evade predators, but the act of fishing and coming that close to these beautiful animals has actually made conservationists of many fishers. It's complicated.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in fishing or marine conservation.