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Jack Dennis Sports Fly Fishing Library
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"If
fishing is like religion, then fly fishing is high church."
-Tom Brokaw
Fly fishing for trout, or for that matter, any fish has
possibly the most extensive body of literature of any
sport. Besides, one of the charms of our obsession is
that it is never mastered, and leads off in all directions
at once to new knowledge and interests. Entomology, geology,
climatology, limnology (look it up!), history, and others.
If the weather really is too bad to fish (and that has
to be pretty bad for us!), one can always read, (or surf
the net, or tie flies)!
Fishing is a kind of reading, which is why so many fisherman,
when they are not fishing and not tying flies, like to
read about fishing. They indulge winter fantasies with
articles about perfected streamers and new material for
the belly of a jassid and with river stories -- the classics
of Hemingway and Grey, those of the modern masters Schweibert,
Chatham, Gierach and Lyons. Indeed, beyond reading as
a form of self-help or of escape, fishing may not only
be a kind of reading, but the most intense form of reading
there is.
Our library here is free, extensive and hopefully for
the reader, entertaining, insightful and educational.
Enjoy!
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