Casting into Mystery‘Every time I leave the world of work, family and community to wade into a river with fly rod in hand, I enter a sacred space that sometimes finds expression in the written word.’ In Casting into Mystery, writer Robert Reid and wood engraver Wesley W. Bates—avid anglers, both—put ink to paper in homage to the venerable sport of fly fishing. Through text and image, they recall with fondness the ‘company of rivers’ each is grateful to know, providing a glimpse inside a sporting culture teeming with literature, art and music. Part memoir, part objet d’art and part field guide, Casting into Mystery will delight passionate fly fishing practitioners and armchair anglers alike. |
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Contents
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The Company of Rivers | 32 |
Lessons Rivers Teach | 55 |
Women on the Water | 70 |
Allure of Bamboo | 79 |
Sweetgrass Synchronicity | 85 |
Casting on the River of Friendship | 96 |
Fishing Dogs Patient Poppers | 144 |
Size Really Does Matter | 155 |
Summer on a Secret River | 161 |
WINTER | 217 |
Books for a Winters Night | 225 |
SPRING | 261 |
Permissions | 279 |
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