DISTANCE CASTING by Sid Dobrin, Flip Pallot (Foreword) ( 9781581601008 )

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Title:

DISTANCE CASTING
WORDS AND WAYS OF THE SALTWATER FISHING LIFE

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

158160100X

ISBN 13:

9781581601008

Publisher:

PALADIN PRESS,U.S.

Pub. date:

1 September, 2000

Pages:

224

Description:

A collection of essays on saltwater fishing. Topics range from the mysteries of flyfishing and the sometimes tangled role fathers play in the maturing of a young fisherman to the special relationship between comfortable fishing partners.

Synopsis:

In the summer of 1995, lifelong saltwater fisherman Sid Dobrin accepted a job in the Midwest, taking him far away from the saltwater fishing world that had become a substantial part of his life but an essential part of him. The two years he spent away from the ocean gave him the necessary perspective to reflect upon the lure of saltwater fishing familiar to anglers of all types and abilities -- the taste of the sea's salty spray while casting into the surf at sunrise; the calm, quiet drift of a boat on one's favorite water; the sudden, determined tug of a battling fish on the end of a line. The result is this beautifully crafted collection of essays on a range of topics guaranteed to appeal to anyone who has ever cast a line into the sea, river, or lake in pursuit of wild gamefish. As Flip Pallot says in his foreword, "Nothing is more considerate than a writer leaving enough space between his words and thoughts so as to allow the reader to insert his own."And this the author dies, taking the reader along as he visits the universal, some sanctity and security of fishing one's home waters; the special relationship that can develop between comfortable fishing partners; the pleasures and pitfalls of drinking and fishing; the peculiar allures of angling for redfish and bluefish; and the vital importance of every fisherman's accepting his responsibility to care for our increasingly polluted and overfished waters. Evocative, entertaining, funny, and moving, Distance Casting is an accomplished literary journey through the words and ways of a saltwater fisherman. A lifelong fisherman from a family of fishermen, Sid Dobrin taught at the University of Kansas for two years before moving on to the University of Florida, where he is currently the Director of Writing Programs. He teaches all levels of writing courses on such topics as American nature writing, environmental rhetoric, and the literature of fishing. A former field editor for Florida's The Fisherman magazine and contributor to The Sportfishing Report, he has written or edited 11 books about writing and the environment.

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Sycamore Island Books,U.S.

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Non-returnable

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