Description
From the acclaimed writer of Fragrance of Grass comes a meditation on water and nature, fishing and growing older. On the Water is a gorgeously written selection of essays that each one take place on or near the water and pay tribute to the wildlife 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 whilst 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 may be fishing and diving in the Bahamas, tarpon fishing in the Florida Keys, and fly fishing for sailfish in Central The us. And there are larger-than-life personalities which are bigger than the fish tales they tell! On the Water is a finely honed and well crafted selection of tales for the real sportsman and makes for an ideal companion volume to la Valdeneās celebrated selection of essays on hunting.