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Headwaters The Adventures, Obsession an Dylan Tomine Hardcover
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Patagonia
ISBN-10
1952338077
ISBN-13
9781952338076
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23050408814
Product Key Features
Book Title
Headwaters : the Adventures, Obsession and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Animals / Fish, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, Fishing
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes, Ashforth, Frances
Genre
Nature, Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2021-948566
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20220503
Reviews
A die-hard fly fisherman reflects on the glories of angling and his role in diminishing the natural world. "Fishing was never a sport, a pastime or hobby for me. It was, and continues to be, who I am." So writes Tomine, who has been fishing the Skykomish and other northwestern rivers since he was a kid. He was so obsessed that on Sundays, his single mother, a graduate student, would take him to the river and, as he cast his lines, do her homework while waiting in a parking area nearby. In this collection of his writings in sports and fishing journals, Tomine recounts some of his excellent adventures. In one shaggy dog story, he recalls being in a van in Russia in which was hidden a block of Swedish cheese so stinky that it ignited a pitched battle over which of the fishing adventurers had farted. In a less unpleasantly odorous tale, the author praises an Argentine barbecue during which his plate held "a significant fraction--like one fourth to one half--of an entire animal." Tomine's principal goal is to bag steelhead trout, of which he writes with affection and intelligence. His principal opponent throughout is a bureaucratic system that stocks the rivers of the Pacific Northwest with hatchery-bred trout, which crowd out wild fish even with the removal of dams on those streams. "If the point of dam removal is wild salmon recovery," he asks, "why would we spend millions of dollars on something that works counter to the point?" Tomine ponders how climate change is affecting fish populations, wild and hatchery-grown, and his own role as a world traveler in putting down a heavy carbon footprint on the land. Mostly, however, the pieces are easily digested celebrations of the easy freedom of being on a river, rod and reel in hand. "What is fly fishing? Everything." Anglers will find Tomine's book a spirited defense of that thesis. -- Kirkus Reviews, I belong to an informal book club on Skype with three college buddies scattered from New England to the Pacific Northwest. Over the years, we have discussed many elevating reads. But this is one of the best I've encountered in a long while. I'm the only angler in the group. Still, my friends harbor eclectic interests and love good stories in all forms. Next time it's my turn to choose, this book gets the nod.--Scott Dailey, American Fly Fishing, With quick delivery, injections of humor and such locales as Northwest steelhead country, Patagonia, Russia and Japan, Tomine's explorations will keep you in your chair when the river is too swollen to fish. But after a day or two of dropping water levels, the author will be the first to tell you to go cast a line: "It's just that when the river's right, the river's right. -- Anglers' Journal, "What is fly fishing? Everything." Anglers will find Tomine's book a spirited defense of that thesis. -- Kirkus Reviews, Tomine delivers a work that informs and moves in equal measure. This is sure to reel in readers. -- Publishers Weekly, Dylan Tomine isn't just a writer, he's a researcher, reporter, biographer, historian, humorist, essayist, and columnist. But mostly, he's just a great storyteller--one that understands a story needn't be twelve thousand words to be compelling. -- The Drake, Fisherman Tomine (Closer to the Ground) combines incandescent personal reflections and environmental advocacy in this moving paean to fly fishing. "Fishing was never a sport... for me," Tomine writes at the outset, rather, it's "who I am." What follows is a vivid portrait of a man in pursuit of a lifelong obsession. As he relates, his "steelhead jones" had its hooks in him early, during his childhood fishing for trout in Oregon in the 1970s and, later, as a teen "too busy trying to catch my first steelhead" to notice girls. Arriving at adulthood, he recounts such adventures as catching a 90-pound giant trevally bonefish, and embarking on an expedition to the Russian Arctic--where the abundance of trout was rivaled only by the region's mosquitos. Later chapters witness his evolution from acolyte to conservationist; in one section, he memorably recalls screening the conservationist documentary Artifishal to a sold-out crowd in Japan, where the "culture [is] built around the eating of fish." Mixing good-natured humor with a reverence of the world around him--"It starts with the fish itself. The sleek, chrome beauty... carrying all the strength and fecundity of the sea to inland waters"--Tomine delivers a work that informs and moves in equal measure. This is sure to reel in readers. (Apr.) -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Decimal
799.124
Table Of Content
Foreword Introduction Stories Confessions of a Steelhead Bum Trout Fishing at the End of the Earth Silver Lining Way Down South to the Old West Luck Hunting Giants The Worst Guide in the World The Search for Atlantic Steelhead Commitment The Little Things State of the Steelhead Crash A Recipe for Caddis Carbonara Why Can't Fly Fishermen Be Watermen? Hidden Gold in the Deep Blue Sea The High Cost of Kola Chrome Trouble in Paradise Wrath Gluttony Operation Ditch Pickle Frankenfish: Coming Soon to a Market Near You? A Crack in the Dam Removal What about Bob? Running Out of North Big in Japan The Weather Will Decide The Myth of Hatcheries A River Reborn Giants Live Forever What Is Fly Fishing? There Is No Plan B A Small Offering The Grand Salami Steelhead, Love, and Other Mysteries Salmon Dreams 
Synopsis
Christmas Island. The Russian Arctic. Argentine Patagonia. Japan. Cuba. British Columbia. Dylan Tomine takes us to the far reaches of the planet in search of fish and adventure, with keen insight, a strong stomach and plenty of laughs along the way. Closer to home, he wades deeper into his beloved steelhead rivers of the Pacific Northwest and the politics of saving them. Tomine celebrates the joy--and pain--of exploration, fatherhood and the comforts of home waters from a vantage point well off the beaten path. Headwaters traces the evolution of a lifelong angler's priorities from fishing to the survival of the fish themselves. It is a book of remarkable obsession, environmental awareness shaped by experience, and hope for the future.
LC Classification Number
SH415.T66A3 2022
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