Stories and Essays of Flyfishing and Life
By Mallory Burton
256 pages, softcover
Joining a handful of angling books written by women, Reading the Water: Stories and Essays of Flyfishing and Life is a collection of short stories featuring men and women who are affected by or swept away in the strong current of fishings allure. Like the title story itself, Reading the Water is a fine balance of expert flyfishing observation and philosophical fiction. Mallory Burton and her characters read the water for dangerous currents, hidden rocks, signs of elusive fish; she and her characters also read the politics of fishing, signs of a failing relationship, and the mysterious - sometimes fearful and sometimes absurdly humorous - drift of our own lives. As Uncommon Waters editor Holly Morris writes in the introduction, "Teeming with new insights, and chock full of fishing finesse, Mallory Burton's work has entertained angling devotees for years and added dimension and humor to flyfishing's trade magazines. Reading the Water is a choice compendium of essays and stories and a wonderful addition to the literature of flyfishing."
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