Fly-Fishing

Fly-Fishing

  • Author: Schaberg, Christopher
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
  • Serie: Practices
  • ISBN: 9781478016724
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781478023999
  • Place of publication:  Durham , United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2023
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 112
  • Language: English
In Fly-Fishing, Christopher Schaberg ponders his lifetime pursuit of the widely mythologized art of fly-fishing. From the Michigan lakeshore where he learned to fish to casting flies in a New Orleans bayou, Schaberg sketches landscapes and fish habitats and shows how fly-fishing allows him to think about coexisting with other species. It offers Schaberg a much-needed source of humility, social isolation, connection with nature, and a reminder of environmental degradation. Rather than centering fishing on trophies, conquest, and travel, he advocates for a “small-fishing” that values catching the diminutive fish near one’s home. Introspective and personal, Fly-Fishing demonstrates how Schaberg’s obsession indelibly shapes how he understands and lives in the wider world.
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Fly-Fishing
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography