A Gorgeously Illustrated Collection of First-Person Stories on the Sublime Joy of Flyfishing
Every fly fisher has one: that moment-that ineffable, transcendent moment-they can point to and say, That's it. That was when time seemed to stop and I felt fully alive. That's why I fish.
Collected and framed by the award-winning writer Peter Kaminsky, The Catch of a Lifetime presents the moving first-person stories of more than seventy anglers recounting their catch of a lifetime. With its tales of brown trout in Montana and bluefish at Montauk Point, smallmouth in Minnesota's Boundary Waters and unforgettable adventures with giant taimen on the steppes of central Asia, bonefish in New Caledonia, white marlin in the Baja, and golden dorado in the tribal lands along the Amazon's headwaters, this gorgeously illustrated anthology is a transporting testament to the call that all anglers heed-to get out there and be one with the water. It distills perfectly the magic of the sport; you can't read it and not want to go fishing.
The contributor list is a diverse who's who of writers, artists, sportspeople, and others who've made flyfishing a singular passion, including Carl Hiaasen, Joan Wulff, Tom Colicchio, Charles Gaines, Rachel Maddow, Mark Kurlansky, Brittany Howard, John McPhee, Verlyn Klinkenborg, and Jared Zissu. Their encounters, their memories, the words they use to describe, say, a forty-pound salmon leaping into the air or the sight of a great blue heron soaring down the creek to steal a catch make this the book of a lifetime for any fly fisher.
By:
Peter Kaminsky
Imprint: Artisan Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 238mm,
Width: 170mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 860g
ISBN: 9781648291494
ISBN 10: 164829149X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 04 October 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
Introduction: Oh, What a Beautiful Morning Chapter One Trout Rain Blind by Val Kropiwnicki Fishing with Jim by Peter Heller Initiation by Callan Wink The Brookie by Connelly Akstens Staying Late by John N. Maclean Whoppers by Peter Kaminsky A Magic Nymph by Mary Rolland I Made It Myself by Peter Kaminsky Rematch by Al Caucci No Expectations by Linda Leary Right on the Money by Conor Sullivan 0 T-Boned by Rachel Finn Pets in a Pool by Stephen Sautner A Moment by Verlyn Klinkenborg May I Have This Dance? by Paige Wallace Chapter Two Atlantic Salmon Just This Side of Despair by Tarquin Millington-Drake Landings by Monte Burke Gratitude by Cathy Newman September’s Child by David A. Van Wie Generations by Peter Kaminsky Part 1: The Blackfoot: The Dad by George Semler Part 2: The Blackfoot: The Daughter by Hannah Semler Alex and His Grandma by Joan Wulff Breaking the Spell by Jorge Trucco Chapter Three Steelhead and Pacific Salmon Chock-Full by William Sisson Folie à Trois by Jason Rolfe Her Salmon by Mark Kurlansky Once Upon a River by Emerald LaFortune Lost River by David James Duncan Chapter Four Dry Fly Sulphurs by Joel R. Johnson Drakes in the Afternoon by Matthew L. Miller There for the Hatch by Hilary Hutcheson Drakes on a Lake by Lou Zambello Chapter Five Have Rod, Will Travel Son of the Sun God by Kirk Deeter Holy Water by Gay Barclay Beijing Amazing by Henry Hughes Carp Fishing, Beijing, 1995 by Henry Hughes And on the Fourteenth Day . . . by Jared Zissu Probing the Unknown by Marcelo Gleiser After the Show by Brittany Howard Dung Gazing in the Amazon by Charles Gaines My True Confession by Buby Garcia Calvo Chapter Six Grand Slams New Cal Bones by Charles Rangeley-Wilson How Big Was He? by Roger Waters Carry That Weight by Carl Hiaasen A Missed Opportunity by David DiBenedetto Chico and Me by Flip Pallot They Might Be Giants by Keith Rose-Innes What a Difference Twenty Pounds Makes by Paul Bruun Chapter Seven Inshore A Backcast on the East End by Sam Sifton A Fishy Day by Thomas McGuane Green Lightning by T. Edward Nickens Hunting the Blue Rhino by Paul Dixon The Bull by Howell Raines Lazaretto Reds by Amir Mughal Chapter Eight Big Game In the Baja by Tom Colicchio Attitude by Tom Gilmore Bluefin by John McMurray Blue Marlin on the Fly by Pat Ford Chapter Nine Nightmares A Pike by Rachel Maddow Boundary Windfalls by Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate Impossibly Violent and Savagely Fast by Steve Duda The Wake-up Call by Ilya Sherbovich Forty Years Later by Marcelo Morales First Rodeo by Bob White Chapter Ten Bass The Noble Survivor by Roger Emile Stouff The Demise of the Northwoods Bistroby David Coggins Hugger by W. D. Wetherell Mrs. B’s Sacred Carp by Josh Greenberg Chapter Eleven As Long as I Can See the Light Then the Rains Came by Katie Cahn Outside of Time by William Hereford At Navajo Lake by Kaitlin Boyer 6x Redemption by Seth Norman Flesh and Blood, and Flyfishing by Matt Smythe Chapter Twelve The Masters The Daily Double by John McPhee My First Salmon by Nick Lyons Glossary Acknowledgments
PETER KAMINSKY is one of America's leading angling journalists and authors. His Outdoors column has appeared in the New York Times for thirty-five years. A recipient of the C.F. Orvis Outdoor Writing Award, Kaminsky has been a contributing editor at Field & Stream, Sports Afield, and Outdoor Life and was managing editor of National Lampoon. His angling writing has also appeared in Fly Fisherman, Conde Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, GQ, The Field, and Anglers Journal. Among his books are The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass, American Waters, The Flyfisherman's Guide to the Meaning of Life, Fishing for Dummies, and Flyfishing for Dummies. As avid a cook as he is a fisherman, he's written eighteen cookbooks, including three with Francis Mallmann. His television credits include creator and executive producer of The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and The Gershwin Prize for Popular song. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Reviews for The Catch of a Lifetime: Moments of Flyfishing Glory
“Peter Kaminsky is a master angler, storyteller, and companion on the water. He combines these skills to take you on a memorable pursuit of flyfishing and adventure. He’ll even buy beers if the day goes well.” —Tom Brokaw “It’s a miracle of a book: eclectic and full of suspense, wit, and fun. There’s nothing like it.”—Nick Lyons
