- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Anchor Canada (Nov 27 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385658575
- ISBN-13: 978-0385658577
- Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.7 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #340,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Lines on the Water reminds me why I love to fish and, more importantly, Richards’ fine writing reminds me why I love to read.” —Paul Quarrington, author of Fishing With My Old Guy
Book Description
In Lines on the Water, David Adams Richards writes eloquently and movingly about his life on the shores of one of the world's great fishing rivers. With the same insight and emotion that have won him praise for his fiction, Richards brings to life a community centred on fly-fishing -- a sport that has become, for many, a way of life. Weaving together tales of the guides and poachers, the "sports" and the city slickers, Richards pays tribute to all who have shared in the joy of fishing the Miramichi.
This is a book about our relationship with nature, about hunters and fishermen, friendship and family, history and memory. Lines on the Water teems with lore and wisdom, humour, and most of all, passion.
This is a book about our relationship with nature, about hunters and fishermen, friendship and family, history and memory. Lines on the Water teems with lore and wisdom, humour, and most of all, passion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful comparison of life's subtelties and fly fishing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lines On The Water: A Fisherman's Life On The Miramichi (Paperback)
David Richards truly expresses the beauty and subtlety of fly fishing magnificenly. Whether a fly fisherman or not, this book truly is an enjoyable read. Through detailed and off-beat decriptions of his life and his love of the river, he reminds me why I love to read!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An accurate and warm sharing of memories on the river,
By Jim Hill (Halifax, NS, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lines On The Water: A Fisherman's Life On The Miramichi (Paperback)
I read this book and every fishing trip I have ever been on came rushing back. As I read I could feel the weight of the fly vest on my shoulders and smell the campfire. No one other than a down home salmon fisherman could have written this book. While he fished the Mirimichi I fished the Restigouche and once had the privilidge of meeting his Uncle, Richard Adams, on the Matepedia.I know the beauty of the land and the feeling of a line tighten under a heavy fish, Everything is so real, from the sound of the water and the singing of a reel being stripped of its line down to the irritating buzzing of the bugs. He speaks of the friendships on the river so accurately one knows it is not fiction. A wonderful read that I tore through and will sit down again to read it again to savour anything I may have missed. My only regret is there were only 5 stars to give it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Like Walden, but more interesting,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lines on the Water (Hardcover)
This book is a joy to read. Richards tells his stories of the Miramichi as if you're around the campfire with him, and spins fish tales, one after another, not really connected but somehow all connected, till when you finish you feel you've somehow received wisdom. David Adams Richards is a master ---- I believe he's one of this era's great writers. Summary: The book is like Walden, but more interesting.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful comparison of life's subtelties and fly fishing,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lines On The Water: A Fisherman's Life On The Miramichi (Paperback)
David Richards truly expresses the beauty and subtlety of fly fishing magnificenly. Whether a fly fisherman or not, this book truly is an enjoyable read. Through detailed and off-beat decriptions of his life and his love of the river, he reminds me why I love to read!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An accurate and warm sharing of memories on the river,
By Jim Hill - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lines On The Water: A Fisherman's Life On The Miramichi (Paperback)
I read this book and every fishing trip I have ever been on came rushing back. As I read I could feel the weight of the fly vest on my shoulders and smell the campfire. No one other than a down home salmon fisherman could have written this book. While he fished the Mirimichi I fished the Restigouche and once had the privilidge of meeting his Uncle, Richard Adams, on the Matepedia.I know the beauty of the land and the feeling of a line tighten under a heavy fish, Everything is so real, from the sound of the water and the singing of a reel being stripped of its line down to the irritating buzzing of the bugs. He speaks of the friendships on the river so accurately one knows it is not fiction. A wonderful read that I tore through and will sit down again to read it again to savour anything I may have missed. My only regret is there were only 5 stars to give it. |
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