From Booklist
Tapply, author of the acclaimed Brady Coyne mystery series, offers an intriguing look at the important part that trial and error plays in fishing success. His seventh angling memoir is made up of 45 essays; he describes plenty of big fish, bright days, and beautiful landscapes along the way, but his angling triumphs are always set in the context of the work it took to make them happen. Practice and understanding your mistakes, he reminds fellow anglers, are essential to catching fish. In the course of discussing fishing in the Northeast and West for striped bass, bluefish, trout, pike, panfish, and carp, Tapply masterfully combines clear advice with angling aphorisms and delightful comic asides, including mention of the "Lewinsky" saltwater lure (fish that should know better can't resist it). Tapply is a fine stylist and a genuine wit; his essays are beautifully structured and never fail to have marvelous endings. For all fishing collections.
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Review
"...the seductively simple and supremely satisfying craft of taking fish on the surface." --James R. Babb, Editor, Gray's Sporting Journal
