Winter reading
Deer season is over, the snow is here to stay, trout season is closed,and Field and Stream gets devoured within a couple of days of it's arrival. I am looking for some good winter reading. I am looking for suggestions of the outdoor variety. Stories about chasing the quarry are nice, but I tend to lean towards those that chase something else less defined as well. Any suggestions?
[This message has been edited by Sagittarius62 (edited 17 December 2005).]
"The Longest Silence - A Life in Fishing" by Tom McGuane.
Bob
Try The River Why, by David James Duncan.
"Vermont River" by W.D.Wetherell
"Lines on the Water" by David Adam Richards
Both of these are books that I re-read every year.
Regards
Any of the books by Roderick Haig-Brown. Granted they are old and in some cases outdated but there is much wisdom and logic to be found here. I reread most of them about every third year.
A book that I am rereading now is not a fishing book but still may interest you.
"Spiked Boots" by Robert E. Pike
It's a series of tales about the New Hampshire northcountry and old logging camps.
The title story has to do with the tradition of hanging a dead river driver's boots in a tree nearby where he had drown
The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
--- Horace Kephart
I just started reading a collection of stories from "Outside" magazine that I picked up in a used book store. Not usually about fishing or hunting, but when it is it is great. Otherwise, I suggest "In the Fishes Eye" by Ian Frazier, or "Fishing a Highland Stream" though I can't remember the author.
Three of my favorite books:
Fishless Days, Angling Nights - Sparse Gray Hackle
The Wonderful World of Trout - Charlie Fox
The Last Pool (Upstream/Downstream, Old Stoney) - Howard Walden
Allan
"The Angler's Coast" by Russell Chatham
Bob
For the hunting side -
Any book by Gene Hill, Gordon MacQuarrie or Nash Buckingham.
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