Lords of the Fly : Hardback PEGASUS BOOKS 9781643135588 1643135589 01 Sep 2020 "In late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in quiet little town on west coast Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers world--Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate others--all gathered together to chase same Holy Grail--the world record for world's most glamorous sought-after rod species, tarpon. would meet each morning breakfast. They compete out water during day, eat dinner at night, socialize party. Some harder than others. fell nearly every year. But records weren't only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts marriages didn't survive, either. egos involved made atmosphere electric. difficulty quest it legitimate. drugs romantic entanglements swept with tide finally make all veer control. It was a confluence people place had never before fishing will happen again. collision top species fish which lead smashed lives involved, man alike. In Fly, Burke, an obsessed tarpon angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines growing popularity tarpon, amazing has been around 50 million years, can live 80 years old grow 300 pounds weight. is massive, leaping, bullet train fish. When hooked shallow water, produces "immediate unreality," poet obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it. Burke also chronicles heartbreaking destruction exists result brought by greed, environmental degradation shenanigans notorious Miami gangster--and how shaped our contemporary fishery. Filled larger-than-life characters vivid prose, not must read stripes, but those interested desperate yearning human condition."--Provided publisher.
Lords of the Fly : Hardback PEGASUS BOOKS 9781643135588 1643135589 01 Sep 2020 "In late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in quiet little town on west coast Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers world--Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate others--all gathered together to chase same Holy Grail--the world record for world's most glamorous sought-after rod species, tarpon. would meet each morning breakfast. They compete out water during day, eat dinner at night, socialize party. Some harder than others. fell nearly every year. But records weren't only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts marriages didn't survive, either. egos involved made atmosphere electric. difficulty quest it legitimate. drugs romantic entanglements swept with tide finally make all veer control. It was a confluence people place had never before fishing will happen again. collision top species fish which lead smashed lives involved, man alike. In Fly, Burke, an obsessed tarpon angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines growing popularity tarpon, amazing has been around 50 million years, can live 80 years old grow 300 pounds weight. is massive, leaping, bullet train fish. When hooked shallow water, produces "immediate unreality," poet obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it. Burke also chronicles heartbreaking destruction exists result brought by greed, environmental degradation shenanigans notorious Miami gangster--and how shaped our contemporary fishery. Filled larger-than-life characters vivid prose, not must read stripes, but those interested desperate yearning human condition."--Provided publisher.
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Lords of the Fly : Hardback PEGASUS BOOKS 9781643135588 1643135589 01 Sep 2020 "In late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in quiet little town on west coast Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers world--Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate others--all gathered together to chase same Holy Grail--the world record for world's most glamorous sought-after rod species, tarpon. would meet each morning breakfast. They compete out water during day, eat dinner at night, socialize party. Some harder than others. fell nearly every year. But records weren't only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts marriages didn't survive, either. egos involved made atmosphere electric. difficulty quest it legitimate. drugs romantic entanglements swept with tide finally make all veer control. It was a confluence people place had never before fishing will happen again. collision top species fish which lead smashed lives involved, man alike. In Fly, Burke, an obsessed tarpon angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines growing popularity tarpon, amazing has been around 50 million years, can live 80 years old grow 300 pounds weight. is massive, leaping, bullet train fish. When hooked shallow water, produces "immediate unreality," poet obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it. Burke also chronicles heartbreaking destruction exists result brought by greed, environmental degradation shenanigans notorious Miami gangster--and how shaped our contemporary fishery. Filled larger-than-life characters vivid prose, not must read stripes, but those interested desperate yearning human condition."--Provided publisher.
Lords of the Fly : Hardback PEGASUS BOOKS 9781643135588 1643135589 01 Sep 2020 "In late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in quiet little town on west coast Florida known as Homosassa. The best fly anglers world--Lefty Kreh, Stu Apte, Ted Williams, Tom Evans, Billy Pate others--all gathered together to chase same Holy Grail--the world record for world's most glamorous sought-after rod species, tarpon. would meet each morning breakfast. They compete out water during day, eat dinner at night, socialize party. Some harder than others. fell nearly every year. But records weren't only things that were broken. Hooks, lines, rods, reels, hearts marriages didn't survive, either. egos involved made atmosphere electric. difficulty quest it legitimate. drugs romantic entanglements swept with tide finally make all veer control. It was a confluence people place had never before fishing will happen again. collision top species fish which lead smashed lives involved, man alike. In Fly, Burke, an obsessed tarpon angler himself, delves into this incredible moment. He examines growing popularity tarpon, amazing has been around 50 million years, can live 80 years old grow 300 pounds weight. is massive, leaping, bullet train fish. When hooked shallow water, produces "immediate unreality," poet obsessive, Richard Brautigan, once described it. Burke also chronicles heartbreaking destruction exists result brought by greed, environmental degradation shenanigans notorious Miami gangster--and how shaped our contemporary fishery. Filled larger-than-life characters vivid prose, not must read stripes, but those interested desperate yearning human condition."--Provided publisher.
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Imprint | Pegasus Books |
Pub date | 01 Sep 2020 |
DEWEY edition | 23 |
Language | English |
Spine width | 33mm |
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Imprint | Pegasus Books |
Pub date | 01 Sep 2020 |
DEWEY edition | 23 |
Language | English |
Spine width | 33mm |