Fly Fisherman's Odyssey Other Appleton-Century

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from a Lifetime on the River by Mike Crosby

For dedicated anglers who enjoy the challenge and excitement of fishing with midges

and Winston

and Asia – and makes it clear just how serious the ramifications can be

Fly Fisherman's Odyssey Other Appleton-CenturyFly Fisherman's Odyssey by Robert M. Mengel. Mengel (1921 1990) was a distinguished ornithologist by profession, a fly fisherman by passion. And this collection of sketches and travelogues (set mostly in Alaska) benefits from a sensitive mind trained to observe subtlety in nature. Mengel wrote more than 100 ornithological papers and books (most notably the landmark Birds of Kentucky) ; the 23 previously unpublished pieces collected here represent his