Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales: Expert Fly Anglers Share Stories from the Sea and Stream

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For fishermen, the only thing more fun than catching fish are the stories they tell about those fish . . . and the ones that got away. Nobody knows that better than Chris Santella, author of the best-selling Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die. For his latest homage to anglers, Santella invited 50 celebrated fly fishers to share their favorite fly-fishing stories based on their travels and experiences. The result is this unforgettable collection of stories that are, surprisingly enough for fishermen, true.

Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales includes stories that cover the panoply of emotions— comical, poignant, inspirational, incredible, absurd. It tells of Ralph Cutter casting in complete darkness for blind catfish in the caves of Borneo, J. W. Smith boxing grizzlies to protect his tent camp in Alaska, and George Anderson fly fishing for saltwater crocodiles in Cuba. It also describes how Jean Williams, through trout fishing in the Colorado Rockies, helped to bridge the chasm between a type-A father and his neglected son. Accompanied by stunning photographs, the stories in this book reflect not only the rich experience of fly fishing but also how it can extend beyond the rivers, oceans, and fish to touch the core of our daily lives.

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A fun read

Review Date: August 10, 2009

Reviewer: Ski Guy, Denver,CO. USA

This was really a fun and insightful book to read. After reading this book you want to get up and go fishing. It really makes you appreciate the sport of fishing. It is well worth the price and the time to read.

Honestly, I was a little disappointed...

Review Date: June 20, 2007

Reviewer: John Beowulf, Eastern Sierra

If you want a book stuffed full of great fishing stories I would recommend the Chicken Soup For The Fisherman's Soul, or anything by John Gierach. I don't recall any of the stories being more than just a short story on a fishing trip. I need soul. I need meaning. I need to learn something new in a short story about fly fishing. Dame Juliana Berners would have been a little disappointed as well.

Forgo the Fifty Franchise

Review Date: July 24, 2010

Reviewer: Lightman, New York

The author's biography begins, "Chris Santella is a freelance writer, marketing consultant, and avid fly fisherman...". The emphasis here should be on the marketing consultant aspect of his background, not the writer or the fisherman.

Santella's original book, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die, was a pleasing enough coffee table tome, stylishly packaged, replete with stunning photos, and an interesting narrative to accompany it all. Clever marketing has morphed the formula into a series of not less that nine "Fifty" volumes, including places to dive, golf (two books), bird, sail, etc.

And as the business model grew, along came Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales.

They would have been better left untold.

You're not too far into it when you realize that this is a product, not a book. It looks and feels like Fifty Places, but without the interest and surprisingly with very few images. The stories themselves range from mundane to mildly interesting at best. A low point is certainly "Nature's Call", dealing with David Foster's encounter with a bear while relieving himself on a fishing trip in Alaska.

Oh well.

Anyway, trust me. This is not one of the fifty books you have to read before you die.

You can't tell a book by it's cover

Review Date: February 17, 2008

Reviewer: Daniel Powell, Boulder, CO USA

This book was beautifully bound and the photography often displayed the panoramic views we so much enjoy. Unfortunately, the tales, although somewhat enjoyable, was average at best.

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