Fishing the Northwest

by Love, Glen A.

• ISBN13: 9780870714818
• ISBN10: 0870714813
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Oregon State Univ Pr

Summary

Anglers and armchair anglers alike will delight in this rich collection of twenty-two stories and essays. Work from both established and emerging authors shows that some of the region's best writing flows straight from its rivers.

Author Biography

Glen Love is professor emeritus of English at the University of Oregon

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part One: New Voices	7	(132)
``The Farthest Distance Between Two Points''	11	(21)
Ted Leeson
``Building With Bones''	32	(13)
Robin Carey
``River Deep, Mountain High''	45	(12)
Jessica Maxwell
``Obituary With Bamboo Fly Rod''	57	(9)
Frank Soos
``Walk On Water For Me''	66	(14)
Lorian Hemingway
``Where I Lived And What I Lived For''	80	(8)
David James Duncan
``The Novitiate's Tale''	88	(7)
Marjorie Sandor
``The Emerger''	95	(5)
Mallory Burton
``The Deschutes River''	100	(6)
Kathleen Dean Moore
``The Lesson''	106	(7)
Peter Patricelli
``Skunked''	113	(6)
Michael Baughman
``How To Dress A Nymph''	119	(11)
Don Berry
``Lost Lakes''	130	(9)
Dave Hughes
Part Two: Northwest Tradition	139	(92)
``Salmon On The Clackamas''	142	(7)
Rudyard Kipling
``Deer Creek, Washington---1918''	149	(21)
Zane Grey
``Almost Time For Trout''	170	(3)
Ben Hur Lampman
``Fall Defined''	173	(5)
Roderick Haig-Brown
``Fishing Fever''	178	(14)
H. L. Davis
``Mountain Lake Fishing''	192	(15)
Enos Bradner
``Salmon Party''	207	(6)
Ken Kesey
``Fishing With Paul''	213	(10)
Norman Maclean
``The End of the Year''	223	(8)
Steve Raymond
Acknowledgments	231