River Music : A Fly Fisher's Four Seasons

by Babb, James R.

• ISBN13: 9781585742790
• ISBN10: 1585742791
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

James R. Babb imbues his devastating wit, ornery perspective, and musical language within each of the ribald tales in River Music. This is exemplified in the "Prelude," his opus about "the occasional laugh, the occasional thought, a bit about fly fishing and a bit about Life, and all of it underpinned by the music of rivers." The pieces are arranged in a harmonious current that carries us through the seasons, and life itself.

Author Biography

James R. Babb is the editor of Gray's Sporting Journal and the author of Fly-Fishin' Fool and Crosscurrents, which Library Journal hailed as "the best fly-fishing book" of 2001

Table of Contents

Prelude	xi
I. Spring	1	(38)
Darling Buds of May	3	(10)
Bumping Bottoms	13	(8)
Humility Creek	21	(6)
Tales of the Vienna Sausages	27	(12)
II. Summer	39	(58)
A Slacker's Tale	41	(10)
The French Connection	51	(26)
Disappointing Carlos	77	(12)
And When I Died	89	(8)
III. Autumn	97	(62)
The Coriolis Effect	99	(20)
Nature's Call	119	(10)
Fish Willies	129	(6)
Little Jewels	135	(24)
IV. Winter	159	(32)
Through the Ice Darkly	161	(12)
Those Who Say Woo	173	(8)
Little Big Business	181	(10)
The Vice of the Vise	191