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All nine tales and reflections are characterized by a restless, searching quality, but each registers a unique point of view. In some cases Mele speculates about the elusive properties of the blue-dun necks, as he searches for some ultimate shade and texture, some way to define their delicacy; at other times he seeks the perfect bamboo fly rod, one that will meet all of his exacting dry-fly demands. At times the world of fly fishing leads him to explore the life of dose friends like Dan Brenan, or old masters such as Theodore Gordon; and at other times that same world becomes inextricable from the need to protect rivers, or from his love and practice of music.
