The Sporting Road Travels Across America in an Airstream Trailer--with Fly Rod, Shotgun, and a Yellow Lab Named Sweetzer

by Fergus, Jim; Bass, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780312267803
• ISBN10: 0312267800
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-17
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

From renowned outdoor writer Jim Fergus comes this collection which represents a kind of extended journey across the country from Colorado to Florida and points beyond. From pheasant hunting at Nebraska's Fort Robinson to bone fishing on the flats of Grand Exuma, Bahamas, these 32 essays, arranged by season, chronicle Fergus's most memorable travels hunting and fishing over a period of 6 years. A book about the natural world and man's place in it, The Sporting Road is also a book about relationships, which for Fergus include old friends, new acquaintances, and his trusted yellow lab, Sweetzer.

Author Biography

Jim Fergus's articles and essays have appeared in a wide variety of national magazines and newspapers. He is a field editor of Sports Afield magazine. His previous books include the nonfiction memoir A Hunter's Road and the novel One Thousand White Women. He lives in northern Colorado and southern Arizona.

Rick Bass is the author of several books, including The New Wolves and The Book of Yaak.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Author's Note	xiii
Introduction: A Good Hunting Partner	1	(7)
Rick Bass
Prologue: Of Dogs and Shotguns/Wives and Furniture	8	(15)
FALL
Opening Day	23	(13)
Opening Day II	36	(4)
The Air Up There	40	(8)
Cocktails with Poops	48	(7)
From Sweetzer to Mike	55	(6)
Undercover Assignment in Desolation Canyon	61	(17)
Of Flushing Mules and Prairie Tuna	78	(9)
Yaak Magic	87	(7)
Way North	94	(15)
WINTER
On the Border with Tate	109	(8)
Stinking Woman Creek	117	(6)
Spirits Running	123	(4)
Mountain Man	127	(4)
The Christmas Goose	131	(5)
A Close Call with the Dog Cops	136	(6)
On Cutting the President's Trail	142	(4)
Apache Country	146	(13)
SPRING
Dinner	159	(4)
My Life as a Bump on a Log	163	(4)
The Old Man and His Sea	167	(7)
Guide School	174	(9)
Tore Down by Sport	183	(7)
Just for the Fun of It	190	(4)
The Last Wild Country	194	(9)
La Vie	203	(7)
Turkey Madness	210	(15)
SUMMER
Catching Dinner	225	(4)
True Sport	229	(4)
The Rites of Summer	233	(4)
Shooting School	237	(13)
Hackers	250	(4)
State of Grace	254	(5)
Zen and the Art of Nymph Fishing	259	(4)
The End of the Season	263	(4)
Epilogue: Where the Seasons Go	267

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