ILLUMINATED BY WATER: Fly Fishing and the Allure of the Natural World

Shares the appeal of fishing, its intense joys and frustrations, the steadying effect it has both at water's edge and in the memory, and the contemplation of nature and landscape that comes with being an angler--and reflects on the other aspects of angling, from its cultural significance and the emerging moral complexities to the intricacies of tying a fly.