Fly Fishing Through The Midlife Crisis by Howell RainesMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This turned out much better than I expected. Raines knows, importantly, what not to talk about, and he avoids heavy musings on the sorts of questions you associate with midlife crises, yet he's revealing at the same time.
In what I expected to be clunky insertions, he includes sections on famous anglers he's spent time with (such as Ray Scott and Bob Clouser) and presidents who fished. These chapters serve to further explorations about some of his key themes, and rather than being simple biographical snapshots, they're fascinating looks into the psyches, fishing habits, and the relationships between the two.
This is a fine read, worth it for fishing stories and historical overviews, but also for the autobiographical slant.
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