Interesting book very much in the style of Mark Kurlansky, except this author seemed to get drunk and pass out random places a lot more.I was disappointed by the lack of information about eels in the Basque region. That was all footnoted rather than expressly covered. The parts about the Maori an...
A fun fishing book with some memorable characters, especially Johannes and Ida. The descriptions of the locations is wonderful, and I felt like I got a good sense of the feeling of fly-fishing, even though I have never done it.The 41st parallel is a nice idea, but it didn't seem very important to...