num_pages: 304
description: From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-Two in the Shade and Nothing but Blue Skies comes this collection of breathtakingly exquisite essays borne of a lifetime spent fishing.The thirty-three essays in The Longest Silence take us from the tarpon of Florida to the salmon of Iceland, from the bonefish of Mexico to the trout of Montana. They bring us characters as varied as a highly literate Canadian frontiersman and a devoutly Mormon river guide and address issues ranging from the esoteric art of tying flies to the enduring philosophy of a seventeenth-century angler. Infused with a deep experience of wildlife and the outdoors, both reverent and hilarious by turns, The Longest Silence sets the heart pounding for a glimpse of moving water and demonstrates what dedication to sport reveals about life.Small streams in Michigan --Back in Ireland --Sakonnet --Twilight on the buffalo paddock --Angling versus acts of God --Twenty-fish days --Henry's fork --Tying flies --Spring --Runoff --The big hold --Midstream --Seasons through the net --Southern salt --The longest silence --Close to the bone --Weather --A world-record dinner --Tarpon hunting --Silver king: a glimpse --The hard way --The sea-run fish --Wesley's river --Sur --Fly-fishing the evil empire --Of the dean --Snapshots from the whale --Izaak Walton --Iceland --Roderick Haig-Brown --Down under --Unfounded opinions --Sons
language: English
title: The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing
titlecomplete: The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing
genres: Outdoors, Nature, Adventure, Collections, Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports, Essays, Autobiography, Travel
ratings_count: 944
publisher: Vintage