Growing gills
Subtitle: a fly fisherman's journey
By: David Joy ; illustrated by Michael Polomik
Publisher: Bright Mountain Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Fairview, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780914875604; 9780914875611
Subjects: Social life and customs; Brook trout fishing; Fly fishing; Fishers; Biography; Wilderness areas
Description: "David Joy's Southern memoir details a North Carolina fly fisherman's youthful experiences in the Outer Banks and Piedmont to his pursuit of native brook trout in the Appalachian Mountains. This work of literary nonfiction encapsulates the philosophical underpinnings of a man defined by fish, family, water, solitude, environment, and wilderness"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Growing Gills; title: A School of Cannibalistic Fish; title: Breaking in the Cork; title: The Piscatorial Picasso; title: Throwing Tight Loops; title: Feed 'em Feathers; title: The Liar; title: Wild; title: Untouched; title: "What in me is dark, illumine..."; title: Sound of Silence; title: Glimpses of Monsters; title: Native; title: The Ritual; title: The Grass Eater; title: Floating Toward Humility; title: Tailout.