Product Description
by Steve Raymond (Author)
"Few angler-authors can match the skill and insight of Steve Raymond. . . . Raymond leads his reader to a refined and refreshed understanding of what the natural world is really all about."--The New York Times
Perhaps the most innovative fly-fishing writer of his generation, Steve Raymond reaches a new level in this collection of five short stories and a novella. Here you'll learn the fate of the world's first genetically modified fly fisher, discover the secret behind the amazing success of an isolated little fly shop, and find out what was really going on between the sainted Theodore Gordon and his mysterious young woman fishing companion. You'll witness the suspenseful trial of the world's most famous fly fisher, chuckle at the tale of an angler who outwitted the Internal Revenue Service and his own accountant, and laugh out loud at the "real" story behind the first words ever written about fly fishing. And you'll agree with the words of Arnold Gingrich in his classic work, The Fishing in Print: "Such books, and such authors, are rare, and Raymond is somebody simply not to be missed."Author Biography
Steve Raymond, a native of Bellingham, Washington, had a thirty-year career as a reporter, editor and manager at the Seattle Times. He also edited two magazines, The Flyfisher and Fly Fishing in Salt Waters, and reviewed fishing books for several publications. A charter and honorary life member of the Federation of Fly Fishers (now called Fly Fishing International), he is author of a dozen fly-fishing books, including two award-winning classics, The Year of the Angler and The Year of the Trout. He received the prestigious Roderick Haig-Brown Award for significant contributions to angling literature and his work has appeared in nine anthologies and at least twenty-four magazines. His manuscripts and papers are now part of special collections at the Western Washington University libraries in Bellingham. In 2022 he was admitted to the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame. Raymond and his wife, Joan, reside on an old farm on Whidbey Island in northern Puget Sound. He can be reached at steveraymondbooks@whidbey.com.
