http://www.mountaineerraceway.com Sport & Outdoor Sport Specialist Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:46:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.mountaineerraceway.com/the-fly-rod-chronicles-a-collection-of-essays-on-the-quiet-sport-of-fly-fishing/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Thomas E. Williams Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:19:43 +0000 http://www.mountaineerraceway.com/the-fly-rod-chronicles-a-collection-of-essays-on-the-quiet-sport-of-fly-fishing/#comment-36 Dick Landerman carries on a tradition of authors who examine flyfishing as a metaphor for life's journey - in the spirit of Ernest Schwiebert, Nick Lyons, and John Gierach. But unlike the aforementioned authors, Landerman neither claims nor chronicles any special talent for capturing trout on a fly. He speaks for the rest of us - guys (and gals) with day jobs, civic assignments, kids and grandkids, aches and pains. In other words, the broad, unofficial flyfishing club whose members would love to spend their lives chasing trout, but settle for the limited time, talent and resources they have to pursue "the quiet sport. " There are musings on life's ironies, personal travails, government encroachments, unexpected setbacks, an often-bewildered spouse, and both good and bad days onstream. You'll meet a broad assortment of characters - a streamside critic coaching him on the art of netting a trout, a salmon-fishing guide who takes some big ones on a few highly unorthodox patterns, a non-fishing neighbor who asks, "What's the point?" To Landerman's credit, he makes a valiant stab over 206 pages to answer that rhetorical question, taking the reader from Alaska to Canada's Bow River, to Idaho's South Fork, and back again to his beloved home streams. Rating: 5 / 5 Dick Landerman carries on a tradition of authors who examine flyfishing as a metaphor for life’s journey – in the spirit of Ernest Schwiebert, Nick Lyons, and John Gierach.
But unlike the aforementioned authors, Landerman neither claims nor chronicles any special talent for capturing trout on a fly. He speaks for the rest of us – guys (and gals) with day jobs, civic assignments, kids and grandkids, aches and pains. In other words, the broad, unofficial flyfishing club whose members would love to spend their lives chasing trout, but settle for the limited time, talent and resources they have to pursue “the quiet sport. ”
There are musings on life’s ironies, personal travails, government encroachments, unexpected setbacks, an often-bewildered spouse, and both good and bad days onstream. You’ll meet a broad assortment of characters – a streamside critic coaching him on the art of netting a trout, a salmon-fishing guide who takes some big ones on a few highly unorthodox patterns, a non-fishing neighbor who asks, “What’s the point?” To Landerman’s credit, he makes a valiant stab over 206 pages to answer that rhetorical question, taking the reader from Alaska to Canada’s Bow River, to Idaho’s South Fork, and back again to his beloved home streams.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> http://www.mountaineerraceway.com/the-fly-rod-chronicles-a-collection-of-essays-on-the-quiet-sport-of-fly-fishing/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Joseph B. Landerman Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:23:39 +0000 http://www.mountaineerraceway.com/the-fly-rod-chronicles-a-collection-of-essays-on-the-quiet-sport-of-fly-fishing/#comment-35 As one of the "Band of Brothers", my opinion is obviously biased. However, this is a wonderful story that will take any reader to the places that Dick writes of in The Chronicles. His descriptions take me back to those places I have been and allow me the vicarious experience of being in those places I have not. He has been generous in his descriptions of all of us as brothers and yet curiously spot on in general. Overall, the experience of growing up in a family such as ours was unique and his telling of it can never quite match the living of it. You will enjoy this slice of the American experience. Rating: 5 / 5 As one of the “Band of Brothers”, my opinion is obviously biased. However, this is a wonderful story that will take any reader to the places that Dick writes of in The Chronicles. His descriptions take me back to those places I have been and allow me the vicarious experience of being in those places I have not. He has been generous in his descriptions of all of us as brothers and yet curiously spot on in general. Overall, the experience of growing up in a family such as ours was unique and his telling of it can never quite match the living of it. You will enjoy this slice of the American experience.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> http://www.mountaineerraceway.com/the-fly-rod-chronicles-a-collection-of-essays-on-the-quiet-sport-of-fly-fishing/comment-page-1/#comment-34 John B. May Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:58:36 +0000 http://www.mountaineerraceway.com/the-fly-rod-chronicles-a-collection-of-essays-on-the-quiet-sport-of-fly-fishing/#comment-34 The Fly Rod Chronicles are spot on! I love this collection of Fly Fishing and Life. Dick Landerman paints a beautiful picture of one of my favorite places on Earth. . . Knee deep in a river, looking for that next bite. Amazing book and it's wonderful to find someone that I have so much in common with. 5 Stars for this journey that takes you right off the page to places you've been or can't wait to visit. FISH ON! Rating: 5 / 5 The Fly Rod Chronicles are spot on! I love this collection of Fly Fishing and Life. Dick Landerman paints a beautiful picture of one of my favorite places on Earth. . . Knee deep in a river, looking for that next bite. Amazing book and it’s wonderful to find someone that I have so much in common with. 5 Stars for this journey that takes you right off the page to places you’ve been or can’t wait to visit. FISH ON!
Rating: 5 / 5

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