{"product_id":"the-unreasonable-virtue-of-fly-mark-kurlansky-9781635573077","title":"The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor Literature \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCod\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003cb\u003ethe irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish--and the fly fisher does not always (or often) win. The targets--salmon, trout, and char; and for some, bass, tarpon, tuna, bonefish, and even marlin--are highly intelligent, wily, strong, and athletic animals. The allure, Kurlansky learns, is that fly fishing makes catching a fish as difficult as possible. There is an art, too, in the crafting of flies. Beautiful and intricate, some are made with more than two dozen pieces of feather and fur from a wide range of animals. The cast as well is a matter of grace and rhythm, with different casts and rods yielding varying results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKurlansky is known for his deep dives into the history of specific subjects, from cod to oysters to salt. But he spent his boyhood days on the shore of a shallow pond. Here, where tiny fish weaved under a rocky waterfall, he first tied string to a branch, dangled a worm into the water, and unleashed his passion for fishing. Since then, a lifelong love of the sport has led him around the world to many countries, coasts, and rivers--from the wilds of Alaska to Basque country, from the Catskills in New York to Oregon's Columbia River, from Ireland and Norway to Russia and Japan. And, in true Kurlansky fashion, he absorbed every fact, detail, and anecdote along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing\u003c\/i\u003e marries Kurlansky's signature wide-ranging reach with a subject that has captivated him for a lifetime--combining history, craft, and personal memoir to show readers, devotees of the sport or not, the necessity of experiencing nature's balm first-hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Kurlansky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1635573076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635573077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/2021 pg. 1","brand":"Mark Kurlansky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053190770943,"sku":"9781635573077","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8fc5f1c6-0dc3-4abc-bc98-f6901f433662.jpg?v=1685022937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unreasonable-virtue-of-fly-mark-kurlansky-9781635573077","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}