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The fly fisherman's guide to the meaning of life, what a lifetime on the water has taught me about love, work, food, sex, and getting up early, Peter Kaminsky

eng

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non fiction

The fly fisherman's guide to the meaning of life

Peter Kaminsky

what a lifetime on the water has taught me about love, work, food, sex, and getting up early

Pleasure and instinct -- What the view from a fly rod can teach you about time, humanity, and existence -- Measure of success -- It is not how many you catch, but how you catch them that matters -- Conservation -- To choose not to kill is one element of our human nature -- Meaning of fly-fishing -- In the wake of disaster, the fish will always return -- Words to live and fish by -- Next generation -- Often the best teacher of your children is not you -- Getting older -- Asking for help is a sign of maturity, not age -- Fly fisher's heroes -- Lifetime learning-- It is never too late to teach old fishermen new tricks -- Humility -- Don't believe your fans-- or your critics -- Fly fisher's essential reading -- Dare to listen -- Accepting advice makes you no less of a fisherman (or a man) -- Time -- There may never be a better time than right now -- Essential traits of a fly fisher -- Ethics -- Treat other fishers the way you want to be treated -- Enough or too much? -- Simplicity can be the key to satisfaction and success -- Sounds of fly-fishing -- Art of inquiry -- Patience in gathering information can yield more results than trying to learn everything at once -- Home -- Home is more of a feeling, rather than a place