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Ericd	September 22nd, 2009, 8:49 pm
Mpls, MN Posts: 112	Thanks Roger. I was joking. But I am including the ISBN in my comprehensive spreadsheet and I hope to send out a meeting request to get your input by the end of next week. That's another joke and some insight into what I deal with every day.
Taxon	September 23rd, 2009, 10:05 am
Site Editor Mercer Island, WA Posts: 921	Eric- Thanks Roger. I was joking. You are welcome. Good to know.
	Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
Martinlf	September 23rd, 2009, 4:18 pm
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 1724	I'll second Konchu on "The Bait." It's a very complex and sophisticated take off on Marlowe's "Passionate Shepherd to His Love." Ralegh wrote "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," but Donne surpassed anything his predecessors had done. Great stuff.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Delablobbo	September 23rd, 2009, 4:42 pm
Posts: 19	Ernest Hemingway's short story, "Two Big Hearted River." It describes rods and fly lines and leaders. It caused me to buy a fly rod. The poetry in the prose inspired me to write short stories. I owe that story much! I like Traver, despite his often bad writing. His trout books are timeless, nonetheless. I love his contrarian nature, his anti-commercialism, his outlaw fly fisher persona. He fished only in the U.P. of Michigan. Duncan has a few good stories. The one about his friend named Jeremiah is a riot.
Ericd	September 23rd, 2009, 6:07 pm
Mpls, MN Posts: 112	Hi William. Big Two-Hearted was the first fly fishing story I read, I think. It's unleashed a lot for me as well. I've found that most of his novels, and quite a bit of his short stories, include fly fishing characters. I didn't care much for "The Sun Also Rises," but I enjoyed the trips they take in Spain to fly fish. Let me know if I need to lay off this topic (I'm almost as addicted to reading the trout fiction as I am to fly fishing for them non-fictionally, if I can make that up), but I don't think "The Congressman's Daughter" has been mentioned and I would put that one and "The Snowfly" as two of my favorites. eric
Falsifly	September 23rd, 2009, 8:01 pm
Hayward, WI. Posts: 442	Ah! May I add Gene Hill? Passing A Good Time, With Guns, Dogs, Fly Rods, and Other Joys. ISBN 0-924357-64-9
	Falsifly When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
Martinlf	September 24th, 2009, 5:23 am
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 1724	Eric, would it be possible to persuade you to email me the spreadsheet when it's finished? I can give you my email address if so. Perhaps others would like to see it as well.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Ericd	September 25th, 2009, 8:20 am
Mpls, MN Posts: 112	Sure, Louis. It'll be a work in progress for a long time, but I'll send you something when it feels comprehensive.
Ericd	October 19th, 2009, 5:03 pm
Mpls, MN Posts: 112	I have this blog that I don't use, but put my list there: http://29yearslater.blogspot.com/ I continue to get recommendations from folks, so I'll keep adding to it. eric

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