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Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis | 
 enlarge | Author: Howell Raines
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 990100
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.1240975
ASIN: B000SNUTEQ
Publication Date: January 1, 2006
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Condition: 1994 softcover. Tight & clean.
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Product Description
Just as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance used motorcycle repair as a metaphor for the examination of self, Howell Raines uses his lifelong experiences as a fly fisherman to explore his life, politics, gender, roles as a son, husband, father, and journalist, and his attitudes toward aging and mortality. A man who has fished with presidents and Southern friends as well as with his own two sons, Raines chronicles his progress from "the Redneck way of fishing" for quantity and food to the catch-and-release way of his friend and mentor Dick Blalock. Blalock taught Raines that fly fishing is about attitude and friendship, not about catching fish. Raines imparts tips on casting and stream beds gracefully, along with his love for what he calls "waters that move" as he explores the deep funk he fell into at midlife, complete with a divorce, a seven-year feud with his father and brother, and the all-consuming animosity he allowed himself to develop toward his boss at work. By casting into the waters of his own life -- and ultimately reconciling with middle age -- Howell Raines has written a literate, contemplative celebration of life and friendship.
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 Not my style...sorry January 19, 2008
A coworker of mine let me borrow this book to read...because he knew I liked fly fishing books. I think I could have very easily put this book down and not finished reading it. I really do not care to spend my free time reading about politics but it's 4 degrees outside and my flyline keeps freezing to the ground so I decided to continue on. What I found was an author who learns how to come to terms with his mortality through the death of a close friend. I think if he had listened to his preacher as a child instead of shunning him he might not have wasted so much of his life fearing death. If you're looking for a book to help solve your mid-life crisis I wouldnt read this book. Try reading the Bible. I'm giving this book 1 star because it's a flyfishing book and another star for the recipes which I may try some day.
 Not a bad read. Too much political bias. November 25, 2007
Howell Raines' "Fly Fishing Through the Mid Life Crisis" is a pretty good read full of the wisdom of fly fishing, friendship and coming to terms with one's mortality. He also gives a brief history of fly fishing in New England with some of the greats of the sport like Bob Closuer and Lefty Kreh. It was an enjoyable read but could have been just as good without his political commentary. I could have done without his endless praise of past Democratic Presidents and disdain for the Republic ones. It has a definite liberal bias that took away form the main point of the text, the joy of the pursuit of fly fishing and how it made his life better. I would rate it a six on a scale of ten.
 Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis June 27, 2007
This book puts it all together, lifes high and low spots, our successes and failures, and the drive to overcome the challenges presented by these situations. It makes one realize that there is a degree of "The Redneck Way" in all of us.
Midlife crisis of a fly fishing liberal July 17, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Really good fishing stories which are ,unfortunately, injected with liberal politics. Why did he have to do that? Apparently he doesn't know that people fish to get away from things like politics.
Would have been close to a 5 rating without the political stuff.
Great Life Story May 1, 2005
This is a great story about life told with a lot of information about fly fishing included. If you are a die-hard Republican and can't take a few barbs, don't bother and buy it, otherwise buy it and you will have trouble setting the book down. After reading it, I feel like I knew his good friend Dick Blaylock, a true champion for the outdoors.
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