Fly Tales - by Scott Sadil (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"Real Guys', writes Scott Sadil in Fly Tales, his collection of literary essays, "belong to an inner circle of expert anglers-- men and women of rarefied gifts whose skills and knowledge and perhaps fortune of good breeding have positioned them in territory the rest of us can only glimpse or occasionally admire."

But are Real Guys real?

Follow Scott Sadil through more than three dozen essays as he aims for membership into that "cadre of insiders" who, he wants to believe, rarely if ever suffer the kinds of defeats that he has known all too well throughout his angling career. In the tradition of fine literature from hearth, home, and afield, Sadil completes each lesson with his pattern for a fly that has proven integral to these gracefully articulated steps along his arduous journey to fish like a Real Guy.

About the Author

Scott Sadil has been the Angling Editor at Gray's Sporting Journal for the past six years. He is the author of six previous books, both fiction and nonfiction, that explore fly fishing as a sport, a craft, and a vehicle for meaningful relationships between those with whom we share our waters. Lost in Wyoming, a collection of short stories, was selected as a finalist for the 2011 Ken Kesey Oregon Book Award in fiction. During his career Sadil has written for every significant fly fishing magazine, including twelve years writing the "At the Vise" fly tying column for California Fly Fisher. When he's not searching for fish, Sadil builds wooden boats at his home in Oregon.