 Author Name: Dana Rikimaru
Title: FLY FISHING: A WOMEN'S GUIDE
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL/RAGGED MTN PRESS
ISBN Number: 0071581855 / 9780071581851
Seller ID: 1026771
Over 500,000 women now fly fish in N. America. Instructor for over 20 years, Rikimaru has written a hot-to guide that answers women's particular wants: building confidence, finding women's gear, female-friendly casting techniques, personal safety in the woods, and more. 100 illus.; 7x9 inches, 160 pgs.
'Half a million North American women are already fly fishing in rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes. And this woman-to-woman guide, filled with adventures and encouragement contributed by some of them, gives you everything you need to wade right in ... to know where to go ... what to take ... and how to savor every moment of discovering a new sport. It even provides resources that can connect you with other women fly fishers. "I knew I was in trouble when I began to dream about fly fishing ... Fly fishing had become a passion, not just a pastime. I was hooked, " writes author Dana Rikimaru, one of America's leading fly fishing instructors, of her beginnings in this poetic sport. A sensing experience, a connection to the here and now, a deeply intuitive, feeling, focused activity that brings a sense of wholeness and integration--with fly fishing, you're not just in nature, you're part of nature, says the author of her passionate involvement with the sport. Joining many skills--including the ability to read water and observe nature, to focus and be still, to problem-solve, to cast and present the fly with grace , and above all--to trust your intuition--fly fishing attracts more women every day. Whether you fly fish "to catch fish" (even if you release them to be caught another day) or because, as the author says, "trout live in beautiful places, " this guide can be your entryway to a very special activity.
REVIEW
Library Journal praised the series of which this guide is a part: "Designed to teach outdoor skills to women in the way they learn ... Women of all ages describe how they overcame obstacles, what they enjoyed most, or just how they felt about undertaking a new activity ... extremely well done and appealing."
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
"When I'm standing in the middle of a river, I am totally engaged in my environment. It is a meditative state I have never felt before. For me the actual landing of the fish is secondary to the total experience of the senses." 'Glenda Smith, fly fisher
"Getting out on the river enables me to focus on the beauty and rhythm of nature; the spirit of the river seems to heal and make me feel whole again." 'Cathy Tronquet, fly fisher
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