Fly-Fishing the 41st: From Connecticut to Mongolia and Home Again: A Fisherman's Odyssey [Paperback]

“James Prosek has
eloquently demonstrated that angling is a kind of universal language. . . . he
has taken us on an unforgettable journey.”—
Thomas McGuane, author ofThe Cadence of GrassandThe Longest Silence: A Life
in Fishing

The New York Times has called
James Prosek the Audubon of the fishing world, and in Fly-Fishing
the 41st, he uses his
talent for descriptive writing to illuminate an astonishing adventure.
Beginning in his hometown of Easton, Connecticut, Prosek circumnavigates the
globe along the 41st parallel, traveling through Spain, Greece, Turkey,
Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Japan. Along the way he shares some of the best
fishing in the world with a host of wonderfully eccentric and memorable
characters.

TheNew York Timeshas called James Prosek the Audubon of the fishing world, and inFly-Fishing the 41st, he uses his talent for descriptive writing to illuminate an astonishing adventure. Beginning in his hometown of Easton, Connecticut, Prosek circumnavigates the globe along the 41st parallel, traveling through Spain, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Japan. Along the way he shares some of the best fishing in the world with a host of wonderfully eccentric and memorable characters.

“James Prosek has eloquently demonstrated that angling is a kind of universal language: he has taken us on an unforgettable journey.” -Thomas McGuane, author of The Cadence of Grass and The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing

Avid fisherman and an evocative writer, Prosek effectively combines the memoir and travelogue forms. [James Prosek] recounts his explorations in passages notable for stunning slices of imagery that linger in the mind; its not hard to close your eyes and see these faraway places in all their Old World beauty. Resonant and lyriclC³