This Artful Sport: A Guide to Writing about Fly Fishing [Paperback]

Two of America’s foremost fly-fishing authors join forces in this unique book offering guidance to others who aspire to write about fly fishing. Paul Schullery and Steve Raymond, both members of the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame, have separately written many fly-fishing books, both fiction and nonfiction, and edited three fly-fishing magazines. Here they offer the benefit of their many years of experience to help others who aspire to write about the sport, including everything you need to know about developing your personal writing style, how to write and sell fly-fishing magazine articles or books, how to find publishers, how to promote and sell your work, or how to self-publish.Paul Schullerylearned to fly fish more than 50 years ago while a ranger-naturalist in Yellowstone Park. In 1977 he became the first executive director of The American Museum of Fly Fishing and editor ofThe American Fly Fisher. Later, back in Yellowstone, he was founding editor ofYellowstone Science, the park's research journal. A life member of Fly Fishers International and Trout Unlimited, Paul is the author of nine fly-fishing books, includingAmerican Fly Fishing: A History,The Fishing Life, andThe Rise, as well as many other books on nature and conservation. A recipient of the Roderick Haig-Brown Award, Paul was inducted into the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame in 2014. He lives in southern Vermont and is married to the artist Marsha Karle, with whom he has collaborated as author and artist on several books.

Steve Raymond, a native of Bellingham, Washington, had a 30-year career as a reporter, editor, and manager at theSeattle Times.He also edited two magazines,The FlyfisherandFly Fishing in Salt Waters,and reviewed fishing books for several publications. A charter and honorary life member of the Federation of Fly Fishers (now called Fly Fishers International), he is author of a dozen fly-fishing books, including l��