Article: Haunted by Waters: Fly Fishing in North American Literature.(Review)

Haunted by Waters: Fly Fishing in North American Literature. By Mark Browning. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1998. Cloth $34.95. Paper $16.95.

From the Irati to the Fox, from the Test to the Beaverkill, Browning guides us through the major rivers of both European and North American literature. We begin this eleven-chapter book, a book that goes beyond just "fly" fishing, by reading about etchings of trout and salmon on the walls of Magdalenian-period caves, and encounter through Browning's aquatic metaphors a "midstream" overview of the relationship between fishing and literature. Browning also reminds us that some devotees of the sport view fly fishing as a ...

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