In the Company of Rivers: An Angler's Stories & Recollections (Paperback)

by Ed Quigley (Author)
Key Phrases: false albacore, New York, Savannah Sound, Lee Wulff (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Here’s a book that embraces yet transcends the fly-fisher’s world much as Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods transcends the hiker’s world. It is a journey to remote Labrador, to Alaska, Scotland, Ireland, the Florida Keys, to a Pepsi shack on the Catawba in the Carolinas, to a tackle shop no bigger than a rooster’s nest on 42nd Street, to Kettle Creek in Pennsylvania’s Forbidden Lands. It is suffused with the fragrance of Montecristos, the plumy sweetness of vintage Port, the sizzle of sirloins on a Coleman stove. Plus such unforgettable characters as Mr. Earp, a 100 percent West Virginian and 50 percent Cherokee; and Mr. Cotter, the quintessential NY cop turned fly-fishing gentleman.

Ah, to write like Ed! He tickles you with his humorous observations

and gets instructive without your even noticing.

Curt Hill, Orvis-Endorsed Instructor + Destinations Planner

A delicious collection filled with hearty helpings of wit and wisdom.

Robert Selb, The Classic Fly Fisherman

What an enjoyable read! Quigley has a witty way of telling amusing stories about his many and varied fly-fishing adventures.

Charlie Meck, author of The Hatches Made Simple

About the Author

Ed Quigley is a freelance writer whose ad credits include American Express, and BMG Music. He was a Caples Award Finalist for work on Ken Burns’s Baseball. His writing has appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Chicago Tribune, NY Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and Wall Street Journal; his stories in Fly Fisherman, Yale Anglers’ Journal, and the Art of Angling Journal. He lives in Lansdale, PA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 266 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (July 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595446825
• ISBN-13: 978-0595446827
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #253,016 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good read, November 23, 2007

By	Tom Hazlett (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews

I shelled out good money for this book - and thoroughly enjoyed it. Quigley is a masterful storyteller. While I am not a fisherman, the word pictures painted by the author really made me feel as if I were there with him. I particularly liked "The Legend" and "Painted Ladies."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a pleasant surprise! , November 17, 2007

By	A. M. MCNULTY "A McNulty" (Newtown Square, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Most of my reading is done in airports, planes and hotel rooms. So I buy books with short chapters. Quigley's collection of 25 fly fishing stories makes the cut. These stories are fast-paced and amusing and the characters are unforgettable. "Painted Ladies" recounts a Newtonian moment at the bar in NYC's Waldorf-Astoria "amid a hatch of Dollimentia sophisticata" that leads to a fly fishing theory of attraction. "Angling Attire" reveals how Orvis outfits raise everyone's expectations. "Catch & Release" catches Lee Wulff with a trout on the grill and another on the wall. In "The Legend," which first appeared in the Yale Anglers' Journal, a fisherman achieves dubious fame on the flats in the Bahamas. Quigley's other stories take you to the Outer Banks in search of albies, to Labrador for giant brookies, to Florida for tarpon, to Walker's Cay, Ireland, Scotland, Alaska, the Carolinas, Pennsylvania. I recommend Quigley's book to all fellow travelers and sporting gentlemen who enjoy their fly fishing adventures short, sweet and seasoned with good writing and more than a pinch of wit. It makes a great gift for the fisherman in your life.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I took the bait, November 14, 2007

By	J. Kirkland (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't fish -- but I DID thoroughly enjoy this warm, witty and wise book about Quigley's adventures with rod, reel ... and cigar. My husband (who DOES fish) found the stories not only entertaining, but stealthily instructive. Who knew?