Opening Day and Other Neuroses [Hardcover]

William G. Tapply (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

To the author, trout fishing is an obsession; fishing for other species is recreation. Tapply, a contributing editor of Field and Stream and creator of the Brady Coyne mystery novels, offers an entertaining collection of pieces about his favorite sport. A catch-and-release angler, he has fished in the millponds and streams of New England, the fabled trout rivers of the West, the tarpon flats of Belize. Among his neuroses are the "fly fetish" and "pattern anxiety." Tapply complains that the flies he makes are designed for yesterday's trout, and he fantasizes about the perfect fly. Reprinting brief excerpts from his novels, Tapply introduces his alter ego, Brady Coyne, who sums up the essence of the sport: "Fishing is just the most fun a man can have standing up." The book is a fine addition to the angler's library; much of it was originally published in Field & Stream , in slightly different form.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Tapply is best known as the author of mysteries featuring lawyer-fisherman Brady Coyne. Opening Day offers a couple of Coyne excerpts, but the majority of the 22 pieces are reworked nonfiction essays Tapply wrote for Field and Stream in 1988-89. Primarily trout-oriented, their venues are divided between New England, Colorado, and Montana, with a side trip to Belize for tarpon. Thoroughly professional in style and written with a light, self-deprecating hand, the pieces mix some interesting fly-fishing pointers with good-humored personal anecdote. There is nothing here that destines Opening Day for the highest echelons of angling literature, but it is a solid, pleasant, and readable contribution to the genre which should be acquired by all large fishing collections, and small to medium collections in the locales described.
- David J. Panciera, Westerly P.L., R.I.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Pr; First Edition edition (April 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558210717
• ISBN-13: 978-1558210714
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,335,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Opening Day and Other Neuroses, November 20, 2003

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"drumbum854" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opening Day and Other Neuroses (Hardcover)

What a wonderful book, especially for the fly fisherman that I am. I love to fish, and this book taught me a lot of techniques, hints, and secrets. This book is full of suggestions on how to catch fish in different environments. So if you like catching little brookies in narrow streams or tarpon in the ocean, this book has something to teach you. The author, William Tapply, has been an avid fisherman his whole life. This book also taught me some awesome tricks on how to tie my flies. I also learned when and how to use certain types of flies/bait in different conditions. I recommend this book to any obsessive fisherman like myself.