Amazon.com Review
Just when the sport of fly-fishing had gotten a little too serious for its own felt-soled boots, Alan Pratt wades into the middle of it all to produce his first and last book--a hilarious look at an avocation brimming with humor, much of it unintentional. But if you've ever silently observed a determined angler doing the retrieve-the-fly-in-the-overhead-bushes dance--and most likely you know those same steps well yourself--then you know how funny fly-fishing can be. With this good-humored attitude, Pratt introduces a potentially intimidating sport to the uninitiated, covering all the basics and much more.
Review
Pardon My Backcast covers everything needed to be known about fly fishing, plus many topics few fly fishing books dare to discuss, such as a full appreciation of the thumb, an entire chapter devoted to getting lost, shamans and fly fishing, how fly fishing can help renew your sprits and solve global problems, plus the real reason that fly fishing books never make the bestseller lists. Pardon My Backcast also touches on "Reading the Water", "Choosing a Fly Rod", and "Tackle and Gear". Pardon My Backcast is a monument of humor to the art and craft (some might even say religion) of fly casting, a wonderfully funny look at that special world of the fly fishers. -- Midwest Book Review
