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My Secret Fishing Life

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Mr. Lyons, whose books (both edited and written) fill a significant portion of my fly fishing library, has written a very personal book.

The title is accurate at many levels. I doubt that many of us
would share so much about our personal lives - or that we would be able to do so with such candor and joy.

Mr. Lyons description of the travels (and travails) of a special copy of Sparse Grey Hackle's Fishless Days, Angling Nights is worth the price of the book.

Fishing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty between morning appointments is an incredible story (especially to this former New Yorker ... the Hudson off of NYC was dead in the 60's & 70's).

I never seem to find any time to fish. With this little book, I have a guide of how to find (or take) a little time here and there for fly fishing. Thank you, Mr. Lyons, for your guide to blending avocations with vocations.

Mr. Lyons sold his publishing company recently. May he and his family enjoy many years of post-publishing / editing repose and adventure. We may be lucky enough to have a second volume: perhaps a guide for the next twenty years?

Nick Lyons wrote excellent books and magazine articles on fly fishing. My Secret Fishing Life is a valued part of my fly fishing collection. Any fisherman can easily relate to the experiences that Nick Lyons chronicles in his writing. I have some of his other writings and would recommend them to both fishermen and non-fishermen alike.

An interesting and personal view from the author of his perceptions, feelings and thoughts about his fishing life - from youth to elder fisherman. His observations are thought provoking and in many instances mirror many thoughts I have had on fishing and how change has occurred over our life of fishing many waters, meeting different folks and how we have changed. Very good book.