Tideline: Captains, Fly-Fishing and the American Coast [Hardcover]

Kirk D. Deeter (Author), Andrew W. Steketee (Author), Marco Lorenzetti (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2004

Combining narrative essays and luminous black & white images, Tideline is a revealing look at the working soul of American saltwater fishing. Authors Kirk Deeter and Andrew Steketee traveled the intercoastal waterways from Cape Cod to San Diego with photographer Marco Lorenzetti to create a uniquely illustrative work on the lives of nine sportfishing captains, as well as the remarkable fish and seascapes that fuel the imagination. Tideline is, at once, an entertaining, enlightening, and honest look at the diversity of the sea’s human and natural life. From the solitude and serenity of the flats to the spirited adventure and adrenaline of blue water, this book captures the rugged and beautiful stories of fish and men.

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About the Author

Kirk Deeter is a contributor for Willow Creek Press titles including: Tideline.

Marco Lorenzetti is a contributor for Willow Creek Press titles including Tideline.

Andrew Steketee is a contributor for Willow Creek Press titles including Tideline.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Willow Creek Press; No Other Date Appears edition (February 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572237015
• ISBN-13: 978-1572237018
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 10.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,571,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fly Fishing, as You Have Never Seen It, April 28, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Tideline: Captains, Fly-Fishing and the American Coast (Hardcover)

Water so wet you can touch it, fish shimmering in their silver mantels and rugged sea captains telling their tales: Writer Kirk Deeter carries us along on an adventurous fly fishing excursion of the American Coast, but it is the amazing photographs of Marco Lorenzetti that bring the book to life. Shot in a large format technique, the images of primordial sea creatures take a leap to the refined coffee table genre. Lorenzetti's clouds and coast are so detailed and luminous that you are on the boat. And with book in hand, you will never tire of the exploration.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tideline, May 12, 2004

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Paul G. Zabel & Stephany Tedder-Zabel (Telluride, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tideline: Captains, Fly-Fishing and the American Coast (Hardcover)

My first experience with author Kirk Deeter was an article in Fly Fisherman about Lee's Ferry. I ended up in Marble Canyon with Terry Gunn for my bachelor party and had some of the best fishing of my life! Kirk's writing is the benchmark to which all other outdoor writers should be judged! Tideline is another example of his quality work!!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old Salts and Big Fish, May 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Tideline: Captains, Fly-Fishing and the American Coast (Hardcover)

When I first opened "Tideline," it was the portraits of nine gritty sea captains that riveted me, their uncompromising gazes captured by the lens of photographer Marco Lorenzetti. What does it take to challenge the seas and chase the big fish that prowl the coast from Texas to California? Writer Kirk Deeter lets eight men and a woman tell us their briney tales while Lorenzetti and his camera place us in the captains' environment. With wondrous images of fish, water, clouds and coast we are fly casting, chasing dreams and living the experience.