Zipping My Fly: Moments in the Life of an American Sportsman (Hardcover)

by Rich Tosches (Author) "Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is a place of stunning beauty, a valley nestled at the foot of the majestic Grand Teton Mountains, a place of almost..." (more)
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Review
...his humor is an explosive mix of Dave Sedaris and Dave Barry. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review, October 27, 2002

Product Description
Armed with a rod, a pen, and an eccentric sense of humor, Rich Tosches begins his globe-trotting exploration in the Grand Teton Mountains, site of the World Fly Fishing Championship. From the choices of a creek in Massachusetts, where he was first introduced to fly fishing, to the wilds of Alaska and New Zealand to his Colorado home, Tosches offers up a side-splitting collection of observations on every angle-and angler-of one of America's favorite pastimes.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade; 1st edition (November 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399528199
• ISBN-13: 978-0399528194
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,439,573 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zipping My Fly:Moments in the Life of an American Sportsman, November 2, 2002

By	Michael J Roach (Racine, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews

This book made me laugh out loud. I thought you would need to know a lot about fly fishing to enjoy this book, but that is not the case. In fact, my wife, who knows nothing about fly fishing, heard me laugh when I read this book and decided to read it. Now she is the one laughing out loud while she reads it. Tosches has the unique ability to look at any situation and find some subtle humor. This is an enjoyable read, and I would highly recommend it. I can't wait for his next book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for me , January 27, 2005

By	Flyfishing Guy (Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews

I'm an avid fly fisher. I love all of John Gierach's books with his unpretentious insights and subtle humor. I was hoping this would be along of the same lines, but it's very different and just not my style. It's certainly not one of those pretentious "meaning of life" fly fishing books (which I also don't care for). However, the humor is anything but subtle -- it's direct, repetitive and after a couple pages very predictable, and at least for me irratating. I read about a chapter and never finished anymore.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a book for sportmen or flyfishers, February 9, 2003

By A Customer

Rich Tosches may consider himself a humorist, but his humor is irritating, repetitive and unworthy of being published by a known publisher.Tosches may be a good flyfisherman, but I doubt anyone could take his brand of pointless jokes and nonsensical ramblings more than an hour.His book is poorly organized, he has few if any meaningful insights on outdoor experience and seems to shift between his LA experiences and living in Colorado.He can't make a reasonable point about an experience without dropping in a dry humor comment,then says "seriously" before recovering from every bad joke. Save your time and money avoiding this bad effort.