"From the award-winning, bestselling author of COD--the irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish. Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish--andthe fly fisher does not always (or often) win. The targets--salmon, trout, and char--are highly intelligent, wily, strong, and athletic animals. The allure, Kurlansky finds, is that fly fishing makes...

Fly fisherman and private detective Sean Stranahan tackles two assignments, including the theft of a valuable fly and the murders of two men who have been found on Sphinx Mountain, cases with possible ties to powerful adversaries.

"A wonderful Montana mystery starring fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of C. J. Box and Craig Johnson. Wolves howl as a riderless horse returns at sunset to the Culpepper Dude Ranch in the Madison Valley. The missing woman, Nanika Martinelli, is better known as the Fly Fishing Venus, a red-haired river guide who lures clients the way dry flies draw trout. As Sheriff Martha Ettinger follows hoof tracks in the snow, she finds one...

Documents the transformation of bamboo from a hardy species of grass into a meticulously crafted split-cane fly rod. The film captures the allure of craftsmanship and rivers as well as the notion that fishing is about much more than catching fish.