The Fish's Eye: Essays About Angling and the Outdoors

I read this collection of essays just because what I know about fishing could fit on the end of a tiny, size-28 hook, and I particularly dared the author to interest me. Beginning to read an essay is one way of expressing hope, of putting faith in the writer’s ability to inspire the reader to think of things differently or to consider new things. His style of writing did both, and made me curious about the people and places he wrote about. Frazier was the fish of his book’s title and his perspective the eye, but his experiences took me from one end of the country to another, from major rivers to a minor brook. I got the idea that one thing that keeps fishermen coming back year after year is the hope of catching that one, glorious fish. I guess they are hanging their hopes at the end of their fishing wires, just like non-fishermen do metaphorically with other things in life. We keep going, keep working, keep tying on flies, keep casting out to eddies in the river where the big fish circle. So, yes, I liked Frazier’s book a lot. The further I got into the book, the less it seemed about merely fishing, and the more it seemed about life.

I accidentally reviewed a daily planner on the wrong item line🙃 and it was posted. I did receive this book in very good condition & a timely manner. It’s for my adult son who is an avid fisherman. I believe he will like it.

Until recently, I didn't know that Frazier could write "fish." In fact, he does it with great wit and humor. What a surprising range of experiences, and not all strictly fishing: there's getting to the right water, shopping for gear, listening to advice, even tasting the bait. I enjoyed every essay, though would give a special nod to Frazier's journal of discovery related to the spring melt along Montana's Pattee Creek. And, as a character study, you'll rarely find anyone more memorable and interesting than Jim D. in "An Angler at Heart."

The author is a great story teller in an unvarnished way with insight and humorabout the travails of sport fishing. Makes a good gift for any angler.

Just as described. Price was right. Proud to give as a gift. Would buy from this source again. Thank you!