[from back cover] "Fishermen have to be philosophers, but what happens when a philosopher - a professor of philosophy, no less - becomes a fisherman? In this vibrant hybrid of memoir, travelogue, and reflection on the deep truths of angling, Mark Kingwell creates the most original approach to a traditionally masculine pursuit since 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'. In chronicling his yearly fishing trip to British Columbia with his father and brothers, Kingwell considers subjects from 'boat-beer', procrastination, and the value of work to the respective merits of dry and wet flies and the best way of fooling the discerning trout. Sly in its humor, unassuming in its erudition, 'Catch and Release' shows that fishing is worth thinking about because of the thinking that fishing allows - especially when fish aren't biting.".
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