Comments on: Literary Masters http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/ A Fly Fishing Season in Scotland Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: - Mike - http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-278 - Mike - Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:54:00 +0000 http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/#comment-278 Hi emanuele, great to hear from you. I hope southern life is alright..

Funny you should mention that story. It was probably my favourite one in the book. A real beauty.

Have a nice week!

]]> By: Emanuele http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Emanuele Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:48:00 +0000 http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/#comment-277 Mike,
I am really glad you enjoyed “tout madness”;
I discovered Traver in the fall of 05 during my last trip to Michigan
fishing the Ausable with my local friend Mike P.
One evening at the Cabin Mike gave me Trout Madness and said…”this book really captures the true spirit of fly fishing in Michigan”…that night I remember reading “the intruder”….one of the best fly fishing stories I ever read.

PS. I gave the book to alistair a year ago…and never came back…
it is a first edition.

]]> By: - Mike - http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-276 - Mike - Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:14:00 +0000 http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/#comment-276 Hi Jim,

thanks for stopping by. I gathered he was a judge, but I had no idea about the name thing. Interesting stuff, thanks!

Must agree with you, he a very good writer, with quite a unique style.

]]> By: Jim Bailey http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Jim Bailey Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:38:00 +0000 http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/#comment-275 Robert Traver is actually a pen name for John Voelker, a municipal judge who lived and fished in Michigan – (which you may know by now). One of the best writers on fishing I’ve ever read. He’s right up there with R.Haig-Browne.

]]> By: Trout Underground http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Trout Underground Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:46:00 +0000 http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/#comment-262 Opax: I found Wyatt’s book interesting, especially his attempts to debunk so much of what we’re force fed as “gospel.”

]]> By: - Mike - http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-261 - Mike - Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:56:00 +0000 http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/#comment-261 Well Olli, I certainly found it the most interesting book on ‘fishing theory’ (for lack of a better description) that I’ve come across in a while. I can’t imagine that anyone could read it and not find something useful. Let me know how you get one :)

]]> By: opax http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-260 opax Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:42:00 +0000 http://tamanawis.co.uk/2007/10/literary-masters/#comment-260 Sounds like an interesting book. I ordered Bob Wyatt’s ‘Trout Hunting: The Pursuit of Happiness’ this week, mostly based on your recommendation Mike.

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