Eastern Tides: A Surfcaster's Life
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (923 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580801048 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Here are stories of a life spent in pursuit of striped bass not only with rod and reel, but also with knowledge, wisdom and even love.
From Publishers Weekly The herds of striped bass that run along Cape Cod every summer have been a mainstay of commercial fishermen along the Northeast coast, as well as a lure for sporting fishermen. A machinist turned vocational teacher, Daignault was so taken with the sport he made a sort of vagabond family occupation out of school vacations, fishing the years of striper plenty in the 1960s and '70s from the beaches of southern Massachusetts. There is a sort of Cape Cod Family Robinson quality glowing in this working-class memoir (Daignault's third account of his halcyon summers on the striper coast, following The Trophy Striper and Twenty Years on the Cape), which may warm readers not ordinarily interested in angling as a family passion.Copyright 2002 Reed Busi
"A great read - but I felt very sad at the end" according to JohnT. Like all of Daignault's books, the author blends wonderful anecdotes in with illustrious descriptions of fishing the striper surf, to the point that you feel that you are thereUnfortunately, there is a downside:I don't want to give away too much of the book, but the author chronicles his. An Absolute Gem! Eastern Tides is an extraordinary book by any standard. It is both a fantastic chronicle of a life spent fishing, and how that lifestyle shaped the author's family, friends, and understanding of what life is all about. This book ought to be required reading for high school students - it'. "I wish I wrote it" according to John M. Falla. This is a book about surfcasting the way Moby Dick is a book about fishing. It's really a story about avocation, family, parenting and about how a sport can enrich our life and connect us to the people we love. And it talks about these things with none of the intellectual pretentions and