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  • Bright Rivers

  • Celebrations of Rivers and Fly-fishing
  • By: Nick Lyons
  • Narrated by: Dennis Holland
  • Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (69 ratings)

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Bright Rivers

By: Nick Lyons
Narrated by: Dennis Holland
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Publisher's summary

Bright Rivers chronicles the angling passions and frustrations of one of fly-fishing's greatest men of letters.

A city dweller trapped in the complexities of modern life, Nick Lyons has always found solace in his pilgrimages to great rivers. It is there that he fishes for trout, and in Bright Rivers, Lyons recounts the sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious experiences of his expeditions to the Delaware, Beaverkill, Madison, Big Hole, and Yellowstone rivers, sharing reminiscences of trout taken, released, and sometimes lost. No one writes better about not catching fish than Nick Lyons, and perhaps no one writes better about angling, period. This edition includes a new foreword by the author.

From a richly textured diary of a summer in the Catskills to moving recollections of fly-fishing in Montana, Lyons brilliantly captures the wonderful tension between gray streets and bright rivers.

©1977, 2014 Nick Lyons (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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"Nick Lyons enters the select company of the finest writers in the genre with his new book about his experiences on the ‘bright rivers’ he has fished from the Catskills to Montana." ( Publishers Weekly)

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One of the most articulate and relatable outdoor writers of our time. Great narration.

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First Nick Lyons Book and Quite Satisfied

This was suggested to me by Audible’s recommendation rubric. I am happy to have listened to it.

It follows a similar format of the other big Fly Fishing author that I am also listening to. That is, collections of stories that sometimes go off on tangents and then wind back to the main point of the chapter.

The thing I find different about Nick Lyon’s writing is that it seems more “whimsical” and “poetic”. In fact, he refers to old poetry regularly. It’s a subtle difference that I appreciate.

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Enjoyed every bit of it!

Nothing but fishing. Great book to feed my hunger to fly fish while I wait for spring.

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