The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing Book

My wife bought me this book since I'm an avid angler, particularly, a fly fishing enthusiast. I'll start by stating that I think this book is a good read for any fly fishing enthusiast. The enthusiast fly angler will cackle at McGuane's stories both for their humor and humility.

This book is a collection of short stories. Many are fishing stories and some are more philosophical. All are esoteric to a unique bread of angler. Personally, I most enjoyed McGuane's salt water fishing stories. I found them both suspenseful and raw in the way that a Jim Harrison, Cormac McCarthy or Norman McClain story reads. The salmon stories or the philosophical essays were less my cup of tee. Maybe that's because I enjoy fishing for it's beautiful and violent nature.

Pick this book up when you're between fiction novels and need a change of scenery. Or, pick it up on a cold rainy day when you can't help but do anything else but think about time spent on the water.