FRIENDS ON THE WATER: FLY FISHING IN GOOD COMPANY. Photographs by R. Valentine Atkinson.

2007 1st edition. Square 4to (236 x 236mm). Pp192. Colour photography by Valentine Atkinson throughout, bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards.

"...a beautiful collection of photographs depicting friendship and camaraderie in the world of fly fishing. The book focuses on moments that build and bind relationships, moments that are traditional in character and remembered for a lifetime: husbands and wives, old friends, fishermen and their dogs, fathers, sons and daughters." Great photographs by Valentine Atkinson, accompanied by stories and excerpted pieces by many noted authors. Contributors include John Gierach, Zane Grey, Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, Norman Maclean, Chris Santella, Margot Page, G.E.M. Skues, Ernest Schwiebert, Robert Traver (John D. Voelker) and many others. "'Friends on the Water' is the perfect gift for a father, a friend or the fly-fishing companion in your life."