ITALIAN DEEDS AND MISDEEDS: A JOURNEY WITH THE CATSKILL FLY FISHING CENTER THROUGH ITALIAN FLY FISHING TRADITION AND CULTURE. By Alberto Calzolari.

2015 1st English language edition. 8vo paperback with flaps (150 x 210mm). Pp144. B/w illustrations.

A collection of flyfishing articles that originally appeared in the Bulletin of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum. "What a good fly fisherman seeks, at the end, is a deep communion with nature. But he is also a social animal and, even though he loves to walk the river banks in solitude, he still feels the need to share his passion with those who understand the language. This book will bring you through the minds, acts, thoughts and oddities of fly fishermen who live and fish on rivers flowing along castles and monasteries, where trouts still have in their minds the clangor of ancient battles." Contents include: Italian deeds and misdeeds; Waves and flies; Where trout are still trout and men are still men; The dinner; From the fishermen stove: the Raspini's duck breast recipe; A year in review; A journey in the past; A fisherman of souls; The payback; Riverside encounters; A fisherman's profile: Mauro Raspini; Evening hatches; The bass pond; The search of beauty; The wishes list; No country for old men; In da club; A tail water on the Tiber River; The mentor; Rain; Bowing in the wind; Abandon all hope ye who enter here; Hunting for problems; Memories of a late friend; Family affairs.