Quinn Grover

Wilderness of Hope (eBook, ePUB)

Fly Fishing and Public Lands in the American West

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Longtime fly fisherman Quinn Grover had contemplated the "why" of his fishing identity before more recently becoming focused on the "how" of it. He realized he was a dedicated fly fisherman in large part because public lands and public waterways in the West made it possible. In Wilderness of Hope Grover recounts his fly-fishing experiences with a strong evocation of place, connecting those experiences to the ongoing national debate over public lands. Because so much of America's public lands are in the Intermountain West, this is where arguments about the use and limits of those lands rage the loudest. And those loudest in the debate often become caricatures: rural ranchers who hate the government; West Coast elites who don't know the West outside Vail, Colorado; and energy and mining companies who extract from once-protected areas. These caricatures obscure the complexity of those who use public lands and what those lands mean to a wider population. Although for Grover fishing is often an "escape" back to wildness, it is also a way to find a home in nature and recalibrate his interactions with other parts of his life as a father, son, husband, and citizen. Grover sees fly fishing on public waterways as a vehicle for interacting with nature that allows humans to inhabit nature rather than destroy or "preserve" it by keeping it entirely separate from human contact. These essays reflect on personal fishing experiences with a strong evocation of place and an attempt to understand humans' relationship with water and public land in the American West.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496217943
• Artikelnr.: 70883398

Autorenporträt

Quinn Grover teaches English at Brigham Young University–Idaho. His work has been published in national fly-fishing magazines such as the Flyfish Journal, the Drake, and American Angler as well as literary outlets such as Newfound, Cirque, and Juxtaprose. 

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Prologue: First Fish
Part 1: Reassurance
Fridays
Wandering
Kissing, Telling, and Invisible Trout
Laid Off
Driving Conversations
Solo    
The Case for Inefficiency
Home Waters
Hiking Conversations
Part 2: Reflection
Short Seasons
The Bank Grass
The Glimpse
Golden
Conversations with Grandpa
First Good Fish
Mistress
A One-Sided Conversation with a Brown Trout
The Big V
Part 3: Renewal
The Stump Ranch Fish
The Dark
Drakes
Wind, Rain, and Snow
Funeral
Fear    
Fishing Conversations
Five Days in the Wilderness
Paige’s Trout
Epilogue: The Shallow End of a Nameless Lake
References