Whitefish Can't Jump, & Other Tales of Gamefish on the Fly

by E. Donnall Thomas Jr.

Book Overview

In his Preface to Whitefish Can't Jump, Don Thomas writes: "A space alien arriving on the Big Hole during the middle of the salmon-fly hatch might conclude that the same sport an earlier writer had... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070642486
• ISBN13: 9780070642485
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Ragged Mountain Press
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

We need more flyfishing books like this!

Don Thomas writes as well about wildness and the sporting life as anyone alive today. Although he is probably better known for his bowhunting books, he writes just as well about bird hunting, and, in this case, flyfishing.This is not just a list of fish taken and patterns used. It is a book about the flyfishing experience, of people and places and, of course, fish. Thomas has a naturalist's eye, and is fascinated by wild creatures and the places they inhabit. There are too many flowery, sentimental flyfishing books on the market, written by Norman Maclean wannabes. This book is not one of them. Thomas is not a yuppie rhapsodizing about trout. He is a gifted writer who understands wildness and can convey what this wildness means to him.It is one of the better flyfishing books out there. Anyone who loves the pursuit of fish would love this book.