Abstract

Based on a three-month, 10,000-mile angling idyll, The Catfish As Metaphor reveals there is much to be learned from what is arguably the most popular gamefish within the most popular outdoor sport in the country. For those eager with rod and reel, M. H. Salmon fishes with some of the best catfishers in America, and passes along a variety of knowledge, lore, and techniques. But this book reads more like a novel than a guide. Reaching back into a lifetime of fishing, the author recounts pike and bass from the wilds of Canada, huge gator gar from the deep South, trout on a fly from the New Mexico mountains, and carp in Montana.