"Trout Water- A Year on the AuSable" by Josh Greenberg is an elegiac memoir about fly fishing on America's greatest trout stream.
At the beginning of trout fishing season, Josh Greenberg- proprietor of one of the nation's most famous fishing outfitters, on America's most iconic trout fishing stream, the AuSable River- is struggling to cope with the slow death of a close friend. When he gets the call that his friend has passed, Greenberg is standing in the AuSable River at dusk.
The solace he takes from fishing- from reading the movement of the river water, studying the play of the light, and relying on his knowledge of insect and fish life- prompts him to reflect on the impact of the natural world on his life in his fisherman's journal.
Over the course of a year, the journal transcends fishing notes to include some beautifully lyrical nature writing, entertaining stores of the big one that got away, cheerful introspection about a love that's hard to explain and yes, a trip or two.
Eventually, Josh Greenberg realizes he hasn't really been alone in the woods. Much of his relationship with his family and friends has played out on the river. And as he catches- and releases- - trout after trout back into one of the most beautiful rivers in America, Greenberg comes to help us realize, too, that there's more to fishing than catching fish.
"Trout Water- A Year on the AuSable"- by Josh Greenberg- Harcover- 162 pages
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