title: On Fly-Fishing the Northern Rockies:: Essays and Dubious Advice
author: Chadd VanZanten
description: "Alternating between essays by the two fishermen and friends, the book (which is illustrated with black-and-white and color photography, often featuring face-splitting grins on the faces of successful fisherfolk, their friends and family) is funny and joyful and not a little irreverent. Both of these writers bring exuberance and youth to their storytelling, and a modern attitude sprinkled with just the right amount of irony that's refreshing in a fly-fishing book. But it also offers enough of the familiar and old-fashioned to join it in a chain with some of the great literature on the sport." --Erin H. Turner, <i>Big Sky Journal</i>
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  Travel/Adventure 
  $.14.95 
  ISBN 1-59228-156-7 
  Erickson is not only a brave adventurer in his own right, but he can also weave a good story." 
  —Chicago Tribune 
  "A blend of stunning landscapes, wildlife, myths, and experience, TRUE NORTH reveals 
  Erickson's love of nature and his passion for truth." 
  —The Humanist 
  "Erickson, a rugged individualist if ever there was one, knows his stuff." 
  -Pittsburgh Tribune-Revievy 
  Leaving behind the comforts of civilized life, award-winning author and bush pilot GEORGE 
  ERICKSON takes readers on an unforgettable journey in his Piper Cub Special seaplane 
  through the pristine landscapes of Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Landing 
  on unexplored rivers and lakes, fishing for trout and pike with his unique handmade lures, the 
  author also struggles with bad weather, dodges forest fires, and mingles with polar bears, 
  killer whales, musk oxen, and caribo