title: Seasons of the Angler: A Fisherman's Anthology
author: David Seybold
description: Seasons of the Angler brings together stories, essays, and poems, all centered on the theme of fishing, by twenty-eight of America's most exciting contemporary authors. The pieces--most of which appear for the first time here--range from David Quammen's harrowing account of his days as a professional fishing guide, to Thomas McGuane's meditative essay on his discovery of a new river, to P.J. O'Rourke's hilarious tale of his attempts to learn the art of angling, to Richard Ford's haunting short story about three adolescents' painful coming-of-age during a fishing trip in northern Montana. Also included are works by Raymond Carver, Jim Harrison, Vance Bourjaily, William Hjortsberg, Donald Hall, and Bill Barich, along with actor Rip Torn's moving memoir of his fishing trips with the late Richard Brautigan.
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  Fisherman's Luck
  
  
  [DEDICATION TO MY LADY
  GRAYGOWN](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_001.html#filepos6013)
  
  [FISHERMAN'S LUCK](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_001.html#filepos6997)
  
  [THE THRILLING MOMENT](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_001.html#filepos47050)
  
  
  [TALKABILITY. A PRELUDE AND THEME WITH
  VARIATIONS](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_002.html#filepos62883)
  
  
    
    
  [I. PRELUDE--ON AN OLD, FOOLISH
  MAXIM](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_002.html#filepos63168)  
    
  [II. THEME--ON A SMALL, USEFUL
  VIRTUE](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_002.html#filepos70170)  
    
  [III. VARIATIONS--ON A PLEASANT PHRASE FROM
  
  
  MONTAIGNE  
    
  [A WILD STRAWBERRY](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_002.html#filepos93495)  
    
  [LOVERS AND LANDSCAPE](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_002.html#filepos117276)  
    
  [A FATAL SUCCESS](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_002.html#filepos138108)  
    
  [FISHING IN BOOKS](Fisherman%27s%20Luck_split_002.html#filepos156845)
  
  
  [A NORWEGIAN HONEYMOON](Fisherman%27s%20