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The Habit of Rivers

By: Ted Leeson,John Gierach - foreword
Narrated by: Allan Robertson
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Originally published in 1994, this book was a fly-fishing phenomenon in the way Howell Raines' Fly Fishing Through the Mid-Life Crisis was. Taking his fishing hobby to near metaphysical levels, Ted Leeson tells about his passions: rivers, trout, and fly fishing. With wry humor and rare insight, he explores questions that engage most fishermen: What is it about rivers that draws us so irresistibly, and why does fly fishing seem such an aptly suited response? Above all, The Habit of Rivers is about ways of seeing the wonderfully textured world that emanates from a river.

©1994 Ted Leeson (P)2014 Audible Inc.

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Greatest Book I've Ever Listened To.

Honestly, this is the greatest and most moving book I've ever listened to. It brought back so many memories of my grandfather that upon finishing it tonight I cried. I cried like a bitch. I hope you purchase this audiobooks and listen to it and take in what is said. This book is legitimately deep in meaning and I understand the author completely.

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Thank You

Thank you to the authors for putting into words what I can only feel. I think people often wonder why I fish so much and with this book I have some way to answer that is far more elegant then what I can put forth.

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The spirit of the thing

Finally. Eloquence and fire in the river of the mind.
This is a truly great listen.

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Awesome

This book hits home with ANY dedicated fly fisherman/woman.

No one could possible describe into words our passion as he has.

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It is so good!

So well written, so well narrated (audio book), so enjoyable. A book like this just deepens the romance we have with the fly and the river. Can’t recommend the book enough!

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The essence of fishing

Such an enjoyable book!
Put into words what I never could and have never heard before. Robertson is perfect for the telling and voices the thoughts of the author as if he wrote it himself.
In spite of the forward noting Ted Leeson didn’t write it as if he were an English teacher I found the grown up language a breath of fresh air not often heard in todays world. I greatly enjoyed the vocabulary and masterful art of words.

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Despite its indisputable literary merits, quite tedious

Maybe because I don’t enjoy fishing, I found the book tedious albeit its literary quality is outstanding.

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A great listen…

Robertson does a tremendous job of unpacking the joy of fly fishing and connecting with nature through the moving water of a river. I enjoyed it.

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meh

First of all, this is art... but not my kind of art. It was like a love story that must be very meaningful to the one who wrote it and maybe to the one it was about but not integrating to me. I don't want to discourage others who wish to write about fly fishing as there are not enough books out there on this subject, but was hoping for something more.

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Way better than I first made it out to be

A fantastic meditation on nature and the fisherman in it. A fascination that increased until the ending.

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