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By Tosh Brown,Paul Puckett

From his early years with bass insects and soggy footwear, Tosh Brown takes us on a forty-year odyssey of rivers and oceans from Alaska to the Amazon.

Top of the Flood starts in the summertime of 1976 and ends on Tosh’s fiftieth birthday with an developed consciousness that the day-by-day fish count number is a minor element of the bigger scene, and that possible become old with out turning into an outdated geezer.

With volumes of released fly-fishing photographs to his credits, Tosh is celebrated for his ability with a digicam. yet as you’ll become aware of during this publication, he additionally has a unprecedented expertise for arranging phrases on paper. not just can Tosh do either, he excels at either. He’s just like the Deion Sanders of freelancers, minus man-to-man assurance ability.

Writing humor is lots tougher than most folks imagine, but Tosh makes it glance effortless. His humble sort matches good together with his common Texas cultural references, and he provides a decent, unfiltered portrait of every vacation spot that he visits.

I’ve chased redfish with Tosh in southern Louisiana, and bonefish and snook, through kayak, within the Yucatan. He brings a special standpoint alongside on each event, and he transcribes them into tales with talent and candor.

If the second one 1/2 his existence reads in addition to the 1st, i glance ahead to the sequel.

Tom Bie
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The Drake

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