Gone Fishing
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ISBN: 0299168204 / Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, November 1999
This is a photographic fugue on fishing in Wisconsin, a fine art book of approximately 90 color photographs accompanied by captions describing the people and places encountered by the photographer while shooting. Intended "to set people dreaming," this volume is a companion piece to "Fishing and the Places It Takes You," an hour-long public TV special celebrating the traditions and culture of fishing in Wisconsin. One reviewer commented that "...the photos as they stand move beyond ordinary outdoor photography into the world of metaphor."
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Whether hiking through a farm field in search of a trout stream or stretching out in a folding chair waiting for the next bite, anglers agree on one point: that the joy of fishing is not so much at the end of the line, but in the lapping of water, the calls of birds and insects, the sun, the snow, and the stars, and the people met along the way. In Gone Fishing, photographer Bob Rashid captures this elusive truth in word and image: there’s more to fishing than catching fish.With camera in hand, Rashid spent nearly a year with dozens of Wisconsin anglers—men, women, and children. From spearing sturgeon through the ice on Lake Winnebago to pursuing the wily muskellunge on a placid Vilas County night, Rashid captures on film the myriad incarnations of Wisconsin fishing. Nearly ninety full-color photographs, accompanied by Rashid’s engaging narrative, lavishly evoke the traditions and culture of fishing in Wisconsin (including fish fries and catfish queens).A companion book to Wisconsin Public Television’s hour-long special “Gone Fishing,” this volume expands upon that program, chronicling people and places that the film crew didn’t reach. Gone Fishing will charm everyone interested in fishing—novice and expert alike.
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