True Love and the Woolly Bugger Paperback - 2004

When is "sex, death, and fly fishing" not about the life cycle of an insect? When you read TRUE LOVE AND THE WOOLLY BUGGER. There are plenty of trout, tarpon, and bonefish in these tales, but they're skillfully interwoven with all the things-funny, happy, and sad-that happen to anglers. Dave Ames writes about completely unforgettable characters: a laid-back Bahamian fishing guide who stalks "gourmet" food, especially for his American clients; a tattooed, motorcycle-riding, fly-fishing beauty who teaches the hero a thing or two; his fishing buddies-the Professor, the Mayor, and Duke-a perverse and driven lot who continually push the envelope of sanity and good judgment in their adventures. The signature chapter, "True Love," takes you to the Bob Marshall Wilderness to fish for arctic grayling and cutthroat trout, and to learn about life-long love. "The Woolly Bugger" is an odyssey through three decades of fishing and sometimes hard living, from the author's beginning, preadolescent bait fishing to his truly unusual conversion to flies and catch-and-release. In "A Light Green Rain" the hero discovers some rarified Pacific Northwest salmon fishing and a strange St. Paddy's Day party. Other stories touch on everything from the dubious pleasures of exotic travel to the life-threatening possibilities of tarpon fishing. TRUE LOVE AND THE WOOLLY BUGGER views fly fishing and life through a different lens. It will captivate you with remarkable stories, remarkably told, and leave you asking for more.