The Alaska Chronicles: An Unwashed View of Life, Work, and Fly

The Alaska Chronicles: An Unwashed View of Life, Work, and Fly Fishing

On September 20, 2007, Miles Nolte posted the final installment of his summer job memoir on The Drake magazineâ€™s Internet message board. For seventeen weeks, Nolte had used his laptop and a satellite Internet connection to transmit his semi-daily account of what itâ€™s really like to be a fly fishing guide on a remote Alaskan river.

Sitting in his tent above a river packed with migrating salmon and gluttonous trout, he wrote about anglers that he enjoyed guiding and others that he couldnâ€™t wait to get rid of. He described epic fishing days and days of bitter disappointment. He typed about wolves and eagles and beavers and bears. Lots of bears. There were periods of sunny weather and dry flies, followed by stretches of relentless rain, wind, and cold. And beyond the trials that nature doled out, Miles also described how overworked outboards donâ€™t always start, tents sometimes catch fire, and dysfunction often runs rampant among divergent guide and client personalities that are thrust together in a desolate and trying environment.

By the time Miles returned from Alaska, his online musings had attracted a loyal and vicarious following of anglers and guides from around the world. They praised him for his articulate candor, and they thanked him profusely for transporting them with each new post to a place they may have otherwise never reached.

Departure Publishing is proud to present The Alaska Chronicles, a fishing guideâ€™s memoir that originated and evolved in a most unusual manner. If youâ€™ve ever fished Alaska, or if you hope to someday, this book will leave you with an insightful view of the outfitting business and a newfound appreciation for North Americaâ€™s most pristine and prolific coldwater fishery.

Country	USA
Author	Miles Nolte
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780983385769
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Departure Publishing LLC
Manufacturer	Departure Publishing LLC
NumberOfPages	216
PublicationDate	2011-12-25
Publisher	Departure Publishing LLC
ReleaseDate	2011-12-25
Studio	Departure Publishing LLC

The Alaska Chronicles: An Unwashed View of Life, Work, and Fly Fishing

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