NATURAL RESOURCES BOOK REVIEW.``The Fish's Eye Essays about Angling and the Outdoors'' By Ian Frazier Frazier, Joseph Known as "Joe." Born 1944. American prizefighter who won the Olympic heavyweight title (1964) and held the world professional heavyweight title from 1970 to 1973. (Picador), $12 paperback Ian Frazier writes for The New Yorker yorker Noun Cricket a ball bowled so as to pitch just under or just beyond the bat [probably after the Yorkshire County Cricket Club] and loves fishing. He also loves the city and the country. The result is a well-written book of angling-themed essays that range from urban fishing adventures to life in Montana. The essay on ``Guiding Guys,'' originally published in Outside Magazine, is a hilarious send-up of fishing guides. The first of the 17 articles in the book explains why you don't practice catch-and-release fishing in Harlem: ``Are you kidding? Those fish could die out there in that water.'' Frazier has a few quirks, beside a fondness for eating bugs. He likes lists. His article about a fly-fishing store in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and its owner includes a nearly three-page long inventory of the store's stock. If Frazier spots a cigarette butt BUTT. A measure of capacity, equal to one hundred and eight gallons. See Measure. while fishing, he'll be sure to tell you the brand name. God, or product placement, is in the details. Quirks aside, this is a very entertaining book by a writer at the top of his game. - Bill Becher ON THE INTERNET --The doctor is in: Dr. Dan is not a DJ, nor is he available for prescriptions. But as his Web site (www.docdan.com) explains, he uses ``A PC program using tide, sun and moon data to predict the best times to go fishing or hunting.'' The catch is, Dr. Dan offers a software program ($24.95 plus tax) if you want to bring in the catch. If it seems confusing con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. , Dr. Dan offers an example of how it works, and the color-coded charts on the screen don't make it easier to decipher Same as decrypt. . ``I've used it for over a year,'' writes one customer in the testimonial section, ``and I use it constantly. I get the urge to go fishing and I look for the best days and it highlights them.'' That same fisherman said being a ``computer nerd'' is not required to catch fish via the stars, sun and moon. ``It's totally friendly to work with.'' --Ladies' day: Kerri Burrus is a professional angler angler, common name for a member of the family Ceratiidae, European and American bottom-dwelling predacious fishes. The angler lies on the bottom and lures its prey with a long, wormlike appendage that extends forward and dangles over its mouth. who sells something the Roland Martin's and Jimmy Houston's of the fishing world probably can't get much for: a swimsuit calendar. Burrus' Billfishgirl Web site (www.billfishgirl.com) tells us she's one of the world's most successful billfish billfish Any of several long-jawed fishes, especially those in the family Istiophoridae, including marlins, spearfishes, and sailfishes. The name is also applied to the gar, needlefish, and sauries (family Scomberesocidae), as well as to the swordfish (family Xiphiidae). tournament participants. Kerri's success has even filtered down in her family. She's now accompanied by her son David to tournaments, making them the only mother/son team on the circuit. - Chris Cocoles CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) no caption (book: ``The Fish's Eye Essays about Angling and the Outdoors'') Box: ON THE TUBE |
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