Fish Tales

" With an entertaining and informative blend of narrative styles, tongue-in-cheek sophistication and dialogue with his prospective reader, Ron Gower entertains us with fishing philosophy, practical advice, tours to Fishingland, and his own delight in family and fishing. John Solensten, retired professor of English and an avid hunter and fisher. It s been fifty-some years since I fished, but Ron Gower s book brought back those days and places in a few breaths. Gower writes about fishing in Minnesota s Boundary Waters, lakes, in the White Water River in the southeastern part of the state, and in the mountains of Montana and Wyoming. He writes about his wife Anne, who says that fish have the most beautiful homes. I would sure agree, and I think even those of us who ve never fished, but have spent time in the wilder places would put in with that. Terry Davis, author of Vision Quest and several other novels. Along with some sage advice on fishing, Gower serves up some equally sage advice on balancing the business of life, love and livelihood with a passion, even a compulsion, for wetting a line. As he admits, such a delicate balance is achievable. Life is more than fishing, he says. But without the fishing, it would not be nearly so rich or full. John Cross, prize-winning photographer and outdoor writer for the Mankato Free Press, and an avid hunter and fisherman."""