Late in an Angler's Life

Gordon M. Wickstrom, born in Boulder, Colorado, lives there now after a distinguished academic career in Wyoming and the East. He edits and publishes The Bouldercreek Angler, where many of his essays first appeared. His collection of essays, Notes from an Old Fly Book, appeared in 2001. With a PhD from Stanford University, he is a retired professor of Drama, a teacher, director, actor, and writer.

," . . a literary collection offering practical fishing tips, philosophy and touching and entertaining anecdotes." ." . . a literary collection offering practical fishing tips, philosophy and touching and entertaining anecdotes." ""Late in an Angler's Life" often brings a fresh perspective to the long tradition of angling writing. . . "Late in an Angler's Life" achieves the impossible: it is a book about fishing with appeal for anglers and non-anglers alike." ""Late in an Anglers Life" is a treasure. Buy it. read it. . . As with all great pieces of literature there are messages easily gleaned while others are masked and hidden away under layers of conflict, passion and humor. It may be the most honest book I have ever read." "A good book for the beside-stream companion who reads on the bank, or the angler himself when he's not wading the stream." "This is, without doubt, the most delightful fly-fishing book I have picked up in the last five years. . . . Wickstrom has created 195 pages of unalloyed pleasure in the form of truly thought-provoking essays." "A good book for the beside-steam companion who reads on the bank, or the angler himself when he's not wading the stream."