[Joe]

Yes….a great read…
I'm glad someone got it who "gets it."
It was only printed once and it was not given much in the way of a push - but it has captured the imagination of virtually everyone who has read it. But of course, sales and distribution are more the concerns of living writers – I don’t think Dr. Post was entertaining thoughts of a big seller. I suspect he was simply looking to chronicle the culture of some great fisherman. I also expect that in a hundred years, Reading The Water will still be in the top five of the best books of the genre – what a legacy.
From what I hear – it is (finally) scheduled for a second printing this spring.
Personally, I really like that the multiple-perspective take on the sport proves the fact that the different methods used by a host of people (with strikingly different personalities) are viable. There is more than one answer to the questions we all pose - and it is a good thing that there is.
I don’t think that it’s over, and we missed the greatest era in surfcasting, or that today’s fishermen are bland in comparison. Don’t discount the value of the living before we’ve introduced ourselves. I’ve met a lot of different fishermen, and I can say with certainty that the sport is still populated by a host of quirky, or funny, or classically educated, or maniacally obsessed characters -who are every bit as interesting as those Dr. Post profiled.