The Role of Fly Fishing

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As a Mainer, I relate to this quite a lot! I love that there is fishing as a form of meditation in this.
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fly fishing i heard only from this book and found interesting, This fishing was testing their patience in a hope of a good catch. In meanwhile their mind was free and all sorts of feelings were beings exchanged through their speaking which caused more attachment
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Maybe it was intended to be like the everyday act of whaling in Moby Dick. All those descriptions of fish and tackle and weather and all of it. I know that in those passages, Melville used the opportunity to create tone through description. There was a lot more to it of course, but it may help readers understand The Reel Sisters a little better to cross-analyze with other literature.
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Isabelleva wrote: 04 May 2018, 07:48 I like when women are portrayed doing "masculine" things, such as fishing. I think it is fantastic that the girls do fly fishing as their way of meditation.
Fly fishing is such a wonderful example of this. And as a woman who fly fishes and ties flies, it is fun to be out there on the water with this hobby. Women in the sport tend to be pretty well respected, to, in my experience. These women in this book seem to have made it something very personal for it to have been such a feature of the novel. I love that it was well represented here.
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Kat Berg wrote: 02 Feb 2018, 11:43 What did you all think of the role fly fishing plays in this book? Of course, it would be a very different book if it weren't there, however, I am wondering if others like or dislike when an author goes into great detail about some activity you know almost nothing about and build a story around it? Do you love it, hate it, or does it just depend? How about with this book? Do you love, hate, or feel ambivalent about that part of the story and why?

Normally, one of my favorite things is to read a book where I learn a lot of details about something I have never known much about or done before, surrounded by a great story. An example of this is a mystery I read that revolved around glass-blowing. I read it over and over. It was a good mystery and I learned something. For me, as a vegetarian, I found myself strangely distressed to read about killing another creature as a sport. I say strangely because I have never had this kind of reluctance to read a book that described something that is otherwise largely socially accepted as a pass time.
I enjoy learning about new things. Thus initially the details of flyfishing were somewhat interesting. However,I think it began to get tedious when the details of flyfishing seemed to be repetitive and too indepth.
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Lolo Skyooz wrote: 16 May 2018, 11:47 Maybe it was intended to be like the everyday act of whaling in Moby Dick. All those descriptions of fish and tackle and weather and all of it. I know that in those passages, Melville used the opportunity to create tone through description. There was a lot more to it of course, but it may help readers understand The Reel Sisters a little better to cross-analyze with other literature.
Hello Lolo! One of my goals when writing this book was to write a story that had a unique, nontraditional story line that would encourage women to step outside of their day to day routines and try something new in the outdoors. I'm also a big lover of a good metaphor, and I found fly fishing and all of the gear to be very metaphorically rich.

Thanks for your thoughts! I enjoyed reading them! ~Michelle Cummings
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Kendra M Parker wrote: 02 Jun 2018, 06:34
Isabelleva wrote: 04 May 2018, 07:48 I like when women are portrayed doing "masculine" things, such as fishing. I think it is fantastic that the girls do fly fishing as their way of meditation.
Fly fishing is such a wonderful example of this. And as a woman who fly fishes and ties flies, it is fun to be out there on the water with this hobby. Women in the sport tend to be pretty well respected, to, in my experience. These women in this book seem to have made it something very personal for it to have been such a feature of the novel. I love that it was well represented here.
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michmc3 wrote: 05 Jun 2018, 12:28
Kendra M Parker wrote: 02 Jun 2018, 06:34
Isabelleva wrote: 04 May 2018, 07:48 I like when women are portrayed doing "masculine" things, such as fishing. I think it is fantastic that the girls do fly fishing as their way of meditation.
Fly fishing is such a wonderful example of this. And as a woman who fly fishes and ties flies, it is fun to be out there on the water with this hobby. Women in the sport tend to be pretty well respected, too, in my experience. These women in this book seem to have made it something very personal for it to have been such a feature of the novel. I love that it was well represented here.
Awesome! Tight lines! ~Michelle Cummings
Another fly fisher! Tight lines!
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In accord with my recent published review,there's no questions, in spite not having knowledge of and interest for 'fly fishing', I was undeniably drawn into the story followed by familiar experiences pertaining to 'matters of the heart'. But, in as much as I'm intrigued and like just how the story reads from the voice of the characters, etc., more than that, similar to when I'm captivated by a thrilling TV show as it transitions from one scene to the next, I do not like the constant pauses in between each chapter: quotes and passages taken from various resources and sources, as I interpret as annoying commercials, wherefore, I wish I was able to read the story from cover to cover without consistent interruptions and mention of 'fly fishing'. There's definitely nothing like sitting on the edge of your seat and then..."we'll be right back after this commercial break"…U g h! Feel free to check out the full review here -> viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71123.
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I thought of it as a creative expression the author used to share something that she is passionate about. How many people have now been exposed to the sport of fly-fishing that wouldn't have been otherwise. I read the book because it sounded interesting. The fly-fishing portion was secondary. However, now I think I would like to learn.
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I thought that the inclusion of fly fishing was fascinating. The way the women connected over a mutual hobby was fun to read about.
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I found this element compelling because it gave a unique flair to the entire plot. I think that the incredible detail was really a sign that the author was passionate about this topic. I also felt that it enhanced the character development, because each of them had their own strengths and weaknesses in relation to fly fishing.
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I knew very little about fly-fishing before I read this book. I found the author’s level of detail interesting. It was as if I met a new group of friends and they were telling me all about their favorite hobby. I panicked a bit on their first fishing trip until I found out that they fished catch and release. I went fishing with my dad when I was a kid and had no problem watching him clean the fish when we got home, but somehow it feels different now.
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I found the fly fishing talk to be interesting. I enjoy fishing from time to time so hearing about another version of the sport was fascinating for me.
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I equally love informative books that will enable me to learn a thing or two. Before I read The Reel Sisters, I had never heard of fly fishing. Though the book centered around fly fishing,it had other themes one can relate with and learn a thing or two from just like I did.
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