Ep. 9: Perhaps It Has Something to Do with Books (w/ Bob DeMott)

In this episode, we talk with Bob DeMott about his life as an English professor and a fly angler and the intersection between the two: Anglish. (Presented by Hatch Magazine.)

(0:00:00) Introduction

(0:02:20) Anglish

(0:08:00) Astream: American Writers on Fly Fishing

(0:09:20) Michael Keaton — Fly-fishing writer

(0:12:20) The allure of fly-fishing writing

(0:20:00) What makes an excellent fly-fishing story?

(0:24:00) Faculty for a Department of Anglish

(0:27:00) Bob’s start in fishing

(0:42:30) Bob’s start in writing

(0:53:10) Bob’s brothers of different mothers: Nick Lyons and Jim Harrison

(1:05:00) The famous thing Thoreau didn’t say

(1:15:50) Bob’s reading: Perhaps it has something to do with books

Learn more about Bob DeMott

Wikipedia

Books

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