The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass : A Flyrodder's Odyssey at Montauk Point

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Summary: A great drug for all fishaholics!
Review: A great read for anyone who understands great passion in the sport of fishing. What a priveledge it is for all of us to experience a month long fly-fishing adventure at Montauk through the skilled prose of Peter Kaminsky. This book reads as deliciously as Peters' recepies sound for fresh grilled Striped Bass accompanied by a burst of just ripe local vegetables...... Pardon me, as I have to go "Blitz" the kitchen right about now!

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Summary: A great drug for all fishaholics!
Review: A great read for anyone who understands great passion in the sport of fishing. What a priveledge it is for all of us to experience a month long fly-fishing adventure at Montauk through the skilled prose of Peter Kaminsky. This book reads as deliciously as Peters' recepies sound for fresh grilled Striped Bass accompanied by a burst of just ripe local vegetables...... Pardon me, as I have to go "Blitz" the kitchen right about now!

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Summary: A great read for a non-fisherperson
Review: A great read. I'm not a fisherman and in fact I've never gone fishing but this book is filled with such natural and lyrical beauty that I (and other non-fishing folk) could fully appreciate the wonderful portrait of Montauk and its people that Kaminsky has drawn. I may never pick up a flyrod but I will (and have) heartily recommend(ed) this book to the most stubborn land-lubber.

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Summary: The Guides don't control Mother Nature
Review: I enjoyed the book and the concept, but the fawning treatment of certain guides (that probably gave Kaminisky free rides) read too much like promotional materials.

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Summary: Nostalgic masterpiece
Review: I received this as a Xmas gift from my daughter. After reading the first chapter I became enthralled with the writng and how it took me back to my youger days when I frequented Montauk and enjoyed not as sophiticated but more pristine times. In spite of what ever else he does Peter is one of us who cant get enough of
fishing. I had a fly rod in hand when I was about seven. I am now 77 and still get the same thrill on the strike as I did then. Peters story brings it all back and carries me back to when 50 lb bass were not as exceptional as they now seem to be. He has not just written another fish story. This work is outstanding in its class.

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Summary: A must read if you flyfish for stripers.
Review: If you have ever caught a striper on a flyrod you will enjoy Kaminsky's Month of fishing. He has a calm manner of expressing the explosive nature of the striper. He has shared his experiences during the annual run of stripers around Montauk Point. There are plenty of technical manuals of how to do this or where to do that regarding flyfishing for stripers and this isn't one of them. Yet, you can learn from his first hand experiences fishing, not guiding but the actual art of going to the waters in pursuit of the striper. Wheter he is fishing the flats, shores or from a boat his descriptions of his experience are what make this book. The names of his associates have faded but the places he fished, the techniques of casting and presentation, and the fights he described remain. If you enjoy flyfishing for striper you will enjoy the moments of time he selectively shares with his readers.

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Summary: A must read if you flyfish for stripers.
Review: If you have ever caught a striper on a flyrod you will enjoy Kaminsky's Month of fishing. He has a calm manner of expressing the explosive nature of the striper. He has shared his experiences during the annual run of stripers around Montauk Point. There are plenty of technical manuals of how to do this or where to do that regarding flyfishing for stripers and this isn't one of them. Yet, you can learn from his first hand experiences fishing, not guiding but the actual art of going to the waters in pursuit of the striper. Wheter he is fishing the flats, shores or from a boat his descriptions of his experience are what make this book. The names of his associates have faded but the places he fished, the techniques of casting and presentation, and the fights he described remain. If you enjoy flyfishing for striper you will enjoy the moments of time he selectively shares with his readers.

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Summary: A Must Read!
Review: Kaminsky's book is a perfect read about not only the world class fishing we have at Montauk in the Fall, but the cast of characters involved in it. He artfully describes what is fishing that others only dream about, as well as those who over the past decade have come to open an entirely new fishery (flyfishing in saltwater)and their personalities, infighting and expertise. This is a great book, and a must read for any angler.

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Summary: Superb read
Review: Reading his first hand account of 30 straight days tracking the Montauk striper, I found ambitious reason to visit the East End for the first time myself. Not only did I meet one of the colorful characters Peter describes, but I romanticized what it'll be like out there in another month as the fall blitz approaches, with Peter's account coloring every image. A superb read for anyone who finds comfort in the flex of a flyrod, and a fantastic primer to anyone who endeavors to interrupt, albeit mildly and temporarily, one of nature's greatest migration of life: the fall blitz off Montauk.

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Summary: A wonderfull read
Review: The author gives us a great look into not only the stiper fishng world, but the culture and heritage of the east coast. A pleasure to read, cover to cover. Even for those of us that may never see stripers in the salt, this is defintely a worthwhile read.