| Introduction |
XI |
| Dedication |
xv |
| Acknowledgment |
xvi |
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| PART
ONE The innocent years |
|
| In
the beginning . . . |
3 |
| Behind
steel bars |
17 |
| Mr.
Seeley and Mr. Payne |
22 |
| Terms
of endearment |
27 |
| |
|
| PART
TWO Early flirtations |
|
| "Me
and Joe" and publishing |
45 |
| Casting
at the Bois de Boulogne |
53 |
| Monsieur
Charles |
57 |
| The
Man in the tuxedo |
63 |
| Good
ol' Army days |
68 |
| |
|
| PART
THREE Flings & infatuations |
|
| 1523
W. Fullerton |
75 |
| "Big
Story Jim" -Guiding on the Manitou |
85 |
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|
| PART
FOUR Lifelong commitment? |
|
The
Safari Outfitter days:
The golden years of international travel |
105 |
| First
customer! |
111 |
| The
Costa Rican breakthrough |
117 |
| The
fish scale Incident |
123 |
| Angola's
outdoor beer parlor |
131 |
| The
Great drinking bout |
135 |
| Chicks
vs. fishing |
138 |
| Marta's
special bread recipe |
147 |
| Scalped
in Panama |
151 |
| The
perfect put down |
157 |
"Screw
the Duke of Roxborough"
and other Norwegian fishing stories |
161 |
| The
Winchester storm |
173 |
| Bill
and Andy |
180 |
| White
water canoeing |
183 |
| The
chair |
186 |
| The
break up |
190 |
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|
| PART
FIVE Feelings, emotions & relationships |
|
| The
birth of PanAngling |
197 |
| Colombian
episodes |
208 |
| Michael's
great bonefishing adventure |
227 |
| Sue
Ellen and Dave |
232 |
| The
shocking adventure of a camp owner |
239 |
| The
big oak tree at Mirage Bend |
245 |
| Strange
encounter |
249 |
| The
Bruce Wooksly nightmare |
253 |
| The
$250,000 fish |
256 |
| A
feast to remember |
262 |
| The
Parismina mystery |
271 |
| Decision:
A life for a salmon |
275 |
| Fishing
with the greats |
279 |
| Stu
Apte |
281 |
| A.
J. McClane |
289 |
| Winston
Moore |
295 |
| Lee
Wulff |
304 |
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|
| PART
SIX Regrets, hopes & dreams |
|
| Le
Shack |
315 |
| Aging
stinks: or it's hard to grow old gracefully |
333 |
| Fishing
now and then |
337 |
| Needed:
A worldwide fishing federation |
343 |
| Last
days at 180 N. Michigan |
355 |
