Summary
The mental life of fishing-and what makes the activity so appealing to the 50 million Americans who fish every year.
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"All I can predict is that it will be a top contender for the title of fishing classic....'Pavlov's Trout' is a first-rate book." -- Patrick F. McManus
"Full of wit, affection and a wonderful intimacy with the textured inner life of the fly-fishing world." -- Nick Lyons
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub
Published date: 1998
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.55 pounds
Pages: 180
Publisher's Notes
Pavlov's Trout examines the mysteries of the sport of fishing through the microscope of modern psychology. Eminent psychologist and veteran fisherman Paul Quinnett, Ph.D., explores the many, often mysterious, motivations that attract millions to the sport of fishing. In this lighthearted and insightful book, Quinnett postulates that people fish to satisfy primitive instincts, connect to the wilderness, relieve stress, and to experience the optimism, freedom, and excitement of pursuit. Pavlov's Trout is truly a fishing book like no other-a venturing into the world of the psyche of the angler, a world where it is better to fish hopefully than to catch fish.
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