The Jon Boat Years
And Other Stories Afield with Fine Friends, Fair Dogs, a Shotgun, and a Fly Rod
Published on 9. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-64336-383-7 (ISBN)
Description
Delightful tales of hunting and fishing, family, friends, dogs, and precious time well spent and cherished Nationally recognized and award-winning writer Jim Mize captures the true essence of sport and living life to the fullest in this collection of stories about his outdoor escapades. In tales spanning more than five decades, Mize invites readers into carefree days hiking through the Colorado Rockies with a fly rod and leisurely casting poppers to bluegill on small southern ponds. Cold days shivering in a duck blind or deer hunting trips lost in fog all make for fine memories. And then there are the dogs. Meet boot-eating Labs, setters with fine noses, and a Brittany Spaniel that loved to bounce through frosted kudzu. Mize's humorous stories entertain and remind readers of their own turkey hunting or creek fishing excursions. Black-and-white line drawings from artist Bob White illustrate stories filled with laughter, quiet contemplation, and wonder. Mize reminds the young and old that the pleasure of the pursuit matters most.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
South Carolina
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
10 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64336-383-7 (9781643363837)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Jim Mize writes from his cabin in the South Carolina mountains while his Lab, Moose, keeps the bears at bay. His previous books include The Winter of our Discount Tent, A Creek Trickles Through It, Hunting with Beanpole, and Fishing with Beanpole. His articles have appeared in Gray's Sporting Journal, Field & Stream, South Carolina Wildlife, In-Fisherman, Great Days Outdoors, and other magazines.
Content
Foreword by Jim Casada
PrefaceAcross Generations
First Pup
Your Day Will Come
Kids Do Say the Darndest Things
The Jon Boat Years
Another Letter to a Grandson
A Letter to a Granddaughter
Fishing with Others
If a Tree Falls
My Buddy's Fishing Hole
The Seabee Jacket
After Dark
Fishing Directions
Old Guys in a Boat
A Lesson Twice Learned
Fishing Odd Hatches
Yellow Damn Jackets
Carpy Diem
Along Came a Spider
Fishing the Mosquito Hatch
A Whiff of Skunk
Stir Crazy
Low Expectations
Jinxed
Into the Backing
Gone with the Wind Knot
Fly Fishing for Suckers
The Colorado Years
Freedom
Coldcocked
Skinny-Dipping with Cutties
The Fish of a Lifetime
Pondering Deer Stuff
Hunting with KP
Hunting in the Haunted House
The Deer Who Wore Camo
Custer's Last Deer Stand
Pondering Deer Stuff
A Class in Ethics
In Pursuit of Bearded Birds
How to Name Your Turkey
The Turkey Chainsaw Massacre
Almost a Lion Story
Growing Your Gobbler
Of Ducks and Dogs
Blurred Memories
A Quack's Guide to Duck Calls
Reasons for Owning a Dog
My Steel Shot Rusted
Upland Birds
Hunting the Pole
Kudzu Quail
Hunting the Hurricane
The Christmas Gift
Winders
An Old Red Shirt
PrefaceAcross Generations
First Pup
Your Day Will Come
Kids Do Say the Darndest Things
The Jon Boat Years
Another Letter to a Grandson
A Letter to a Granddaughter
Fishing with Others
If a Tree Falls
My Buddy's Fishing Hole
The Seabee Jacket
After Dark
Fishing Directions
Old Guys in a Boat
A Lesson Twice Learned
Fishing Odd Hatches
Yellow Damn Jackets
Carpy Diem
Along Came a Spider
Fishing the Mosquito Hatch
A Whiff of Skunk
Stir Crazy
Low Expectations
Jinxed
Into the Backing
Gone with the Wind Knot
Fly Fishing for Suckers
The Colorado Years
Freedom
Coldcocked
Skinny-Dipping with Cutties
The Fish of a Lifetime
Pondering Deer Stuff
Hunting with KP
Hunting in the Haunted House
The Deer Who Wore Camo
Custer's Last Deer Stand
Pondering Deer Stuff
A Class in Ethics
In Pursuit of Bearded Birds
How to Name Your Turkey
The Turkey Chainsaw Massacre
Almost a Lion Story
Growing Your Gobbler
Of Ducks and Dogs
Blurred Memories
A Quack's Guide to Duck Calls
Reasons for Owning a Dog
My Steel Shot Rusted
Upland Birds
Hunting the Pole
Kudzu Quail
Hunting the Hurricane
The Christmas Gift
Winders
An Old Red Shirt