Beetle's Book and Word Thread

[troutboy_II]

Wish too much of this didn't resonate.

TB

[trout-r-us]

Many of us spend our lives dreaming of our bucket list, while a few lucky bums actually get to act their's out.
McGuane's stories will help add to our dreams and expand our bucket list.

"What is most emphatic in angling is made so by the long silences-the unproductive periods." -T. McGuane

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[trout-r-us]

"In the barque of your soul reclines the commanding master; He does but sleep; wake Him. Self control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto you heart, Peace be still"
  - James Allen - (As A Man Thinketh)
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[Woolly Bugger]

In the late 60's a group of poets, writers and musicians descended upon the southernmost point of the continental United States to pursue their love of literature and fishing. Initiated by Tom McGuane - the prodigal son of American Literature in the 1970's - his friends Jim Harrison, Richard Brautigan, Russell Chatham and Jimmy Buffett soon joined him. This crew and that era were captured on film by Guy De La Valdene and Christian Odasso in an obscure documentary called "Tarpon" in 1974. They went on to create some of the best art, poetry, novels, and music of their generation - but there will never be anything like Key West in the early 70's. If you were lucky to survive it.

In Memory Of Jimmy Buffett and Guy De La Valdene
Jim Harrison, Richard Brautigan, Russell Chatham, Christian Odasso, Johnny McGuane and Nelson Walker and PENNY, BREEZIE & JUDY

[trout-r-us]

Good one Woolly. Thanks for sharing.

[Woolly Bugger]

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Brutal raw history


Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in 'The Barn'


PBS Interview with the author

[trout-r-us]

A freebie from SELC 🙂

Sometimes David really does slay Goliath.

Big win for SELC, and the grass roots movements that refused to quit.
Kudos to all involved.
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[Woolly Bugger]

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I did not know that there were fly fishermen among the 7th Calvary

[Dee-Vo]

Finished this one up a little while back.

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[Dee-Vo]

Finished this one.

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[trout-r-us]

From the December issue of The Atlantic

"THOMAS MCGUANE IS THE LAST OF HIS KIND"
What will we lose when we lose the "literary outdoorsman"?
By Tyler Austin Harper
Photographs by Pat Martin

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/thomas-mcguane-writing/684617/?gift=YdftEy1YdnueJb6GKr06gtSeHoFTTzAW2rF_5eBu194

[trout-r-us]

🎶 WAR
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothin' 🎶

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Any folks from Damascus area?
Perhaps you are familiar with someone who checked this copy out of the High School library back in the '60's. 🤔

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[Dee-Vo]

Wow, I read that about 25 years ago. Time is slipping away, fellas.

[Dougfish]

Very good read.
Bourbon, family and life.

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[Dougfish]

The most prolific art thief in history.
Great story, well told.

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