Athens Library | Robert DeMott and ‘Angling Days,’ Dec. 8

The Athens Public Library presents guest author Robert DeMott, author of “Angling Days: A Fly Fisher’s Journal” on Thursday, Dec. 8,  at 7 p.m.

DeMott is Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio University.

Spanning more than 45 years, Angling Days is a collection of DeMott’s numerous journal entries, each a small essay in itself, jotted down during the placid moments of fishing in and along the streams and rivers of North America. Through his journaling, DeMott carries on the angling tradition of channeling the tranquility of fly fishing into creative endeavors.

Angling Days is a lifetime of work, a chronicle of what it is to be an angler seeking the most pristine waters and the smartest fish. It is a collection of entries and musings in the vein of DeMott’s literary hero, Henry David Thoreau, and promises to shine a new light on the art and joy of fly fishing.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and autographing at the end of the presentation.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.