Tom McGuane has had a storied career as a writer and wild man of some renown. Six years after graduating from Michigan State University, he published his first well-received novel, The Sporting Club. Selling the screen rights enabled him to…

Reading an essay by Tom McGuane is always a pleasure. This one, from The Longest Silence (published 2001), is about how people choose fly rods. What should seem to be a logical process mostly isn’t. EVERY FLY FISHERMAN has an…

Tom McGuane, for those who may not know of him, is an American writer. He has written ten novels, five screenplays including Rancho Deluxe and The Missouri Breaks, and numerous short stories and essays. And he is a fly fisherman…