Book review - The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life

Months ago, the algorithm recommended I read The Optimist by

David Coggins

. I wasn’t sure how the author of a book like Men and Style would reach an audience of anglers who, like me, re-read the authoritative works of Chatham, Haig-Brown, Gierach and McGuane. Angling writers who embody more of an out-west trout bum ethos than someone who not only goes to The Masters…