Overview

Two-Thirds Water is a collection of fly-fishing essays covering Arnie Sabatelli’s broad and varied lifetime experience of fishing all kinds of waters, salt and freshwater, from remote Adirondack ponds to the Long Island Sound, Bahamian flats, Michigan steelhead rivers, and tiny streams high in the mountains of Mexico. Fly fishing for Arnie is such a meaningful pursuit and through it, in the quiet time on the waters and the reflection and introspection that follow, Arnie contemplates the presence of water within and around us to come to a deeper understanding of who he is and what matters. In these essays, whether he’s praising the raw, muscularity of catching bluefish, enjoying the solitude of hiking into remote places to fish from a canoe, looking at quantum physics to address nuanced dimensions of catching fish with a fly, or using fishing memories to express feelings of personal loss, Arnie reaches for and grasps the mystery and beauty at the heart of fly fishing. The collection will inspire you to look more fully at the world around you, especially the fish-filled waters covering two-thirds of our planet.

Full Product Details

Author:   Arnie Sabatelli
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   The Lyons Press
ISBN:  

9781493088218

ISBN 10:   1493088211
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   03 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Seeing Them Voices                                                                                                       Getting Ready (Michigan, the late 90s)                                                    Trucha Chiquita                                                                                        Two Thirds Water                                                                                     Pounds, Not Inches                                                                                   First Fish                                                                                                   Confession                                                                                                The Fish in the Log                                                                                  Chasing the Blues                                                                                     Parallel Universes                                                                                     Too Much?                                                                                                The Birds and the Kayak                                                                          Spinner Fall, a Northern Michigan Fish Story                                         Fishing with Brad, a Tribute                                                                     Super Fly                                                                                                  Acts of Faith                                                                                             Ode to Wooly Buggers                                                                             Blow Winds, Blow                                                                                   Perfect Worlds                                                                                          Blind Luck (Or, Being and Fish)                                                              A Kind of Turbulence                                                                               Ninety Seven Bass                                                                                    Notes From the Shed                                                                                Adirondack Bass                                                                                       Deceptions                                                                                               

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“A vibrant, smart, and essential new voice. These essays are engaging and magical.”  -- Nick Lyons

""A vibrant, smart, and essential new voice. These essays are engaging and magical."" --Nick Lyons

Author Information

Arnie Sabatelli is a writer who has taught writing and literature at the college and high school level for many years. He currently teaches nonfiction writing at the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, CT.  His fishing essays have appeared broadly,  including in The Flyfish Journal, Fly Fisherman, and Fly Rod and Reel. He has also published short fiction, poetry and academic essays on the works of Ernest Hemingway. He currently writes a weekly Substack newsletter, Journey Casts,  arniesabatelli.substack.com,  and does a podcast on the works of Hemingway called Hemingway, Word for Word.

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