Jimmy Carter and Fly Fishing

Earlier than he handed away on December twenty ninth, Jimmy Carter was the oldest residing former president (he celebrated his a hundredth birthday this yr) and there’s been a number of recent tales, books, and different media not too long ago produced about him.

One which has flown comparatively under-the-radar is a brand new ebook by Jim Barger titled Jimmy Carter: Rivers and Desires. It particulars simply how necessary fly fishing was to the previous president, the non-public connections it solid, and the coverage choices that Carter held because of his time on the water.

Carter fly fished in every single place from Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains to Mongolia, and Rivers and Desires collects many tales from these adventures to color a greater image of who Jimmy was with a fly rod in hand.

“No single exercise in his life was extra necessary to him than fly fishing as a private pursuit,” Barger mentioned in a radio interview with WABE.

A part of the ebook’s description reads, “Earlier than, throughout, and after his presidency, Jimmy Carter’s pursuit of a greater world typically concerned his ride-or-die buddies fly fishing and feasting with world leaders – and in some wild circumstances – harmful dictators.”

You’ll be able to view the ebook on the market right here.