The Optimist
By David Coggins
Scribner
Most anglers should be optimists. Perhaps even the grumpiest man on the dock is at his core a person full of hope. David Coggins is one of these hopeful anglers, and through global destinations, his readers realize that optimism is not restricted by geography.
Each chapter of focuses on a specific locale and a technique or environmental situation that keeps Coggins slightly off balance, than it does to say Yet [guide] Denys could not be clearer.”