 
6x9 / Slipcased / 186 Pages
ISBN: 1-886967-13-X
$50.00 U.S. Postpaid
"Last year was a vintage year for
saltwater fly-fishing books, and we start this year off with a gem. For
pure entertainment value, Sea Level is surely the year's best
book." - Steve
Raymond, Fly Fishing in Salt Waters "This
is extraordinarily good writing about fishing and places. Cardenas has a
first-rate ear for the nuance of speech and an enviable eye for telling
details. Someone who doesn't know a bonefish from a haddock would enjoy
Sea Level just for its travel writing, characters, and handsome use of
language. A fly fisher will enjoy this book as one of the best he's ever
read." - Art Scheck, Saltwater Fly
Fishing "....I
found myself relaxing into these stories, looking forward to ending an
evening with another. Cardenas has a smooth comfortable style, a
self-depreciating sense of humor and a narrative balance that made me
feel genuinely pleased to be in the boat." -
Seth Norman, Fly Rod & Reel
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Sea
Level
Adventures of a
Saltwater Angler
by Jeffrey
Cardenas
We are pleased to announce the
publication of Sea Level by Jeffrey Cardenas, author of the
acclaimed Marquesa. This is a collection of vivid essays on
saltwater fly fishing written over the past twenty years. Sea Level
is a pure delight--so filled with fresh original language that it forms
a unique portrait of an artist, a writer, and an expert angler and
naturalist.
And it is the author's quiet, observant and steady hand that guides us
on a wide range of adventures: from the Gulf Coast to Cuba; from the
Florida Keys and Bahamas to the North Atlantic. Sea Level exudes
the highest level of angling skill and will be required reading for
years to come.
"When I wrote Tales
from Margaritaville, about seaplane pilot Frank Bama, my intention
was for the reader not to know where the story was going or what
would happen next. The guy flying the plane was an interesting enough
character with whom the reader could ride for a few hundred pages. Frank Bama was a work of fiction. Jeffrey Cardenas is a real piece of
work. His skiff is warmed up and waiting at the dock and this book is a
vacant seat. Jump into it and enjoy the ride." -
Jimmy Buffett
"Jeffrey Cardenas is the most
knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and tireless angler with whom I have ever
wet a line. He is also an eloquent and reflective writer who brings his
passion for saltwater game fishing to life on each page."
- Jack
Nicklaus
"These wonderful and thoughtful
essays transcend the ordinary hook-and-bullet tales of fish and fishing,
mostly because Jeffrey Cardenas's love of the sea world and its
fascinating natural histories and mysteries illuminates his text with
some very fine lyrical translucent writing."
- Peter Matthiessen
"Sea Level, by Jeffrey Cardenas
ranks among the rarest of writings on saltwater sport because this is
not just a collection of fishing stories, it is a rare collection of
fishing literature. The man is so practiced at his craft--waterman and
writer--that he communicates with a power as potent and inviolable as a
spring tide." - Randy Wayne White
"A marvelous achievement, this
blend of comprehensive angling information with perceptive insight and a
keen sense of place. Great pieces on Cuba. We are off on much more than
a fishing trip. Taken all around, as Huck Finn says, it's a splendid
piece of work." -John N. Cole
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