For decades, the author of The Un-Discovered Islands has been a fly fisherman, and it has transformed the way he sees and thinks about the natural world. Touching on the connection of time, beauty, and the concept of "wildness," Malachy Tallack's elegiac tribute considers: Why is it that catching fish can be so thrilling? Why is it that time we have spent beside water may be imprinted so sharply in our memories? And why is it that what seems a simple act of casting a line and hoping can feel so rich in mystery?