***(Synopsis) A Collection of Fishing Stories from Across the Globe, by a Master Storyteller. Stories that, as Hamza describes, 'sparks a light. A light that is both familiar and comforting.' Such is The Zen of Home Water, the latest angling book by Jerry Hamza. Hamza is a John Volker for the new millennium. His book is interspersed with stories about monster brook trout, beautiful North woods streams and lakes, quirky backwoods guides, and legendary fly hatches. Through it all, he shows us one of the most profound truths of life, that 'It takes the acquisition of wisdom to understand that a happy life is actually a mosaic of small and insignificant eventswe string together moments in lifelike pearls becoming a beautiful necklace.' 240 pgs