Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish

A poet's memoir of taking an unplanned trip to the Bahamas and meeting a fishing guide who changed his life: "A splendid book."—Jim Harrison in The New York Times Book Review

Chris Dombrowski, a poet and passionate fly-fisher, had a second child on the way and an income hovering perilously close to zero when he received a miraculous email: can't go, it's all paid for, just book a flight to Miami.

Thus began a journey that would eventually lead to the Bahamas and to David Pinder, a lege...