Academy, a Masters in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island, as well as a 200-ton Master Mariners license. As a Coast Guard Officer, he served in numerous leadership positions, including as the Commanding Officer of the North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center in Kodiak, Alaska, and as the Captain of a Coast Guard Cutter in the North Atlantic, specializing in fisheries conservation, search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement.
Sullivan is the author of Fishing the Wild Waters: An Angler's Search for Peace and Adventure in the Wilderness.
At Lit Hub he tagged nine favorite fishing books, including:
Monte Burke, Lords of the FlyRead about the other entries on the list.
Focusing on the late 1970s and 80s in southwestern Florida, Lords of the Fly is a captivating story of the golden years of tarpon fishing. Broken fishing records, broken rods, and broken lives: the anglers and guides went all in, chasing the holy grail of saltwater fly fishing, the largest tarpon on a fly rod, and both the anglers and fish were never the same after. Even if you are not a fisherman, you will be captivated by the collision of egos and Homeric lust for monster tarpon that is captured in Lords of the Fly.
--Marshal Zeringue
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