{"product_id":"river-songs-moments-of-wild-wonder-in-fly-fishing-9781680517019","title":"River Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Steve Duda, in \u003ci\u003eRiver Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing\u003c\/i\u003e, his first collection of essays, reminds us with attentive care to language and gloriously boisterous storytelling, why we keep coming back to rivers...\" -- \u003ci\u003eFlyfisherman Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"You won't forget these stories. They'll make you think about your relationship with fishing and perhaps make you look at it in a different way.\" -- \u003ci\u003eFly Culture Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"...this is the kind of writing--the kind of flyfishing writing, especially―that you simply will not find anywhere else, for the simple reason that no one can tell a story the way that Steve Duda tells a story.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Fly Fish Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndependent Publisher Book Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRiver Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is rich with bracing, authentic, generous stories--writing that revels in language and spirit. Avoiding most of fly fishing's clichés--the romantic elegies, the Moby-Dick-like conquests, the play-by-play detailing a \"victory\" over a fish-- Steve Duda instead offers pieces that breathe lived experience, reveal vulnerabilities, and convey a broad perspective of what it means to have \"a long run with a tight crew.\" Duda is interested in what has been learned out there on the river: what is it about this \"ridiculous activity\" that connects us to this planet, makes us human, gives us hope? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiver Songs\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the in-between moments and the unexpected revelations--awe, fear, frustration, doubt, joy--that are as much a part of fishing as tying knots and chucking flies. Readers ride along with Duda in battered pickup trucks, fish \"between jobs,\" look longingly at unfished famous rivers while touring with a country-punk band, and wonder how a fishing trip led to getting a tooth pulled while being surrounded by trash-talking friends. They will find beauty, discovery, heartbreak, good dogs, and the wonder of nature within the expanse of Northwest landscapes and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Duda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountaineers Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680517019","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44148146110509,"sku":"9781680517019","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_180fd955-3092-424d-9530-2cb97d56db55.jpg?v=1757215706","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/river-songs-moments-of-wild-wonder-in-fly-fishing-9781680517019","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}