{"product_id":"river-songs-moments-of-wild-wonder-in-fly-fishing-steve-duda-hardcover","title":"River Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing -- Steve Duda, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\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 \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\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIndependent Publisher Book Award Silver Winner in Nature Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist in Essays Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel\u003c\/strong\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Steve Duda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mountaineers Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.1\" H x 6\" L x 0.8\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781680517019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49534728175920,"sku":"9781680517019","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781680517019.jpg?v=1774895687","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/river-songs-moments-of-wild-wonder-in-fly-fishing-steve-duda-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}