Calling After Water
Dispatches from a Fishing Life
Published on 15. December 2024
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-4930-8646-7 (ISBN)
Description
Down the Hatch is a collection of essays from fly angler extraordinaire and accomplished writer Dave Karczynski, and follows this general narrative arc: writer falls in love with fly fishing, gets to travel the world, realizes that travel satisfies the soul only so much, and comes home to his heart in the Midwest. In the first piece, he buys his first fly rod. In a piece near the book's end, he buys a trout camp. The collection's narrative span is ten years, and adventure locations include Wisconsin, Michigan, Alaska, Chile, Argentina, India, Labrador, Ontario, and Poland.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Guilford
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-8646-7 (9781493086467)
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E-Book
10/2024
The Lyons Press
€19.77
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Persons
Dave Karczynski is a writer and photographer specializing in sporting culture and narrative. Whether it's the glacial rivers of the Himalayan outback or the high country lakes of the Polish Carpathians, deep wild country is where Dave feels most at home. A former Zell Fellow at the University of Michigan and recipient of the 2012 Robert Traver Award for outdoor writing, he is a regular contributor to Outdoor Life, Fly Rod & Reel, The Drake, and many other magazines. In addition to Orvis From Lure to Fly, Dave is also the co-author of Modern Smallmouth: Modern Tactics, Tips and Techniques. When not on the water or in the woods, Dave teaches creative writing and photography at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He lives in Munith, Michigan.