Description
Hardcover, 208 pages.
Dave Karczynski fishes—and writes—with both eyes wide open to the magic of water. With the trademark blend of adventure, humor, and insight that has made him one fly fishing’s most widely published authors, this collection of nineteen essays charts Dave’s journey as he casts his way from the quiet streams of the Upper Midwest to the far corners of the earth—and back again. Readers will tramp across Patagonia with a shamanic brook trout whisperer, raft through the Himalayas in search of golden mahseer, hunt native brown trout in the Bohemian highlands, and revel in the promise of a Northern Michigan spinner fall. With prose that alternately flashes like the sides of a leaping salmon and glitters like riffle water on a summer morning, Calling After Water is one of those rare books that delights its readers as much as it invites them to reflect on their own love of fly fishing.
Editorial Reviews:
“Few writers can evoke the true emotional acuity attendant to angling. Dave Karczynski is one.” —Sam Lungren, editor at MidCurrent
“The Irish say there are thin spaces—locales wherein the distance between heaven and earth collapses, offering narrow glimpses of the divine. Karczynski’s writing reveals thin spaces, hidden in pockets of inspiring descriptions and cunning word usage that stretch beyond imagination.” —Joe Shields, editor-in-chief of The Virginia Sportsman
“I’m not a big fan of fly-fishing essays because I’m often disappointed that they just don’t capture what a river at sunrise is like. But I’ll read anything Dave Karczynski writes, about any subject. He always tells a great story that never falls flat, and is possibly the best young voice in fly-fishing today.” —Tom Rosenbauer, Orvis
“I also love flyfishing, but the real beauty of Calling After Water comes down to exceptional storytelling. This is the result not just of good writing, but of ruthless, relentless re-writing—reviewing and revising each sentence until it has a rhythm and flow that can’t even be adequately described. Dave just knows it when he sees it. He doesn’t just fix “bad” sentences, he takes already great sentences and intuitively knows they can be better. And he makes them better. Enjoy this book and enjoy your fishing.” —Tom Bie, editor-in-chief of The Drake
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