River Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing

River Songs 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: wha...