Soon after our book, Fly Fishermen of Caldwell County, was released, co-author Ron Beane and I realized we would need to do a follow-up book to fill in the rest of the story. Each time we crossed paths we said, "Next year." Then covid came along. Finally, another fly fishing author, Alen Baker, approached me and with a nod from Ron, we began working on book two. Fly Fishers of the Caldwell County Area. The subtitle tells it all: Life Stories of the Men and Women who Fly Fish in and Around Caldwell County, North Carolina.
Book one was mainly about those legends of fly fishing here in the county. I never claimed it to be a "how-to" book. I always considered it a "how-they" book. The stories were beautiful testimonies to the featured men.
This new book ventures into the streams to tell the stories of the next generation of fishers, men and women alike. It is more family-oriented, showing how the fishers pass along their passion and their skill to the children and grandchildren in their lives.
I'm showing a teaser here, the back cover.
The front cover I'll release next week. I can't wait for you to see it!
We're having a celebration soon, a book launch that will give a proper send-off to the book. October 6, from 5 to 8, during the First Friday event at the HUB, Hudson Uptown Building, in Hudson, NC. Whether you're a fisher or not, please come and visit with those who wrote their life stories. They have some whopper fish stories to tell!
Catch of the day,
Gretchen
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