Goodnews River: Wild Fish, Wild Waters, and the Stories We Find There [Hardcover]

The best fishing stories are about something other than fishing but wouldnt have come up without the fishing. Scott not only understands that, he does it beautifully.Though billed as fiction, theres too much familiarity in these essays to say they werent penned from the personal experiences of a dedicated angler. Sadil threads life into these stories and if thats what you like, this is your read.Scott Sadils Goodnews River is the best of fiction wrapped around fishing. It delivers you to beautiful places youve never been, and might never go, introduces you to some folks youd like to meet, and a few youd rather not, all in fine prose that propels you to keep reading.This collection of 22 stories set on fabled waters from Alaska to Baja confirms Scott Sadil's reputation as a writer of literary fiction in the best sporting tradition. The stories capture the beauty of wild fish and the waters and landscapes where we find them and go beyond the fishing to explore relationshipsbetween parents and children, husbands and wives, siblings, lovers, and friendsthe real life situations that evoke the same win-lose drama played out between anglers and their prey. A master of language and sophisticated storytelling, Sadil brings a warm-hearted appreciation to the graceful messiness of human lives, especially the momentssometimes humorous, always intimatewhen we're hooked to something we feel certain we care about more than anything else in our lives.Scott Sadil is an author of essays, feature articles, and fiction about fly fishing. His work appears regularly in the significant fly-fishing magazines and he writes the fly-tying column for California Fly Fisher. He is the author of Angling Baja, Fly Tales, Cast from the Edge, and Lost in Wyoming. He lives in Hood River, OR.