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  • Trout Friends and Other Riff-Raff

  • Stories About the Passion and Madness of Fishing
  • By: Bill Stokes
  • Narrated by: David Stifel
  • Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Trout Friends and Other Riff-Raff

By: Bill Stokes
Narrated by: David Stifel
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Summary

Winner of the 2018 ABR Audiobook Listener Award for Biography/Autobiography.

Includes a brand new essay, "Trout Flounderers".

In these stories, popular Chicago Tribune outdoor columnist Bill Stokes gives himself over to his true passion, trout fishing. It is an activity, possibly a madness, that moves him, time and again, to stand knee-deep in cold and murky waters, offer himself up to clouds of hungry mosquitoes, and attempt to keep from snagging his line in overhanging limbs while trying to outwit a wily rainbow or brook trout. And then remembering where the car is parked. All trout anglers will, like Stephen Born, revel in these evocative and entertaining stories.

©2000, 2017 Bill Stokes (P)2017 Stokes Creative
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"I love these types of books, ones where you can dip in and out when you have a few minutes to spare. Bill has a unique way over getting the stories to resonate with the reader" (FlyPunk Magazine)

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Nothing to do with catching fish?

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This isn't a story about catching fish. It's about the experiences of the fishing trip itself. It is written from the perspective of the writer, Bill Stokes. These are stories from his youth to adulthood. And they're all true like most fishing stories are of course with just a little embellishment. Great collection of fishing tales sure to give you a few laughs. Great narration by David Stifel.

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