If you’ve been fly fishing for trout for any length of time, there is a very good chance that you’ve absorbed a lot of both of these short stories by cultural osmosis. Or, maybe you read them decades ago. Perhaps you only saw the movie.

That is all fine and good. But consider picking them up again. They’re short, they’re important, and they’re good.

Today, of course, I’m talking about Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River (1925) and MacLean’s A River Runs Through It (1976). They sit atop the American angling  bookshelf. Still, a lot of us haven’t read one or both. Since their reputations speak so voluminously, I only talk for one minute in today’s video.

Watch what else I have to say about the books, and find out where you can pick them  up, below:

I am confident that you can find both of these books at your local library or your favorite bookstore!

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