If It Were Easy, They'd Call It Catchin': How Journaling Can Improve Your Fishing and Yourself

When Tom Friedemann’s thirty-one-year marriage to his high-school sweetheart ended, he was crushed.

But then a fly-fishing buddy gave him a handwritten piece of advice that read, “Just go fishing and everything will be all right.” He followed that advice and found it to be the perfect salve.

In this collection of stories, he celebrates his love affair with fishing and journaling—a journey that began in 1963 in Oklahoma after he caught a 1¾ pound largemouth bass on a red-and-white Martin ...