David A. Van Wie
REVISITING Corey Ford and The Boys
Last weekend was a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Dartmouth Rugby. Alumni of all generations gathered at the Corey Ford Rugby...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jan 11, 2019
- 1 min
Manuscript Submitted
NEWS FLASH - Lyme, NH - I just submitted the completed manuscript for Storied Waters to my publisher, Stackpole Books. The manuscript is...
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David A. Van Wie
- Sep 4, 2018
- 5 min
River Road
It’s fitting that the guy who spent six weeks last year driving over 5000 miles on the Storied Waters fly-fishing and literary odyssey...
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David A. Van Wie
- Mar 27, 2018
- 3 min
From Bread Loaf to Bestseller? We'll See!
I have some great news to share! First, I have a contract with Stackpole Books, a leading publisher of fly fishing and fly tying titles,...
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David A. Van Wie
- Mar 21, 2018
- 3 min
Points North: The Final Word on Kingdom County
Jim and Charlie Kinneson are getting on in years. But Charlie, now 80, can still lift and carry the Old Town canoe on his shoulders...
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David A. Van Wie
- Oct 29, 2017
- 3 min
A Dozen Funky Fly Names
Fishing flies are literally examples of art imitating life. In our never-ending quest to fool fish into thinking that an artificial fly...
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David A. Van Wie
- Oct 5, 2017
- 8 min
A Reader's Guide To Storied Waters
Fans of the Storied Waters odyssey may want to catch up on some of the books and authors that I featured during my trip. As the weather...
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David A. Van Wie
- Aug 26, 2017
- 3 min
Walking To Charlottesville
I haven’t read all of Howard Frank Mosher’s novels yet, but so far the books I have read all include trout fishing. There isn’t much...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jul 19, 2017
- 7 min
Epilogue - The Storied Waters Chronicle
“Fishing is at once an endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion… trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jul 1, 2017
- 9 min
Dud Dean and a Dream Come True
During the night in Jim Lepage's camp on Caribou Lake, I dreamed of trout fishing, just as Thoreau had at Abol Stream. This was no...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 30, 2017
- 9 min
Kennebago to Katahdin: Back in Thoreau Country
Henry David Thoreau was badass. Many people think of philosophers, naturalists and social activists as what, shall we say, soft? But...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 30, 2017
- 10 min
I Took To The Woods
I am not sure what I expected, but certainly not this. When I was planning my #StoriedWaters trip, I included the Rapid River in Maine,...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 27, 2017
- 7 min
they shake the mountains when they dance
I’ve never actually seen one of the Boys dance at the Dartmouth College Grant, except maybe a little victory jig when someone lands a big...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 14, 2017
- 6 min
The Kingdom River
In his critically-acclaimed book, Vermont River, author and fly-fisherman W.D. Wetherell never tells us exactly which river he is writing...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 13, 2017
- 8 min
My Homerian Odyssey
My Storied Waters journey has only been four weeks so far, not ten years. Still, like Homer's Odysseus, I have seen some fantastic...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 9, 2017
- 6 min
Grackles Unlimited
When mayflies are hatching, it’s not just the trout that take notice. Swallows (during the day) and bats (at dusk) divebomb from above...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 6, 2017
- 4 min
The Trout Also Rises
It has been a cool, wet spring in northern Michigan. The rivers have been running high, and the bug hatches are off by about a week or...
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David A. Van Wie
- Jun 2, 2017
- 6 min
Bourbon Out Of An Old Tin Cup
I felt like I had walked onto the pages of Trout Magic. There I was- casting into the fabled Frenchman’s Pond under the friendly guidance...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 31, 2017
- 4 min
Amazing Grace
This whole trip is Gracie's doing. Last year, when we were preparing to publish The Confluence, I had to get permission to reprint the...
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David A. Van Wie
- May 29, 2017
- 5 min
Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin
Everyone has a hero, or so we say. My heroes are not your typical war or sports heroes, nor people who performed some superhuman or super...
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