Willard Greenwood casts line after line to words evocative of place and purpose, luring them to sip, bite, catch.

--Kathleen Achor

Editor, The American Fly Fisher

With the exuberance of a David James Duncan, Willard Greenwood talks to gods and raises fish on flies like no other poet I know. These beautifully written narratives are heroic and absurd, powerfully earnest and downright crazy. I love them. One feels the sublime catastrophe of staking your whole life on a fly, a cast, a fish. The poems that follow are reason enough to go on fishing and reading.

--Henry Hughes

Author of Back Seat with Fish

Anglers are motivated by a diversity of interests. For Greenwood, I suspect it is the rich and plentiful journey that leads not to destinations and fish, but a well lived life as a fishing bum. His poetry captures the essence of what it means to angle with a fly; grabbing those special moments we know are there, but get missed in our single minded pursuit of fish. I am a more observant, patient angler for having read this book.

--Craig R. Schuhmann

Editor, Flyfishing & Tying Journal