PRAISE FOR BOB ROMANO’S WRITING
Lyrical, poignant, and sometimes fantastical angling tales from the Maine woods and beyond, written in the great storytelling tradition of Sparse Gray Hackle and Robert Traver.” Stephen Sautner, author of A Cast in the Woods and Fish On, Fish Off.
“This collection of Bob Romano treasures is like opening an old, favorite fly box holding dozens of hand crafted flies…, each with a unique color, texture and story.”—Dr. Jason Randall, author of Nymph Masters, Trout Sense, Moving Water, and other books concerning fly fishing.
“Bob Romano takes his readers back to those places he loves deeply; the dark forests of balsam and spruce, the tea colored waters of streams and rivers, the cries of the loon, the land of the Abenaki.”—Henry Ramsey, Fly tyer, photographer, fly fishing lecturer and instructor, and author of Matching Major Eastern Hatches, New Patterns For Selective Trout
“Bob Romano’s remembrances… are both heartwarming and inspiring. His tales…will capture a reader’s imagination.”—Mike Valla, winner of the Poul Jorgensen Golden Hook Award and author of The Founding Flies and Tying Catskill-Style Dry Flies as well as other books concerning fly fishing.
“The Maine North Woods of years past, old fly rods and flies, wood stoves, grizzled characters, the call of the loon, brook trout caught and lost. Bob Romano brings it all home in River Flowers.”—Dave Hall, acclaimed artist and author of Moving Water: An Artist’s Reflections on Fly Fishing, Friendship and Family.
“If you can’t be on the water or tromping through woods, reading Bob Romano’s collection of short stories, is the next best thing.”—Lou Zambello, author of In Pursuit of Trophy Brook Trout and Flyfishing Northern New England’s Seasons.