Ep. 2: Don’t Let Your Fishing Interfere With Your Fishing (w/ Chris Dombrowski‪)‬ Reading the Water Podcast

In this episode, we talk with author, poet, teacher, and Montana river guide Chris Dombrowski about his migration from Michigan to Montana, his development as a writer, guide, and educator, his recent books The River You Touch and Body of Water, a streamside meal blunder with Jim Harrison, and we even debate whether A River Runs Through It is Norman Maclean’s best story.
Presented by Hatch Magazine.
(0:00:00) Introduction
(0:05:45) Learning the ropes at Gates Lodge
(0:15:15) Old guides
(0:19:30) Don't let your fishing interfere with your fishing
(0:31:05) Glenn Brackett, Winston, Sweetgrass
(0:37:15) Chris's calling as a writer and guide
(0:43:24) Some influences: Harrison, Doyle, Delp
(0:48:25) Music and Jeffrey Foucault
(0:55:15) Similarities and differences in teaching writing and guiding
(1:00:14) Do we all have a book in us?
(1:05:05) The River You Touch
(1:11:00) Body of Water
(1:18:00) Is A River Runs Through It Maclean's best?
(1:22:15) Chris’s latest projects
(1:24:05) Favorite books, best angler, favorite stream-side lunch, favorite river float
(1:30:25) Michigan vs Montana
Learn more about Chris Dombrowski
https://www.cdombrowski.com
The River You Touch
Body of Water
Episode Topics
Gates Lodge
Glenn Brackett
Jeffrey Foucault
Hitching Post


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