John N. Maclean fishes the Blackfoot River. Maclean will talk about his latest book “Home Waters: A Chronicle of Family and a River” at a dinner and discussion at the Montana Club on June 30.
“The trout rose in a smooth arc, took my tumbling salmon fly, and completed its curve in an undulating, revelatory sequence. A greenish speckled back and a flash of scarlet on silver along its side marked it as a rainbow. One slow beat, set the hook … in those first seconds I felt a connection to a fish of great size and power.”
So, begins “Home Waters: A Chronicle of Family and a River,” a new book by John N. Maclean just published by HarperCollins.
The cover of “Home Waters: A Chronicle of Family and a River,” a new book by John N. Maclean just published by HarperCollins.
John Maclean, the son of Norman Maclean who penned the classic novella, “A River Runs through It,” will speak at The Montana Club, Wednesday, June 30.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, followed by a dinner and discussion. Tickets are $45 and available at http://montanaclub.coop/the-library-collection-dinners.
Even if you aren’t a fly-fishing aficionado and don’t know a wet fly from a dry one, you just might be hooked within the first few pages as Maclean reels you into this engaging book of family, place and history.
Since “Home Waters” was released in early June, Maclean’s phone has been ringing steadily with requests for interviews, Zoom and Link talks, and podcasts, he said in a phone interview from his Washington, D.C., office.
John N. Maclean
He admits he’s quite surprised at the enthusiastic response.
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