roger w. thompson
There’s a light about wild places that draws us in, a light which
seemed, that evening, to hover above the water between the willows
in some uncreated way. I cast to the wonder.
-from The Wisdom of Rivers
My newest book is available now!
The Wisdom Of Rivers Book Trailer
filmed by author’s son
If you missed the book launch party at Iron & Resin, here’s a recap of that special evening…
Roger’s next book reading in Ventura will be held at Timbre Bookstore on Tuesday, November 17. Details to come.
What others are saying…
“Thompson’s carefully selected details bring the guide to life, a masterclass in personification.”
“In The Wisdom of Rivers, Roger W. Thompson gives us a series of lyrical stories of a lifetime of friendship, family, and fly fishing, where the things that matter rise to the surface and all that is superfluous is allowed to drift downstream and out of view.”
—Steve Ramirez, author of the Casting Series quadrilogy and
A Season in Patagonia, and Fly Fisherman magazine columnist
“Each of his 25 well-crafted essays offers an appealing balance of insights regarding love, courtship, fatherhood, and friendship with accounts, sometimes self-deprecatingly humorous, of fishing for trout, bass, and assorted saltwater fish, including a suspenseful, nearly Hunter Thompson-esque encounter with sharks.”
—Booklist review