Book Launch & Reading w/ Local Author & Redsides Member Jesse Lance Robbins
Join Caddis Fly Shop and The Redsides Chapter of Trout Unlimited as they welcome Springfield, OR-based author, angler, and conservationist Jesse Lance Robbins for an evening of fly fishing storytelling and discussion. Jesse will read selections from his debut book The Best Fly Fishing is Everywhere, and talk about his journeys and misadventures around the globe, in the fly fishing industry and as a writer, which led him to nonprofit conservation work.
What: Book launch, reading, discussion and signing
When: Thursday, March 5 th at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Caddis Fly Shop, 168 West 6th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401
Why: For fun, inspiration, and fishing karma
Event is free to attend. Books will be available for purchase, and complimentary refreshments will be served.
About the book: In The Best Fly Fishing Is Everywhere, Robbins invites readers into a contemplative journey through water and time. This collection of essays, stories, and meditations moves beyond the pursuit of the perfect cast or the biggest catch. Instead, it explores fly fishing as a dialogue between human and nature, solitude and connection, movement and stillness. From the misty rivers of Oregon to the urban waters of Tokyo, the windswept flats of Key West to the trout-laced waters of New Zealand, Robbins captures the essence of place and the spirit of the angler. Each chapter is a moment suspended—sometimes triumphant, sometimes humbling, always honest.
“Jesse Lance Robbins has an eye for the unusual, the intriguing, and the downright surprising. Whether cataloguing obscene quantities of flies, delineating the precise qualities of a good cast, or simply sharing an old fashioned fishing tale, Robbins’ eye for the unsung details that make fly fishing such a distinctive and special obsession is unmatched.” —Jason Rolfe, editor of The Flyfish Journal
About the author: Jesse Lance Robbins is an essayist, creative writer, and journalist whose work has appeared in The Drake Magazine, The Flyfish Journal, Swing the Fly, Modern Huntsman, TROUT, and Atlantic Salmon Journal, as well as online. Jesse has worked in and lived various facets of fly fishing since high school—from fly shop staff, trout bum, guide, casting instructor, trip host, and writer to tackle design and development, marketing, travel, and sales; for over a decade, he worked in-house at Sage, Redington, RIO Products, and Fly Water Travel. He now works in nonprofit fisheries, river, and water conservation, connecting people with the places they love, and the work being done to protect and restore them. A native of midcoast Maine, Jesse and his partner live near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers in Oregon with their cache of old boats, timeless books, acoustic guitars, and always-strung fly rods.
For more, see: www.jesselancerobbins.com.
