Anglers Journal

The Armchair Angler

Dark Waters

By Russell Chatham

Clark City Press

editor-in-chief Bill Sisson sent me his copy of this past summer. I’d just moved to Missoula, Montana, from Pennsylvania, and was trying to navigate a new home amid a pandemic while balancing the temptation of all the water western Montana offers. Bill’s copy is well-loved. Pages bent, cover worn, sticky notes popping up like stripers beginning to slam bait. It’s special reading another’s book

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