Travers Corners
Classic Stories about Fly Fishing and a Small Montana Town
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Welcome to Travers Corners, a dusty Montana town, where nothing much has happened since Herbert Hoover stopped for gas. Travers Corners, like most small towns, has no newspaper, no radio station; but here, large trout—no better than large trout, fictitious trout—await the angler. And apart from spreading gossip outside the McCraken’s General Store, the residents of Travers Corners love nothing more than fly fishing.
Scott Waldie’s delightful cast of characters breathes life into this tiny, out-of-the-way town. Meet Judson C. Clarke, boat builder and some-time guide down the waters of Carrie Creek. Jud’s best friend Henry knows his way around just about everything, and has a story and a laugh for everyone. Meet Dolores, the belle of Travers Corners; Sarah, who fled from New York City in search of quiet and community; Doc, who loves his profession and fly fishing—and not necessarily in that order—; Ed, the mechanic who’s too patriotic to work on imports; and so many more enormous personalities.
Waldie’s warmth, wit, and shrewd eye for characterization, evokes a deep nostalgia for times past and quirky communities. For fly fishers everywhere, Travers Corners will be a second home.
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The fictional Montana town of Travers Corners, pop. 317, is a hub of fly fishing and the setting of this charming debut collection of eight stories. Waldie builds his tales around character, creating a small community of homespun folk who are quintessentially American and just a bit eccentric. Jud is a middle-aged boatbuilder and fishing guide, a perfectionist and dawdler with a generous heart and an eye for a prank. Junior runs the only general store and knows a lot about fishing but never catches any fish. Dolores is the town's beauty queen whom everyone has been in love with at least once. Uncle Sal, the Brooklyn transplant, is the bartender at the Tin Cup Bar and Cafe; he's been accepted by the townsfolk even though he's never cast a fly rod. Henry is Jud's best friend, also a fishing guide with deep thoughts and an appreciation of simple pleasures. In "Word Gets Around," gossip spawns rumor that ignites truth and finally makes history in a hilarious fish story about the one that got caught. "Three Yahoos" is a nostalgic yarn of teenage innocence, testosterone and the unpredictability of life. "Travels" finds that a burned-out musician and a worn-out rancher have a lot in common: both famous in their own worlds, each is envious of the other. Waldie's stories are noteworthy for their simplicity, affection and freshness.
