Dave Karczynski

Dave Karczynski is the author of three books: From Lure to Fly: Fly Fishing for Spinning and Baitcast Anglers (Lyons, 2017), Smallmouth: Modern Fly-Fishing Methods, Tactics, and Techniques (Stackpole, 2017) and Calling After Water: Dispatches from a Fishing Life (Lyons, 2024). Dave is the recipient of the Robert Traver Award in fly fishing writing as well as a Zell Fellowship in creative writing. He lives with his wife and daughter on a farm in southern Michigan and teaches writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Follow him on Instagram.