{"product_id":"if-it-were-easy-theyd-tom-friedemann-9781480894211","title":"If It Were Easy, They'd Call It Catchin': How Journaling Can Improve Your Fishing and Yourself","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Tom Friedemann's thirty-one-year marriage to his high-school sweetheart ended, he was crushed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But then a fly-fishing buddy gave him a handwritten piece of advice that read, \"Just go fishing and everything will be all right.\" He followed that advice and found it to be the perfect salve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this collection of stories, he celebrates his love affair with fishing and journaling-a journey that began in 1963 in Oklahoma after he caught a 13\/4 pound largemouth bass on a red-and-white Martin Fly Plug using a Mitchell 304 spinning reel with a solid glass rod. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That was the beginning of a journey that led to a life of contentment-one that carried him into his seventies and served as an antidote for the challenges he faced in earning a college degree, establishing a career, raising a family, and eventually retiring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Join the author as he shares how journaling has magnified the satisfaction that comes when one of God's creatures gives you the ultimate compliment of taking your artificial fly or lure because he thought it was prey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Friedemann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480894214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480894211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Tom Friedemann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943524270335,"sku":"9781480894211","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_52d6861b-3137-4703-8740-4bbe0709f90d.jpg?v=1681498588","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-it-were-easy-theyd-tom-friedemann-9781480894211","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}