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   Join us at Pine River Public Library on Wednesday, July 2nd at noon to celebration Minnesota’s greatest pastime with the author of “Let’s Go Fishing!”, Eric Dregni. In the land of 10,000 lakes and beyond, the fish fry is a near-holy Friday ritual, the running of smelt heralds spring, and a village of ice-fishing huts springs up on every frozen lake. Eric Dregni is the author of 20 books including You’re Sending Me Where?: Dispatches from Summer Camp, Vikings in the Attic, Weird Minnesota, and Never Trust a Thin Cook.  He’s entertained countless readers with enlightening tales of Midwest marvels, and in Let’s Go Fishing!, he shows his considerable skills as a raconteur and cultural historian of the fun and the facts of fishing in the Great Lakes region.

   Fishing contests and taxidermy, lures and earthworms, fishing scenes on beer cans, and the peculiar genre of fishing photographs: no detail is too small, reflection too deep, or bridge too far!  Come to this free event at the Pine River Library, Wednesday, July 2nd at noon, to enjoy and contribute to the conversation.  Book signing after talk, no registration necessary.

   This activity is made possible by the voters of MN through a 2025 Creative Individuals grant to Eric Dregni from the MN State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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