“I keep forgetting to write to tell you how much I enjoyed your piece on Poland. You are one of the few fishing writers I read these days (I do skim most of them but always read yours). Really nice work in the vein of John McPhee.”-- Tom Rosenbauer, Marketing Director, The Orvis Company

“You are a freaking writing god!”-- Paris Fleezanis, Editor, This Is Fly

“Dave, your Poland story was superb. The only thing that would have made it better is if it had run in The Drake.”-- Tom Bie, Editor, The Drake

“I went through the story again and I have to say it’s really [expletive deleted] good.... You're a gem for me because, as I’ve said, you are one of my best writers. But your writing probably doesn’t end with Fly Rod & Reel or any of the fly trade-specific mags. You are a Garden & Gun, Outside type of guy.”-- Greg Thomas, Editor, Fly Rod & Reel

“I'm contacting you because I'm a fan of your work. I was wondering if you might be interested in writing for Outdoor Life?”-- Gerry Bethe, Deputy Editor, Outdoor Life