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Evan Felker discusses inspiration for his song 'The Bird Hunters,' explaining that part of it comes from this Hemingway short story, along with real life experiences and things he made up.

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Referenced in discussion about a quote where a character says someone should go hunting in Africa, and another responds they have no desire because they haven't read a book about it. The speaker discusses reading Hemingway in high school and his influence on outdoor writing.

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Mentioned as an example of Hemingway knowing about practical outdoor skills like digging worms and fishing. Part of the Nick Adams stories. Speaker notes the location doesn't actually exist or Hemingway fudged the directions.

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Speaker discusses how their father read this book to them as children while camping, noting it was chosen because it was a fishing story rather than for its literary importance as a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Mentioned as an example of a fishing book that's actually about growing old, tenacity, perseverance, and futility. Used to illustrate how fishing books often contain deeper themes beyond just fishing.

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Steve Rinella mentions Ernest Hemingway as 'the writer who wrote perhaps the greatest fishing story of all time, The Old Man to see' (likely 'The Old Man and the Sea' with transcription error). He asks if others have read it while discussing Hemingway's connection to Ketchum, Idaho.