"The writing is often polished rough, like the Upper Peninsula. At times it can sing as sweetly as a warbler. It is at times as gentle as the current of a small creek only to suck you into complacency and dump you like a slippery midstream rock. And, this is something I found particularly inviting: at the end it leaves you wanting to know more." --Sault Evening News

"His writing is suffused with wit, but it can also be moving. A very special book, for anglers, of course, but also for those who appreciate a finely wrought memoir." --Publishers Weekly

"Joseph Heywood is like the fine win he enjoys-he gets better with age. In Covered Waters, Joe hooked me right from the first page. Heywood made me laugh, got me a bit choked up and usually kept a smile on my face and an eager anticipation for the next page with his earthy, pithy delivery." -- Kalamazoo Gazette

"Michigan has no shortage of great fishing writers. Heywood is one of them. But he's also something else: Heywood is a terrific writer. Period. They are terrific reads and rank right up with the work of big names like Grisham and Clancy." -- Enquirer (Battle Creek, MI)