Dude, Check This Out: Fishing Music

When you can't fish, listen to music about fishing. Or when you can fish, play this on the way.

This collection, produced by Ben Winship and David Thompson, and released in 2003 by Snake River Records in Victor, Idaho, is "a spirited mix of songs and tunes inspired by fish, fishing, and rivers, performed by some of the country's finest acoustic musicians." There's something here for everyone, and when it's good, it's very, very good.

Here are my favorites.

"Upstream" David Thompson

Matt Flinner -- Mandolin

David Grier -- Guitar

Rob Ickes -- Dobro

Jason Thomas -- Fiddle

David Thompson -- Bass

"Ocean of Dreams" David Thompson and Ben Winship

Tim O'Brien -- Vocal

Reina G. Collins -- Harmony Vocal

Ben Winship -- Mandolin, Bouzouki, Percussion

Leo McCann -- Button Box

Mark Dunlop -- Low Whistle, Tin Whistle

David Thompson -- Bass

"Fly Fishing (Peche a la Mouche)" Django Reinhardt

Mike Dowling -- Guitars

Billy Novick -- Clarinet

Ben Winship -- Mandolin

David Thompson -- Bass

"Madison Brown" B. Winship, D. Thompson, and J. Lowell

John Lowell -- Vocal, Guitar

Ben Winship -- Harmony Vocal, Mandolin

David Thompson -- Harmony Vocal, Bass

"The Wicker Creel" Traditional

Leo McCann --Button Box, Tin Whistle

Mark Dunlop -- Bodhran, Low Whistle

Karine Polwart -- Guitar

Ben Winship -- Mandola

"Banks of the Moorlough Shore" Traditional

Karine Polwart -- Vocal

Rob Ickes -- Dobro

Ben Winship -- Bouzouki

Leo McCann -- Low Whistle

Mark Dunlop -- Bodhran