Librarian by trade but angler at heart, Shelley Walchak gravitated towards fly-fishing later in life and was inspired in 2012 to leave her post as Colorado State Library to take up the challenge of fishing a river a week for a year. Seven Rocky Mountain states and 52 rivers later, Shelley released 52 Rivers in 2014 documenting her adventures and the life-lessons along the way. Now, over a decade later, Shelley is still traveling and angling, and is ready to share an epilogue presentation to 52 Rivers, which at its core is about chasing dreams, embracing the unknown, and finding inner joy along the way. Shelley Walchak retired from 40 years of librarian service, including past director of the Pine River Library District (Bayfield, CO) and senior consultant with the Colorado State Library (Denver, CO) . She currently serves as board Secretary to the Maria’s Literary Foundation , and is board President of the Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable History Live! event series and still travels and fishes every chance she gets.