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Product Details
Simon & Schuster, May 2010
eBook, 208 pages
ISBN-10: 1439127921
ISBN-13: 9781439127926
Description
With the wry humor and wit that have become his trademark, John Gierach writes about his travels in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. In this new collection of essays on fishing -- and hunting -- Gierach discusses fishing for trout in Alaska, for salmon in Scotland and for almost anything in Texas. He offers his perceptive observations on the subject of ice-fishing, getting lost, fishing at night, tournaments and the fine art of tying flies. Gierach also shares his hunting technique, which involves reading a good book and looking up occasionally to see if any deer have wandered by.
Always entertaining, often irreverent and illuminating, Gierach invites readers into his enviable way of life, and effortlessly sweeps them along.
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Table of ContentsTom McGuane I find myself reaching for gierach when I can't get to the river.
Sports Illustrated If Mark Twain were alive and a modern-day fly-fisherman, he still would be hard put to top John Gierach in the one-liner department.
from Dances with Trout Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish is actually the point.
Kirkus Reviews These well-crafted gems sparkle.
John Gierach's Books
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No Shortage of Good DaysAmerica's favorite fly-fishing writer returns with new observations on fishing, life, and more fishing. His first new book in three years.Read More
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Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your LegFly-fishing's finest scribe, John Gierach, takes us from a nameless stream on a nameless ranch in Montana to a secret pool off a secret creek where he...Read More
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Another Lousy Day in Paradise and Dances with Trout2 of John Gierach's popular fishing titles, Another Lousy Day in Paradise and Dances With Trout, published together for the first time in one volume.Read More -
Another Lousy Day In ParadiseJohn Gierach invites fly fishermen and great writing aficionados to partake in this collection of witty, perceptive observations on fishing and life.Read More
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Sex, Death, and Fly-FishingFrom the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest...Read More
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Even Brook Trout Get The BluesFishing guru John Gierach provides entertainment for fly-fishers and literature lovers alike in this collection of fishing stories and observations.Read More
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At the Grave of the Unknown FishermanAmerica's favorite fly-fishing writer John Gierach once again delights us with his sage and witty observations on everything fishing.Read More
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Standing in a River Waving a Stick"The solution to any problem -- work, love, money, whatever -- is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." In...Read More
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Fool's ParadiseJohn Gierach offers thought-provoking insight into the love of nature, the quest to discover new waters and the unlikely appeal of winter fly-fishing.Read More
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Still Life with Brook TroutJohn Gierach returns with his trademark streamside philosophy in this witty account of the fishing life and what makes fishing unique and addictive.Read More
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Death, Taxes, and Leaky WadersJohn Gierach’s essays are seasoned by a keen sense of observation, a deep knowledge and love of fishing lore, and a wonderfully wry sense of...Read More
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View From Rat Lake"In the world of fishing there are magic phrases that are guaranteed to summon the demon. Among them are: 'remote trout lake,' 'fish up to 13 pounds,'...Read More
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