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Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home waters to the Yellowstone River; from Utah's famous Green River to unknown creeks throughout Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Along the way, we're introduced to a lively group of fishing buddies and even an ex-girlfriend. Softcover, 5x8 inches, 233 pgs. From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing. John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing can be a casual affair) to Utah's famous Green River, and to unknown creeks throughout the Western states and Canada. We're introduced to a lively group of fishing buddies, some local "experts" and even an ex-girlfriend, along the way. Contemplative, evocative, and wry, he shares insights on mayflies and men, fishing and sport, life and love, and the meaning (or meaninglessness) of it all.
REVIEWS:
Shrewd, perceptive and wryly funny. Mr. Gierach, the man who coined the term 'trout bum,' is arguably the best fishing writer working. -- Bill Heavey, The Wall Street Journal
"Gierach's inviting, down-to-earth, and humorous work shares a deep love of fly-fishing and the ways it can be a metaphor for life." -- Publishers Weekly
"Those looking for how-to tips will find plenty here on rods, flies, guides, streams, and pretty much everything else that informs the fishing life. It is the everything else that has earned Gierach the following of fellow writers and legions of readers who may not even fish but are drawn to his musings on community, culture, the natural world, and the seasons of life." -- Kirkus Reviews
"John Gierach is an original, which is why each new book is welcomed by so many anglers as joyously required reading. Pardon the interdisciplinary reach, but Gierach's stories are rather like McCartney's music--on the one hand vitally fresh, yet on the other hand instantly familiar. Don't worry about how he does that--just keep reading." -- Paul Schullery, author of The Fishing Life and A Fish Come True
"John Gierach gives us fishing as the alert life; people, places and rivers seen by a first-rate noticer whose amiable disposition never alarms the prey." -- Tom McGuane
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Gierach is the author of more than twenty books about fly-fishing. His writing has appeared in Field & Stream, Gray's Sporting Journal, and Fly Rod & Reel. He writes a column for Trout magazine and the monthly Redstone Review. He lives in Lyons, Colorado.
REVIEWS:
Shrewd, perceptive and wryly funny. Mr. Gierach, the man who coined the term 'trout bum,' is arguably the best fishing writer working. -- Bill Heavey, The Wall Street Journal
"Gierach's inviting, down-to-earth, and humorous work shares a deep love of fly-fishing and the ways it can be a metaphor for life." -- Publishers Weekly
"Those looking for how-to tips will find plenty here on rods, flies, guides, streams, and pretty much everything else that informs the fishing life. It is the everything else that has earned Gierach the following of fellow writers and legions of readers who may not even fish but are drawn to his musings on community, culture, the natural world, and the seasons of life." -- Kirkus Reviews
"John Gierach is an original, which is why each new book is welcomed by so many anglers as joyously required reading. Pardon the interdisciplinary reach, but Gierach's stories are rather like McCartney's music--on the one hand vitally fresh, yet on the other hand instantly familiar. Don't worry about how he does that--just keep reading." -- Paul Schullery, author of The Fishing Life and A Fish Come True
"John Gierach gives us fishing as the alert life; people, places and rivers seen by a first-rate noticer whose amiable disposition never alarms the prey." -- Tom McGuane
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Gierach is the author of more than twenty books about fly-fishing. His writing has appeared in Field & Stream, Gray's Sporting Journal, and Fly Rod & Reel. He writes a column for Trout magazine and the monthly Redstone Review. He lives in Lyons, Colorado.
