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Trout Bum

by John Gierach

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Publisher Comments:

While most of us fly-fish to escape from daily life, for John Gierach and his friends fly-fishing IS a way of life. They are trout bums. But John Gierach is also an exceptional writer. The essays in Trout Bum are reflective, bitingly humorous and enormously wise in the ways of fishing and men. In vivid, unforgettable detail they recount the emotional, spiritual and tangible adventures and pleasures of stalking trout in and around the Rockies — day in, day out, from season to season, with friends and alone. John Gierach's essays join the literary tradition of angling classics like The River Why, and A River Runs Through It.

Synopsis:

While most of us fly-fish to escape from daily life, for John Gierach and his friends fly-fishing IS a way of life. They are trout bums. But John Gierach is also an exceptional writer. The essays in Trout Bum are reflective, bitingly humorous and enormously wise in the ways of fishing and men. In vivid, unforgettable detail they recount the emotional, spiritual and tangible adventures and pleasures of stalking trout in and around the Rockies — day in, day out, from season to season, with friends and alone. John Gierach's essays join the literary tradition of angling classics like The River Why, and A River Runs Through It.

About the Author

John Gierach was born in the Midwest and grew up in Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio. He graduated from Findlay College with a degree in philosophy, then moved to the West, where he discovered fly-fishing. That discovery led him to settle down on the St. Vrain River near the small town of Lyons, Colorado. John works as a free-lance writer, photographer, and newspaper columnist and has had articles published in most major fishing and outdoor magazines. He is also the author of the highly acclaimed book Flyfishing the High Country.

Table of Contents

Contents

1 Trout

2 Lightening the Load

3 Zen and the Art of Nymph-Fishing

4 The Bass Pond

5 Fishing Commandos

6 Camp Coffee

7 No-See-Ums

8 The Fly Collection

9 Kazan River Grayling

10 Cane Rods

11 The Fisher of Small Streams

12 Sawhill Portrait

13 Headwaters

14 Turning Pro

15 The Fly Rod

16 The Adams Hatch

17 Night-fishing

18 Cutthroat Pilgrimage

19 The Fly Box

20 On the Road

Product Details

ISBN:
9780671644130
Foreword:
LaFontaine, Gary
Author:
LaFontaine, Gary
Foreword by:
LaFontaine, Gary
Foreword:
LaFontaine, Gary
Author:
Gierach, John
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fishing
Subject:
Recreation
Subject:
Trout fishing
Subject:
Fishing - General
Subject:
Outdoors-Fishing
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Fireside ed.
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
v. 1696
Publication Date:
January 1988
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
1 clr plate; 20 b/w drngs
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
8.44 x 5.5 in 6.825 oz

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"Synopsis" by , While most of us fly-fish to escape from daily life, for John Gierach and his friends fly-fishing IS a way of life. They are trout bums. But John Gierach is also an exceptional writer. The essays in Trout Bum are reflective, bitingly humorous and enormously wise in the ways of fishing and men. In vivid, unforgettable detail they recount the emotional, spiritual and tangible adventures and pleasures of stalking trout in and around the Rockies — day in, day out, from season to season, with friends and alone. John Gierach's essays join the literary tradition of angling classics like The River Why, and A River Runs Through It.
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