Written by the author of Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your Leg, Sex, Death and Flyfishing and Trout Bum, this book covers where John Gierach roams, from Alaska to Texas to Scotland, in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. The author's observations included experiences such as getting lost, anticipating a storm, fishing at night and taking part in a fishing contest - a contest whose rules specified normal fishing conditions, which to him means fishing with a mild hangover. Gierach shows the reader his tested hunting techniques, such as his method of waiting quietly in the woods, reading a good book and looking up occasionally to see if any deer happen to have wandered into view.