Dances with Trout by John Gierach

Dances with Trout by John Gierach

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Dances with Trout by John Gierach

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.

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. As he writes in 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.
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ISBN 13 9780671779207
ISBN 10 0671779206
Title Dances with Trout
Author John Gierach
Series John Gierach's Fly-Fishing Library
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 1995-04-19
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.