{"product_id":"view-from-rat-lake-book-john-gierach-9780871087430","title":"View from Rat Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003eBrilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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, ' 'the place the guides fish on their days off, ' writes John Gierach in this wonderful collection of thirteen essays inspired by a fishing trip to Rat Lake, a remote body of water in Montana. Once again John Gierach does what he does best--explain the peculiarities of the fishing life in a way that will amuse novices and seasoned fly fishers alike. \u003ci\u003eThe View from Rat Lake\u003c\/i\u003e deftly examines man in nature and nature in man, the pleasures of fishing the high country, and the high and low comedy that occasionally overcomes even the best-planned fishing trip. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome typically sage observations from \u003ci\u003eThe View from Rat Lake\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the things we truly fish for  is] an occasion for self-congratulation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn every catch-and-release fisherman's past there is an old black frying pan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe . . . believe that a 12-inch trout caught on a dry fly is four inches longer than a 12-inch trout caught on a nymph or streamer.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50170735165713,"sku":"CIN087108743XG","price":6.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51482114621713,"sku":"CIN087108743XVG","price":6.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51737937445137,"sku":"GOR014385532","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/087108743X.jpg?v=1750947882","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/view-from-rat-lake-book-john-gierach-9780871087430","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}