Customer Reviews

Fly Fishing Small Streams

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All I do is fish small streams and this book rules.Anyone who doesn't think so isn't really a small stream person, but someone posing as a fly fisherman while it's a fad.I've been fishing small streams since I could walk and he has hit the heart of the subject perfectly.The book is perfectly balanced with humor,good stories and tons of practical and accurate advice-this is by far his best book-and the best book on the subject-PERIOD!BUY IT!!!!

Gierach gives a nut & bolts guide to flyfishing small water. While he doesn't spend much time spinning fishing tales, he does offer an extensive discussion of how he fly fishes - offering insight into the skills that he's built up on all those adventures he's told of in some of his more recent books

Gierach is very good at describing the mindset of fishing, and this book is a very good example. There is technical information and practical advice, to be sure, but the most valuable parts of the book are the descriptions of how to think, act, and feel about approach fish on a small stream. And of course, Gierach is a very entertaining writer.

This is the first of John's books that I have read. He has an easy going way of expressing himself. As I read this book it is almost like being there. One of the most enjoyable books I'v ever read. Looking foward to reading his others.

Not as light hearted, but, a very informative read

Dave Hughes did it better in my opinion, though it's the only one that Hughes won out. Makes for decent bathroom reading when you get sick of thumbing through the Fly Fishing catalogs.

While I have been enamored with most of his other narratives , this book read as if it was thrown together and was not as light-hearted or enjoyable. Prefer Sex, Death, and Flyfishing above all