There's no telling how many anglers have quit their jobs and headed west after reading the first edition of this classic collection of fly-fishing essays. After twenty years in print, our 20th anniversary edition includes a new extended essay from our now seasoned writer & angler, John Gierach. Also included are commentaries from notables in the world of fly fishing. Trout Bum's 20th Anniversary Edition is sure to reach a new readership and become yet another required reading for Trout Bums of the New Century.
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Gierach's previous book and articles (four of which are included here) have been well received by the fishing fraternity. The present effort is a collection of 20 pieces marked by Gierach's inimitable, intelligent style. Not purely philosophical, adventurous, or instructional, the book combines elements of all three with a dash of wit to boot. Gierach belongs in every good collection of contemporary fly fishing literature; he is the common man, uncommonly attuned to the nuances of his vocation, turned articulate author. David J. Panciera, Westerly P.L., R.I.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Rocky Mountain Streamside If you enjoy incisive comment, wry humor, and some inventive insight into trout and trout anglers, then Trout Bum is just the book for you...this is highly intelligent stuff indeed, but it is masterfully tempered by Gierach's polished and congenial style. --Rocky Mountain Streamside
Thomas McGuane
Thomas McGuane
Trout Bum captures the passion, confusion and left-handed poetry of modern fishing, having his heart to the rivers he fishes, John Gierach conveys the power of his experience without pretense.
John Nichols
author of The Milagro Beanfield War, The Magic Journey, and American Blood
Trout Bum is one of those delightful funds, like Norman McLean's A River Runs Through It. John Gierach is simply one of the more wonderful outdoor writers to come down the pike in many a season. I laughed out loud on almost every page, and found much of what he has to say very lyrical and touching. This book is a treasure trove of fishy witticisms, outright belly laughs, and enough technical lore and love of nature to keep the most avid (or even the least avid) outdoors person turning pages relentlessly.
Gierach obviously loves deeply and cares for this world he has chosen to make his stand in. It's a beautiful book, humorous, sly, rich, and touching. Once you read the first page, you'll be hooked...and love every minute of it...I promise!
Rod & Reel
--Thomas McGuane
Thomas McGuane
Trout Bum captures the passion, confusion and left-handed poetry of modern fishing, having his heart to the rivers he fishes, John Gierach conveys the power of his experience without pretense.
John Nichols
author of The Milagro Beanfield War, The Magic Journey, and American Blood
Trout Bum is one of those delightful funds, like Norman McLean's A River Runs Through It. John Gierach is simply one of the more wonderful outdoor writers to come down the pike in many a season. I laughed out loud on almost every page, and found much of what he has to say very lyrical and touching. This book is a treasure trove of fishy witticisms, outright belly laughs, and enough technical lore and love of nature to keep the most avid (or even the least avid) outdoors person turning pages relentlessly.
Gierach obviously loves deeply and cares for this world he has chosen to make his stand in. It's a beautiful book, humorous, sly, rich, and touching. Once you read the first page, you'll be hooked...and love every minute of it...I promise!
Rod & Reel
A brilliant collection of narrative essays about flies, fly rods, float tubes, and just plain fishing. Trout Bum will be a classic of angling literature, not because it adheres to an ancient model, but because it updates a tradition....The way Gierach tells a story is an act of pure generosity....
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John Gierach is the author of several previous books, including At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman, Standing in a River Waving a Stick, and Dances with Trout. His work has appeared in Gray's Sporting Journal, Field & Stream, where he is a contributing writer, and Fly Rod & Reel, where he is a columnist. He also writes columns for the Longmont (CO) Daily Times-Call and the monthly Redstone Review. He lives in Lyons, Colorado.
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Careful with this light-hearted little collection of essays, there is wisdom sprinkled in there and you just might learn something that will improve your fishing. Gierach is well loved and well read by fly fisherman and for good reason. You sense a little of his philosophy background in his belief that simple is generally better, and his writing is without the pretentiousness that one often finds in fly fishing literature. This is THE book for the guy who fishes in jeans and a t-shirt. All you high-brows with the top shelf gear, 15 retractables on your vest, and perpetually upturned noses will still enjoy it, but I like to think of it as a diamond FOR the rough.
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A Timeless Classic for Fly Anglers,
By Chuck Finley "Give Me Some Sugar, Baby!" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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John Gierach is to fly fishing what Will Rogers was to social commentary. It's the common human experience of anticipation, joy, anger, humor, camaraderie, disappointment and resilience we can easily relate to in John's elegant stories. If you are a fly fisher then the tales are just that much better. You will read the twenty chapters of this book and immediately want to go back and enjoy your favorites again. Yes, it's that good.
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Gierach is the best,
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Every fly fisherman has his favorite writers. It's a necessity, because it's so much easier to find time to read than it is to find time to fish. Gierach is wonderful. I've read most of his books. I like Bill Tapply too.
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- Trout Flies: The Tier's Reference by Dave Hughes on page 20, page 223, and Back Matter
- Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders : A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury by John Gierach in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Another Lousy Day in Paradise by John Gierach in Front Matter, page 77, and Back Matter
- Casting for Big Ideas: A New Manifesto for Agency Managers (An Adweek Book) by Andrew Jaffe on page 155, and page 234
- Splitting Cane: Conversations with Bamboo Rodmakers by Ed Engle on page 108, and page 113
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