Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural
world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing
writers.While most of us fly-fish to escape from daily life, for John
Gierach and his friends fly-fishing IS a way of life. They are trout
bums. But John Gierach is also an exceptional writer. The essays in
Trout Bum are reflective, bitingly humorous and enormously wise in the
ways of fishing and men. In vivid, unforgettable detail they recount the
emotional, spiritual and tangible adventures and pleasures of stalking
trout in and around the Rockies--day in, day out, from season to season,
with friends and alone. John Gierach's essays join the literary
tradition of angling classics like The River Why, and A River Runs
Through It.