Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library) by John Gierach Pb
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Book
- Publication Name
- See Title
- Publish Year
- 1988
- ISBN
- 9780671644130
- Book Title
- Trout Bum
- Book Series
- John Gierach's Fly-Fishing Library
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 1988
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Humor
- Topic
- Outdoor Skills, Fishing, Form / Essays
- Item Weight
- 7.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0671644130
ISBN-13
9780671644130
eBay Product ID (ePID)
533470
Product Key Features
Book Title
Trout Bum
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1988
Topic
Outdoor Skills, Fishing, Form / Essays
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Humor
Book Series
John Gierach's Fly-Fishing Library
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
87-020617
Reviews
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!, John Nicholsauthor of The Milagro Beanfield War, The Magic Journey, and American BloodTrout 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!, Rocky Mountain StreamsideIf you enjoy incisive comment, wry humor, and some inventive insight into trout and trout anglers, thenTrout Bumis just the book for you...this is highly intelligent stuff indeed, but it is masterfully tempered by Gierach's polished and congenial style., 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., Thomas McGuaneTrout Bumcaptures 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., Rod & ReelA brilliant collection of narrative essays about flies, fly rods, float tubes, and just plain fishing.Trout Bumwill 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...., 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...., 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., John Nicholsauthor ofThe Milagro Beanfield War, The Magic Journey,andAmerican BloodTrout Bumis one of those delightful funds, like Norman McLean'sA 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...Ipromise!
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
799.17/57
Table Of Content
Contents 1 Trout 2 Lightening the Load 3 Zen and the Art of Nymph-Fishing 4 The Bass Pond 5 Fishing Commandos 6 Camp Coffee 7 No-See-Ums 8 The Fly Collection 9 Kazan River Grayling 10 Cane Rods 11 The Fisher of Small Streams 12 Sawhill Portrait 13 Headwaters 14 Turning Pro 15 The Fly Rod 16 The Adams Hatch 17 Night-fishing 18 Cutthroat Pilgrimage 19 The Fly Box 20 On the Road
Synopsis
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 exceptionalwriter.The essays inTrout Bumare 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 likeThe River Why,andA River Runs Through It., 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.
LC Classification Number
SH687.G54 1988
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Don’t all fly fisherman want to be trout bums?
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