233 pages. Fantastic author of fishing stories. Some that make you laugh out loud! Gierach has a special writing style that brings you into the story, like you're one of the friends on the trip. Love it!
Table of contents (list of short stories):
Another lousy day in paradise
Rock bass
Solitude
Splake
Lost rod
Fly-caster's elbow
Salmon
Grayling
The kindness of strangers
Blue-winged olives
The buck
Carp
Travel
Winter
The voice
Guides
Game dinner
Spring creek
Desperation creek
What else is there?
Table of contents (list of short stories):
Another lousy day in paradise
Rock bass
Solitude
Splake
Lost rod
Fly-caster's elbow
Salmon
Grayling
The kindness of strangers
Blue-winged olives
The buck
Carp
Travel
Winter
The voice
Guides
Game dinner
Spring creek
Desperation creek
What else is there?
From Amazon:
Once again, Gierach shows that he may be the best fishing writer around. The school of fishing scribes is bloated with guys who love to tell you why you should use a #20 Blue Dun nymph rather than a #18 Blue-Winged Olive in a particular situation, but Gierach is not interested in any such nonsense. Although he deeply loves catching trout from streams on a fly rod, he is crazy enough to catch carp on a fly, too, and although purists look down on him for this desecration of the holy fly rod, Gierach is just having fun--an attitude he carries into his writing. These tales cover the gamut of his fishing experiences, from salmon in Alaska and brook trout in Canada to splake (a hybrid of lake and brook trout) in Colorado. Like his previous collections, this one is thoroughly entertaining, engaging, and, in the end, just big fun.
Once again, Gierach shows that he may be the best fishing writer around. The school of fishing scribes is bloated with guys who love to tell you why you should use a #20 Blue Dun nymph rather than a #18 Blue-Winged Olive in a particular situation, but Gierach is not interested in any such nonsense. Although he deeply loves catching trout from streams on a fly rod, he is crazy enough to catch carp on a fly, too, and although purists look down on him for this desecration of the holy fly rod, Gierach is just having fun--an attitude he carries into his writing. These tales cover the gamut of his fishing experiences, from salmon in Alaska and brook trout in Canada to splake (a hybrid of lake and brook trout) in Colorado. Like his previous collections, this one is thoroughly entertaining, engaging, and, in the end, just big fun.
