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The Curtis Creek Manifesto

By: Anderson, Sheridan

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Portland, OR, Frank Amato Publications: 1978

Seller ID: U01484

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) 2nd Printing. Minor edgewear but no tears or creases. *** (Synopsis) The Curtis Creek Manifesto is laced with outstanding humor provided in its hundreds of illustrations. All the practical information you need to know is presented in an extremely delightful way such as rod, reel, fly line and fly selection, casting, reading water, insect knowledge to determine which fly pattern to use, striking and playing fish, leaders and knot tying, fly tying, rod repairs, and many helpful tips. A great easy-to-understand book
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The Art of Fishing with Worms

By: Blaisdell, Harold

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1977

Seller ID: U00025

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(Description) Book has minor soiling, appears to be missing the FFEP and has the previous owners name written on the page following.
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Till Fish Us Do Part: The confessions of a fisherman's wife

By: Cook, Beartrice

Price: $9.95

Publisher: William Morrow & Co.: 1949

Seller ID: U01253

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) 6th printing. Light fading to spine and faint mark on front corner. Previous owner address label pasted in.
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Truth is Stranger Than Fishin'

By: Cook, Beartrice

Price: $7.95

Publisher: William Morrow & Co.: 1955

Seller ID: U01254

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Slight soiling to spine and previous owner address label pasted inside cover, else clean and tight.
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More Fish to Fry

By: Cook, Beatrice

Price: $14.95

Publisher: William Morrow: 1951

Seller ID: U00050

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(Description) Stain and fading to covers and spine. No jacket.
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Till Fish Us Do Part

By: Cook, Beatrice

Price: $4.95

Publisher: New York, NY, William Morrow & Co: 1987

Seller ID: U01623

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Ex-Library

(Description) Ex-Library with usual markings and wear. A reading copy
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The Dread Fishwish and Other Tales

By: Denny, George

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Freshet Press: 1975

Seller ID: U01500

ISBN: 0883950243

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) Clean and tight with unclipped jacket.
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The Dread Fishwish and Other Tales

By: Denny, George

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Freshet Press: 1975

Seller ID: U01631

ISBN: 0883950243

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) Light shelfwear to book and unclipped jacket but notable 1 inch gouge to both at back of spine.
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Sex, Death and Fly-Fishing

By: Gierach, John

Price: $11.95

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1990

Seller ID: U00138

ISBN: 067168437X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Possible remainder mark on bottom page edges, else clean with little edgewear.
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Sex, Death and Fly-Fishing

By: Gierach, John

Price: $11.95

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1990

Seller ID: U00139

ISBN: 067168437X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Light edgewear, small crease at spine, else clean and tight.
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Where the Trout Are All As Long As Your Leg

By: Gierach, John

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Fireside Books: 1993

Seller ID: U00143

ISBN: 0671754556

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Remaindered and mild Edgewear
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Where the Trout Are All As Long As Your Leg

By: Gierach, John

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Fireside Books: 1993

Seller ID: U00144

ISBN: 0671754556

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Remaindered. Edgewear and sticker residue on front cover.
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The View From Rat Lake

By: Gierach, John

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Pruett Publishing: 1988

Seller ID: U00146

ISBN: 087108743X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Book in like-new condition. DJ has some sort of stain on the front and a small chunk of scraped paper on the back. In Mylar cover.
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Sex, Death and Fly-Fishing

By: Gierach, John

Price: $11.95

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1990

Seller ID: U00150

ISBN: 067168437X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Like new paperback with remainder mark on bottom page edges.
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Trout Bum

By: Gierach, John

Price: $54.95

Publisher: Boulder, CO, Pruett Publishing Co: 1986

Seller ID: AB00176

ISBN: 0871087154

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) 7th Printing. Very slight bumps to spine ends and corners, else clean and tight! *** (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 exceptional writer. The essays in Trout Bum are reflective and bitingly humorous.
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Another Lousy Day in Paradise

By: Gierach, John

Price: $44.95

Publisher: Riverside, NJ, Simon & Schuster: 1996

Seller ID: AB00177

ISBN: 0684824248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

(Synopsis) Good fishing and good writing use the same skills. Whether you're after a trout or a story, you won't get far with brute force. You're better off to watch, wait and remain calm, just putting yourself in the place where the thing lives and letting it all happen, rather than trying to make it happen... Basically the world is a big, dumb trout, and you're a fisherman with all the time in the world. Whether it's fishing for trout in Labrador, for salmon in Scotland, or at the Big Lip Invitational in Montana - fly fishing's only carp tournament - it's just Another Lousy Day In Paradise ...
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Where the Trout Are All As Long As Your Leg

By: Gierach, John

Price: $31.95

Publisher: New York, NY, The Lyons Press: 1991

Seller ID: AB00229

ISBN: 1558210989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

7th Printing. ***(Synopsis) The secret places are the soul of fishing. It may be a private spring creek with armed guards where there are huge browns and lots of them, or it may just be an unknown beaver pond where a handful of brook trout have grown to a whopping eleven inches. In either case, it's a spot that, by the simple virtue of being left more or less alone, has reached its full potential.So begins this brilliant short book, in which half a dozen such places are featured. There is a pool made memorable because it is part of a risky childhood adventure; hidden local streams; sections...
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The View from Rat Lake

By: Gierach, John

Price: $13.95

Publisher: Old Tappan, NJ, Fireside: 1989

Seller ID: AB00230

ISBN: 0671675818

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Standing in a River Waving a Stick

By: Gierach, John

Price: $118.95

Publisher: Riverside, NJ, Simon & Schuster: 1999

Seller ID: AB00255

ISBN: 0684824256

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

(Description) One of 950 copies of the slipcased limited edition, Signed by John Gierach and Nick Lyons, the Publisher. *** (Synopsis) This is John Gierach's perspective on fishing and life, and isn't entirely tongue-in-cheek. But Gierach knows that there is more to fishing than actually catching fish, or as he puts it, The real lessons of fishing are the ones that come after you've caught some fish. They have to do with things like solitude, quietude, patience, perspective, humor and the sublime coffee break In this new book, Gierach visits his favorite trout-filled waters, from the Colorado...
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Trout Bum

By: Gierach, John

Price: $94.95

Publisher: Boulder, CO, Pruett Publishing Co: 1986

Seller ID: U02209

ISBN: 0871087154

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) 2nd Printing. Jacket lightly edgeworn with small tears at spine ends. *** (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 exceptional writer. The essays in Trout Bum are reflective and bitingly humorous.
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Category: Humor