(Description) Pen mark on front of unclipped jacket, else like new! ***(Synopsis) John Gierach is known for his witty, trenchant observations about fly-fishing. In A Fly Rod of Your Own, Gierach once again takes us into his world and scrutinizes the art of fly-fishing. He travels to remote fishing locations where the airport is not much bigger than a garage and a flight might be held up because a passenger is running late. He sings the praises of the skilled pilots who fly to remote fishing lodges in tricky locations and bad weather. He explains why even the most veteran fisherman seems to muf... View More...
(Description) New mass market paperback. ***(Synopsis) A Fly Rod of Your Own transports readers to streams and rivers from Maine to Montana, and as always, Gierach?s fishing trips become the inspiration for his pointed observations on everything from the psychology of fishing (Fishing is still an oddly passive-aggressive business that depends on the prey being the aggressor); why even the most veteran fisherman will muff his cast whenever he?s being filmed or photographed; the inevitable accumulation of more gear than one could ever need (Nature abhors an empty pocket. So does the tackle indus... View More...
***(Synopsis) John Gierach is known for his witty, trenchant observations about fly-fishing. In A Fly Rod of Your Own, Gierach once again takes us into his world and scrutinizes the art of fly-fishing. He travels to remote fishing locations where the airport is not much bigger than a garage and a flight might be held up because a passenger is running late. He sings the praises of the skilled pilots who fly to remote fishing lodges in tricky locations and bad weather. He explains why even the most veteran fisherman seems to muff his cast whenever he's being filmed or photographed. He describes ... View More...
(Description) Brand new Gierach book. ***(Synopsis) In All Fishermen Are Liars, the ever-popular Gierach shares insights, musings, and countless stories from the profound to the funny to the downright absurd that he's collected over a lifetime of fishing. Traveling around North America, Gierach seeks out great fishing experiences with one goal in mind: to have a good time and maybe catch some fish. He talks about fashion in flies and fly-tying, about the mysteries of why certain flies work, and about the etiquette of fishing a popular spot. He reflects on how it feels to approach a new stream,... View More...
(Description) Significant bump to bottom corners of book and jacket, else brand new. ***(Synopsis) In All Fishermen Are Liars, the ever-popular Gierach shares insights, musings, and countless stories from the profound to the funny to the downright absurd that hes collected over a lifetime of fishing. Traveling around North America, Gierach seeks out great fishing experiences with one goal in mind: to have a good time and maybe catch some fish. He talks about fashion in flies and fly-tying, about the mysteries of why certain flies work, and about the etiquette of fishing a popular spot. He refl... View More...
(Description) New mass market paperback. ***(Synopsis) In All Fishermen Are Liars, Gierach travels around North America seeking out quintessential fishing experiences, whether it?s at a busy stream or a secluded lake hidden amid snow-capped mountains. He talks about the art of fly-tying and the quest for the perfect steelhead fly (The Nuclear Option), about fishing in the Presidential Pools previously fished by the elder George Bush (I wondered briefly if I?d done something karmically disastrous and was now fated to spend the rest of my life breathing the exhaust of this elderly Republican), a... View More...
(Description) 1 inch tear at top of DJ spine, else new and unread. ***(Synopsis) In All Fishermen Are Liars, the ever-popular Gierach shares insights, musings, and countless stories from the profound to the funny to the downright absurd that hes collected over a lifetime of fishing. Traveling around North America, Gierach seeks out great fishing experiences with one goal in mind: to have a good time and maybe catch some fish. He talks about fashion in flies and fly-tying, about the mysteries of why certain flies work, and about the etiquette of fishing a popular spot. He reflects on how it fee... View More...
***(Publisher's Synopsis) Once again, John Gierach tells the world why the pastime of fly-fishing makes so much sense—except when it doesn't. In sparkling prose, with more than a touch of humor, he recalls the joys of landing that trout he's been watching for the last hour—and then losing an even fatter one a little later. Joy and frustration mix in Gierach's latest appreciation of the fly-fishing life as he takes us from his home waters on the Front Range of the Rockies in Colorado to fishing meccas all over North America. From fishing lodges in Alaska to memories of the local creek in the Mi... View More...
(Description) Lightest edgewear, else a very nice copy of this book and unclipped Jacket. ***(Synopsis) The author of Dances with Trout offers a whimsical collection of meditations on the fishing life, sharing thoughts and anecdotes on topics ranging from the perils of getting a fishing rod past airport security to the joys of Labrador fishing. View More...
(Description) Very light wear to book and unclipped jacket edges. *** (Synopsis) Meditations on the fishing life, sharing thoughts and anecdotes on topics ranging from the perils of getting a fishing rod past airport security to the joys of Labrador fishing. View More...
(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 ... View More...
(Description) Very light wear to book and unclipped jacket edges Now in Mylar. *** (Synopsis) Meditations on the fishing life, sharing thoughts and anecdotes on topics ranging from the perils of getting a fishing rod past airport security to the joys of Labrador fishing. View More...
(Description) No blemishes to either book ot jacket, now in Mylar. ***(Synopsis) Proving that fishing is not just a part-time pursuit, At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman takes us through a year with America's favorite fishing scribe, John Gierach, who dedicates himself to his passion despite his belief that 'In the long run, fishing usually amounts to a lifetime of pratfalls punctuated by rare moments of perfection.' Beginning with an early spring expedition to barely thawed Wyoming waters and ending with a New Year's Eve trip to the Frying Pan River in Colorado, Gierach's travels find him... View More...
(Synopsis) At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman marks a significant event for John Gierach and his legion of fans. It is his first book of linked essays on a single theme, his first unified book on his favorite topic; the vagaries of the fishing life. Gierach takes readers with him through the year, from his early spring forays out of his house after resisting the temptation to go ice-fishing, to the end of the season in his beloved Rocky Mountains, when the snows begin to pile up and getting to the river is all but impossible. In between he travels to Wyoming and Nebraska, among other places... View More...
(Description) No blemishes to either book ot jacket, now in Mylar. ***(Synopsis) Proving that fishing is not just a part-time pursuit, At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman takes us through a year with America's favorite fishing scribe, John Gierach, who dedicates himself to his passion despite his belief that 'In the long run, fishing usually amounts to a lifetime of pratfalls punctuated by rare moments of perfection.' Beginning with an early spring expedition to barely thawed Wyoming waters and ending with a New Year's Eve trip to the Frying Pan River in Colorado, Gierach's travels find him... View More...
(Description) New mass market paperback. ***(Synopsis) Proving that fishing is not just a part-time pursuit, At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman takes us through a year with America?s favorite fishing scribe, John Gierach, who dedicates himself to his passion despite his belief that 'In the long run, fishing usually amounts to a lifetime of pratfalls punctuated by rare moments of perfection.' Beginning with an early spring expedition to barely thawed Wyoming waters and ending with a New Year?s Eve trip to the Frying Pan River in Colorado, Gierach?s travels find him fishing for trout, carp,... View More...
(Synopsis) At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman marks a significant event for John Gierach and his legion of fans. It is his first book of linked essays on a single theme, his first unified book on his favorite topic; the vagaries of the fishing life. Gierach takes readers with him through the year, from his early spring forays out of his house after resisting the temptation to go ice-fishing, to the end of the season in his beloved Rocky Mountains, when the snows begin to pile up and getting to the river is all but impossible. In between he travels to Wyoming and Nebraska, among other places... View More...
(Description) 4th Printing, As new, unread copy! ***(Synopsis) At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman marks a significant event for John Gierach and his legion of fans. It is his first book of linked essays on a single theme, his first unified book on his favorite topic; the vagaries of the fishing life. Gierach takes readers with him through the year, from his early spring forays out of his house after resisting the temptation to go ice-fishing, to the end of the season in his beloved Rocky Mountains, when the snows begin to pile up and getting to the river is all but impossible. In between he... View More...
(Description) Book like new, in unclipped jacket! ***(Synopsis) This wide-ranging and consistently entertaining collection by the world's most talked-about fishing writer will delight readers of Trout Burn and win him many new admirers. In Dances with Trout, Gierach roams from Alaska to Texas to Scotland in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. He has perceptive observations to make about such quintessential experiences as getting lost, anticipating a storm, fishing at night, and taking part in a fishing contest - a contest whose rules specified normal fishing conditions, which ... View More...
(Description) Light coffee stain on page edges, else only mild edgewear. ***(Synopsis) With the wry humor and wit that have become his trademark, John Gierach writes about his travels in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. In this new collection of essays on fishing and huntingGierach discusses fishing for trout in Alaska, for salmon in Scotland and for almost anything in Texas. He offers his perceptive observations on the subject of ice-fishing, getting lost, fishing at night, tournaments and the fine art of tying flies. Gierach also shares his hunting technique, which involv... View More...
