Trout Bum
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Book Overview
""Fly fishing...with grace and dignity you can move into a world that doesn't mind your being there...and Trout Bum is the fly fisher's bible."" ""One of the strangest, sanest and most astute books on fly fishing that has ever appeared in the English-speaking world.""
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0871087154
ISBN13:9780871087157
Release Date:December 1988
Publisher:Westwinds Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.13 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
7 ratings
One of my all time favorites.
Published by NoWhereMan , 11 months ago
Without a doubt this one, along with Fishing Bamboo and Fly Fishing Small Streams are my Gierach favorites that I’ve read time and again. To me, these books that he’s written are all unique treasures and wish I could readily source Small Streams in hardcover.
great author
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 8 years ago
I have read all of John's books. All very entertaining reads.
Author is one of the very best on the subject
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
John Gierach is the Bill Bryson of trout fishing! His writing is humorous and enlightening.
Goes great with an ice cold beer.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Careful with this light-hearted little collection of essays, there is wisdom sprinkled in there and you just might learn something that will improve your fishing. Gierach is well loved and well read by fly fisherman and for good reason. You sense a little of his philosophy background in his belief that simple is generally better, and his writing is without the pretentiousness that one often finds in fly fishing literature. This is THE book for the guy who fishes in jeans and a t-shirt. All you high-brows with the top shelf gear, 15 retractables on your vest, and perpetually upturned noses will still enjoy it, but I like to think of it as a diamond FOR the rough.
A Timeless Classic for Fly Anglers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
John Gierach is to fly fishing what Will Rogers was to social commentary. It's the common human experience of anticipation, joy, anger, humor, camaraderie, disappointment and resilience we can easily relate to in John's elegant stories. If you are a fly fisher then the tales are just that much better. You will read the twenty chapters of this book and immediately want to go back and enjoy your favorites again. Yes, it's that good.
Gierach is the best
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Every fly fisherman has his favorite writers. It's a necessity, because it's so much easier to find time to read than it is to find time to fish. Gierach is wonderful. I've read most of his books. I like Bill Tapply too.
Still a great read.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book is just terrific. A timeless classic. Even if you don't fly fish it is well worth reading.
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