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92/100Critics
53/100Scholars
Author:
John Gierach
Publisher:
Simon Schuster
Date:
June 2, 2020
Gierach shows us why fly-fishing is the perfect antidote to everything that is wrong with the world.
What The Reviewers Say
Mr. Gierach is arguably the best fishing writer working. Like all of his books, his new one is a collection of informal narrative essays about fly-fishing—but only loosely. Fly-fishing is merely the lens through which he regards what William James called the 'human core'.
Gierach hones in on the ups and downs of fishing, and those looking for how-to tips will find plenty here on rods, flies, guides, streams, and pretty much everything else that informs the fishing life. It is the everything else that has earned Gierach the following of fellow writers and legions of readers who may not even fish but are drawn to his musings on community, culture, the natural world, and the seasons of life.
... [a] charming collection of original essays.
