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  • Death, Taxes, and Leaky Wadersby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 15.99

    Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders collects forty of John Gierach's finest essays on fishing from six of his books. Like all his writing, these essays are seasoned by a keen sense of observation and a deep knowledge and love of fishing lore, leavened by a wonderfully wry sense of humor. Gierach often begins with an observation that soon leads to something... more...

  • Still Life with Brook Troutby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 15.99

    In Still Life with Brook Trout, John Gierach demonstrates once again that fishing, when done right, is as much a philosophical pursuit as a sport. Gierach travels to Wyoming and Maine and points in between, searching out new fly-fishing adventures and savoring familiar waters with old friends. Along the way he meditates on the importance of... more...

  • At the Grave of the Unknown Fishermanby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 14.00

    At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman is a journey through the year with America's finest fishing writer, John Gierach. The journey begins with an early spring expedition to Wyoming, where the dirt roads are still covered with a thin sheen of ice that quickly turns to mud underfoot. The conditions are so uninviting that everyone involved agrees... more...

  • Dances With Troutby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 13.00

    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 hunting -- Gierach discusses fishing for trout in Alaska, for salmon in Scotland and for almost anything in Texas. He offers his perceptive observations... more...

  • Standing in a River Waving a Stickby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 14.99

    "The solution to any problem -- work, love, money, whatever -- is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." In Standing in a River Waving a Stick, John Gierach visits his favorite trout-filled waters, from the Colorado foothills to British Columbia and points between, recounting both memorable fishing spots and memorable... more...

  • Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishingby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 15.00

    From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing. John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing can be a casual affair) to Utah's famous Green... more...

  • Another Lousy Day in Paradiseby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 15.99

    Acclaimed outdoor writer John Gierach invites fly fishermen, nature lovers, and everyone who enjoys great writing to partake in this collection of wonderfully witty, perceptive observations on fishing and life. Serialized in American Way, Colorado Outdoors, and the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Line drawings. more...

  • Even Brook Trout Get The Bluesby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 15.99

    From his reminiscences about learning to fish to a lyrical piece about fishing during a late spring snow to a wry, though compassionate, look at the hard life of a brook trout, Gierach provides entertainment for fly-fishers and literature lovers alike. more...

  • No Shortage of Good Daysby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 15.00

    IN his new book about the delightful torture known as fly fishing, John Gierach again demonstrates the wit, eloquence, and insight that have become his trademarks. Consider this observation about fishing: ?From my own experience I can say that a bad back makes you hike slower, stove-up knees keep you from wading confidently, tendinitis of the elbow... more...

  • Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your Legby John Gierach

    Simon & Schuster 2012; US$ 12.00

    Fly-fishing's finest scribe, John Gierach, takes us from a nameless stream on a nameless ranch in Montana to a secret pool off a secret creek where he caught a catfish as a five-year-old, to a brook full of rattlesnakes and a private pond where the trout are all as long as your leg. As Gierach says, "The secret places are the soul of fishing." Hearing... more...