Trout Bum

by John Gierach

Book Overview

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.

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, bitingly humorous and enormously wise in the ways of fishing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B002C4MBG8
• ISBN13: 9780671644130
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

One of my all time favorites.

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

I have read all of John's books. All very entertaining reads.

Author is one of the very best on the subject

John Gierach is the Bill Bryson of trout fishing! His writing is humorous and enlightening.

Goes great with an ice cold beer.

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

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

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.

This book is just terrific. A timeless classic. Even if you don't fly fish it is well worth reading.