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Trout Bum

by, John Gierach

A trout bum is someone who has made fishing the center of his life. Everything else is secondary. For John Gierach and his friends, fly-fishing is what life is all about. In Trout Bum, Gierach ruminates on the fly-fishing way of life. He is by turns reflective, funny, ironic, and always wise. No one knows the ways of trout and trout fishermen better than Gierach.

Describing his sport, he says, "Fly-fishing for trout is a sport that depends not so much on catching the fish as on their mere presence and the face that you do, now and again, catch some." As for whether Gierach, who writes professionally about fishing, really qualifies as a trout bum, this passage should put the question to rest:

"A friend once asked, 'How come a guy who dresses in rags and drives a smoky old pickup can afford such a snazzy tackle?'"

"'It should be obvious.'"

John Gierach is the author of numerous classic books about fishing, among them Sex, Death, and Fly-fishing and Standing in a River Waving a Stick. He is a contributor to Field & Stream, Gray's Sporting Journal, and Fly Rod & Reel, where he is a regular columnist. He also writes columns for the Longmont (Colo.) Daily Times-Call and the monthly Redstone Review. He lives in Lyons, Colorado.

Paperback:	224 Pages
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster;1st Fireside Edition (January 15,1988)
ISBN-10:	0671644130
ISBN-13:	978- 0671644130
Book Size:	8.2 in. x 5.5 in. x 0.6 in.