Even Brook Trout Get The Blues

If you have never read John Gierach, this is a particularly good place to start. And if you already know his work, you probably don't need convincing. In this book he turns his wonderfully dry wit and sharp eye on the things that make fly fishing so compelling - farm ponds, pocket waters, spring snow, bamboo rods, trout, dogs, fishing companions an the peculiar rituals and obsession of anglers. Across 16 essays, he moves effortlessly between fishing stories, natural history, humour and thoughtful observations on the strange little world that serious fly fishers inhabit. What makes Gierach so good is that the fishing is never just about catching fish. There is always something else going on: the weather, the landscape, the character of a river, the people you fish with, the tackle you become irrationally attached to and those wonderfully exclusive moments when everything somehow comes together. His writing is funny without being forced, knowledgeable without being pompous and often surprisingly reflection. Publishers Weekly describes the collection as 16 lively essays filled with grace, passion, wit and "angling epiphanies". Good, sturdy condition. Softcover, 21.5cm x 14cm, 223 pages.