All fishermen are liars /
Material type: TextEdition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: 211 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781451618310 (alk. paper)
- 145161831X (alk. paper)
- 799.12/4 23
- SH456 .G579 2014
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Standard Loan | Metalines Community Library Adult Nonfiction | Metalines Community Library | Book | 799.12 GIERACH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610018553052 | |||
Standard Loan | Priest Lake Library Adult Nonfiction | Priest Lake Library | Book | 799.12 GIERACH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 50610023529196 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
For John Gierach, fishing is always the answer-even when it's not clear what the question is. He's fished for steelhead in the Pacific Northwest, bull trout in British Columbia, bonefish in Mexico, and pike in the Upper Midwest. He's even tried winter fly-fishing and braved the remote Alaskan wilderness. Through it all, he has nurtured his enduring love for the sport.
In All Fisherman Are Liars, the ever-popular Gierach shares insights, musings, and countless stories from the profound to the funny to the downright absurd that he's collected over a lifetime of fishing. Traveling around North America, Gierach seeks out great fishing experiences with one goal in mind: to have a good time and maybe catch some fish. He talks about fashion in flies and fly-tying, about the mysteries of why certain flies work, and about the etiquette of fishing a popular spot. He reflects on how it feels to approach a new stream, acting nonchalant while experiencing intense excitement and anticipation. He also muses about fishing rods: "Although I own enough rods to build a picket fence around my property, I can sometimes be convinced that I need just one more." And though Gierach loses some fish along the way, he never loses his passion and sense of humour.
Wry, contemplative, and as lively as ever, Gierach gives us a book as edifying as it is entertaining. All Fishermen Are Liars is a joy to read-and, as always, the next best thing to fishing itself.
A day at the office -- Great Bear -- K bar t -- Coasters -- This year's fly -- New water -- Rods -- The mile -- Tree River -- Oregon -- Lodges -- Temporary purist -- Tenkara -- Kodiak -- Montana -- The nuclear option -- Adlatok -- Klickitat -- Smallies -- March -- Chinooks -- Wyoming.
Gierach travels across North America from the Pacific Northwest to the Canadian Maritimes to seek out quintessential fishing experiences. Whether he's fishing a busy stream or a secluded lake amid snow-capped mountains, Gierach insists that fishing is always the answer-- even when it's not clear what the question is.
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Publishers Weekly Review
A book from Gierach seems to have become a new rite of spring, something that can be scheduled and looked forward to like opening day for the avid fisherman. Probably the best-known and well-liked fly fishing writer around, Gierach won't hurt his standing with this his 17th volume of essays. As usual, this isn't a work for those looking to learn to cast or who want stories that brag about numbers or size of fish caught. Instead, Gierach muses on topics that are tangential to the actual act of fly fishing, like the pleasures of getting lost along a river, the mystery of steelhead flies, what makes a good rod, and the culture and subculture of fishing lodges. Of course, there is lots of fishing involved-interwoven with talk about relationships, work, nature, or travel, Gierach fishes in places like Montana, Wyoming, the Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland. Though the stories are similar to those in his previous works, Gierach's mischievous sense of humor and profound sense of good fortune that he gets to fish for a living make this another must-read for anyone-anglers and non-anglers-thanks to Gierach's playful and poetic prose, which brings to life such contemplative endeavors. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.Booklist Review
*Starred Review* In his seventeenth book, Gierach, who gave us the term trout bum, describes North American trout and salmon fishing in all seasons from Atlantic salmon in Newfoundland, through Chinook salmon in Pacific estuaries, and on to trout fishing across the American West. An engaging autobiographical introduction opens the book, which includes 22 perceptive and witty essays, recalling numerous fishing trips and offering insights on fly rods and fly patterns. Among the many highlights are Tenkara, in which the author examines a new fly-fishing technique from Japan, and Montana, which delivers an appealing take on a mainstay in angling literature, the almost mystical experience of catching many fish in a secret fishing hole. These lyrical essays explode with descriptions of beautiful places, big fish, and beautiful fish (brook trout from a lake in winter so brilliant that they seemed to be lit from within). But Gierach can write about more than trout and salmon. Among the fish, there are reflections on Zen, some musing on Sun Tzu, and spot-on cameos from Richard Russo and James Crumley.--Rowen, John Copyright 2014 BooklistKirkus Book Review
Passionate angler Gierach (No Shortage of Good Days, 2012, etc.) once again trolls for like-minded readers. In his 17th book on fishing, it remains "all about the fish and the beautiful places they live." Gierach tells of going after elusive aquatic wildlife with rod and reel, lure and spoon, hook and hackle in such attractive precincts as Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Wyoming's North Platte, remote Labrador and frigid Manitoba, as well as at home in Colorado. Serious camping with knowledgeable outfitters, erudite guides, stoic lodge keepers and proficient companions fills his trip logs. The author also provides notes on fishing etiquette and stream hydrology, and he seems to remember every cast and every one that got away. He writes convincingly of trying to outwit cutthroats, rainbows and steelhead. The writer's single-minded devotion to his fisherman's M.O. in those pretty mountain streams naturally won't mean much to piscatorial agnostics who never had the pleasure of outsmarting a trout in its home environs. With rhapsodic prose about "a small hare's ear and partridge soft hackle," "fifty-pound fluorocarbon shock tippets," and "an old Burkheimer rod loaded with a 550-grain Skagit head, a two-foot cheater, ten feet of T-14 sink tip and a four-inch-long Intruder fly with big lead eyes," all this is reserved for the legions of devout anglers. Certainly, there are many sweet, folksy passages on ichthyology and the cultural anthropology of those folks who take so happily to the outdoor life, yet the book remains primarily a fisherman's testimony to the faithful. "Even on those rare days when you trudge off to a trout stream not so much because you want to, but because your livelihood depends on it," writes Gierach, "you have a better day at the office than most." Elegiac tribute to the elusive art and ineffable pleasure of fly-fishing, with plenty of information about how it's done by true practitioners.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.Author notes provided by Syndetics
John Gierach is the author of eleven books, including the famous "Trout Bum" & such other popular titles as "The View from Rat Lake," "Where the Trout Are All As Long As Your Leg," "Fishing Bamboo," & the recent "Standing in a River Waving a Stick." He is a columnist for both "Sports Afield" & "Fly Rod & Reel," & his work has appeared in "Field & Stream," "Fly Fisherman," "Gray's Sporting Journal," & most other national outdoor magazines. He lives in Lyons, Colorado.(Bowker Author Biography)
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