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 enlarge | Author: John Gierach
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 333524
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0743229959
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.1757
EAN: 9780743229951
ASIN: 0743229959
Publication Date: March 28, 2006
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Gierach is a Genius March 12, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've said for a few years now that John Geirach is a genius. He has that rare ability to make you feel that you are standing in the stream next to him wetting a line. Still Life with Brook Trout continues this tradition. Every time I pick up one of John's books, it's just like being on vacation. I would heartily reccommend this book and all of his others to anyone who enjoys flyfishing or those who might like to try it. He's not only a great writer, but also a great educator.
A FlyFisherman's Author August 12, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I can see the hype Gierach gets for his writing from fly fisherman. This guy is into it!
Reading this delightful book takes me back to fly fishing times and emits once again those feelings that he so accurately and passionately describes in this book. It is a collection of his various outings, most for trout in Colorado and Wyoming, moving out to Idaho and steelheading in Oregon with other trips east and some even south to Oklahoma and to Nebraska for bass and bluegill types.
The hiking out of canyon and wilderness at dark; fishing in pouring rain and snow; catching that big one with no one to witness; glorying in the gorgeous aethestics. All these touched the dormant fly fishing spots in my memory and evoked great remembrances.
This guy can fish and he can write about it: "my fly box has over a hundred flies in it .. but use only two. I'm beginning to wonder why I carry the rest." "With steelhead, that's like teaching a new driver how to start a car and then turning him loose in rush-hour traffic" "The one about the guy who kept a twelve-pound rainbow that he wanted to mount, but who then dumped it on the ground halfway out because ..." "sign saying 'See the Real West' means this is one place where the real West no longer exists. Signs in the real West say 'No Trespassing.'"
Fishing and outdoors are about this, memories and stories. This book has them in spades and will take those who are into fly fishing and these spots there with author vicariously. Those who haven't experienced them firsthand, will likely get as close as possible in reading this great book.
The unique accompanying drawings are just outstanding!
Another Great Read May 30, 2005
Although the sport of flyfishing still leans toward exclusivity and a certain air of snobbery, John Gierach has managed to take some of the mystery out of it, simultaneously retaining the quiet beauty of the sport and allowing readers glimpses of the absurd lengths anglers will go to to catch nice fish. While his status as a writer and expertise as an angler now allow him to access some of the most exclusive and protected water in the world, he has never strayed far from his roots as a poor Trout Bum, and his adventures on the stream never fail to draw the reader - angler and non-angler alike - into the world of fly fishing. Still Life with Brook Trout is another fascinating collection of the philosophical thoughts that come to fishers who spend too much time alone on a stream, some hysterical and some poignant. A great read as always, whether you fish ot not.
 John Gierach Is Back! May 18, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have read all of John Gierach's books. This one makes me feel like those I have liked. Its like sitting next to a fire place in a soft leather recliner chatting with an old friend about the good old days on the river.
For a while I was concerned that he was finished after, uh, well, why mince words: he quit drinking. The book "Good Flies" sucked and I swore I would never read another.
I don't know if he is back on the single malt, but whatever it took to get his groove back; its good for all of us.
-Wulf
Continued excellence May 3, 2005
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Again, another great read. However, in his last few books, I've noticed a thread of melancholy that was absent in his earlier works. In his earlier books (e.g., "Trout Bum", "Sex, Death, and Fly Fishing"), there was a cocky, swagger-like tenor to his writing. In his later books, such as his one, Gierach seems to be doing alot more nostalgic tripping, and lamenting his increased frailty (recent operation, reliance on pain pills, a more measured approach to hiking treks, etc.). This is not a criticism, just an observation.
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