{"title":"John Gierach","description":"John Gierach was the author of more than twenty books about fly-fishing. His writing appeared in Field \u0026amp; Stream,  Gray's Sporting Journal, and Fly Rod \u0026amp; Reel. He wrote a column for Trout magazine and the monthly Redstone Review. Gierach passed away in 2024.","products":[{"product_id":"dumb-luck-and-the-kindness-of-strangers-paperback","title":"Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitty, shrewd, and always a joy to read, John Gierach, \"America's best fishing writer\" (\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) and favorite streamside philosopher, has earned the following of \"legions of readers who may not even fish but are drawn to his musings on community, culture, the natural world, and the seasons of life\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"After five decades, twenty books, and countless columns, [John Gierach] is still a master\" (\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e). Now, in his latest original collection, Gierach shows us why fly-fishing and angling are the perfect antidotes to everything that is wrong with the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gierach's deceptively laconic prose masks an accomplished storyteller...His alert and slightly off-kilter observations place him in the general neighborhood of Mark Twain and James Thurber\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eDumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, Gierach looks back to the long-ago day when he bought his first resident fishing license in Colorado, where the fishing season never ends, and just \u003ci\u003eknew \u003c\/i\u003ehe was in the right place. And he succinctly sums up part of the appeal of his sport when he writes that it is \"an acquired taste that reintroduces the chaos of uncertainty back into our well-regulated lives.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lifelong fisherman though he is, Gierach can write with self-deprecating humor about his own fishing misadventures, confessing that despite all his experience, he is still capable of blowing a strike by a fish \"in the usual amateur way.\" \"Arguably the best fishing writer working\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), Gierach offers witty, trenchant observations not just about fly-fishing itself but also about how one's love of fly-fishing shapes the world that we choose to make for ourselves.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376694591711,"sku":"9781501168604","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/uIk6MUH1pQ9781501168604.webp?v=1789221713"},{"product_id":"all-the-time-in-the-world-paperback","title":"All the Time in the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the answer to life's most pressing problems through the joy of fly-fishing from master philosopher John Gierach, \"the dean of fly-fishing\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), who is \"arguably the best fishing writer working\" (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce again, John Gierach tells the world why the pastime of fly-fishing makes so much sense--except when it doesn't. In this \"shrewd, perceptive, and wryly funny\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) book, he recalls the joys of landing that trout he's been watching for the last hour--and then losing an even fatter one a little later. Joy and frustration mix in Gierach's latest appreciation of the fly-fishing life as he takes us from his home waters on the Front Range of the Rockies in Colorado to the fishing meccas all over North America. From fishing lodges in Alaska to memories of the local creek in the Midwest where he grew up, Gierach celebrates the indispensability of the natural world around us.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376891625695,"sku":"9781501168673","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/PQuJeUqnj19781501168673.webp?v=1789228879"},{"product_id":"fly-fishing-small-streams-paperback","title":"Fly Fishing Small Streams - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall-stream fishing wisdom with the same insight and pungent humor that has become Gierach's trademark. Advice on tackle selecting, reading water, and scouting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51382203941087,"sku":"9780811722902","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rlVVLA0cxj9780811722902.webp?v=1789286539"},{"product_id":"flyfishing-the-high-country-paperback","title":"Flyfishing the High Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eTactics for fishing high country lakes, the conflicting currents of high mountain streams, and the ever-changing waters of beaver ponds \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCutthroats, brook trout, goldens, rainbows, grayling \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe best weather and seasons to fish and the tackle and flies to take into the high country \u003cp\u003e\"The mountains--any mountains--can make you pay for your fishing with time, shoe leather, exertion, and even disappointment. But they usually give back more than they take in terms of solitude and a sense of adventure that you just won't find on more civilized waters.\" --John Gierach \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFly-fishing in scenic and remote mountain waters is a special kind of fishing, explored in depth by veteran fly fisher John Gierach. Along with \u003ci\u003eFly Fishing Small Streams\u003c\/i\u003e (0-8117-2290-2), this guide, Gierach's first book, now in print with Stackpole Books, explains how to find the best waters and how to fish them to the best advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51382208102623,"sku":"9780811731720","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/IyBckWxlgB9780811731720.webp?v=1789286545"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/john-gierach.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}