Dances With Trout

By: John Gierach

Narrated by: David Colacci

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.

With the wry humor and wit that have become his trademark, John Gierach writes about his travels in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. In this new collection of essays on fishing - and hunting - Gierach discusses fishing for trout in Alaska, for salmon in Scotland, and for almost anything in Texas. He offers his perceptive observations on the subject of ice-fishing, getting lost, fishing at night, tournaments, and the fine art of tying flies. Gierach also shares his hunting technique, which involves reading a good book and looking up occasionally to see if any deer have wandered by.

Always entertaining, often irreverent, and illuminating, Gierach invites listeners into his enviable way of life, and effortlessly sweeps them along. As he writes in Dances with Trout, "Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish is actually the point."

©1994 John Gierach (P)2019 Tantor

A gentle introduction to the passions of fly fishe

Mostly, it is like a chronicle of fis, flys ans special places. If you are alredy a trout fly fisherman, you may love this book. If you are a peace and love, conservationist and former hippiie,m trout fishing was an unknown, and the hobbists b were usually affluent and frequently adversarial (because their operatiuns were perceived as destroying wetlands or causing pollutiom. So I say thank you for openg my mind a little more. But one Trout fishing book is enough,

The “Bard of Fly Fishing”

Wonderful stories told with wonderful prose. Every fly angler will find great moments of truth and recognition in Gierach’s words.

Best Gierach read!

loved the diversity of stories herein. This is my favorite of his writings, even better than Trout bum. It's definitely worth your time

Gierach is the King!

Nothing appeases my soul better than to listen to the writings of Gierach. His unique style and life experiences are simply amazing.

How humbled one gets out of a bad day of catching.

I love the overall lessons one can learn if you can take it to heart.