By John Gierach, Simon & Schuster, 2011
I confess I am not really a John Gierach fan, yet I have read all of his books. I enjoy his style of writing well enough, I just 
can’t get into all of his stories. I guess that is his strategy, it’s like Reader’s Digest for bathroom reading for all those who fish, you aren’t supposed to read it cover to cover and there is always something for everyone. But, I enjoyed this book more than most of his others and a few of the chapters were very good, including, “Third-Rate Trout Streams,”“Deckers,” and “Cheating.” I laughed out loud upon reading the comment from a guide at a private stretch with well-stocked fat fish who told him something to the effect that, “Catching fish here is like getting laid in a whore-house.” I have had the same feeling which is why I stick to wild, public waters.
