Discover the answer to life’s most pressing problems through the joy of fly-fishing from master philosopher John Gierach. Once again, he tells the world why the pastime of fly-fishing makes so much sense–except when it doesn’t. 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.

John Gierach is a highly trusted opinion-maker in fly-fishing. People take what he says to the bank. While most of Gierach’s writing is essay-style and reflective, here he gets down to the nitty-gritty: how he ties his favorite flies and why he thinks they work so well for him. There is, thus, an instant listener connection: “Gierach’s patterns are good enough for me.