Brilliant,witty,perceptiveessaysaboutfly-fishing,thenaturalworld,andlifeingeneralbytheacknowledgedmasteroffishingwriters.Death,Taxes,andLeakyWaderscollectsfortyofJohnGierach’sfinestessaysonfishingfromsixofhisbooks.Likeallhiswriting,theseessaysareseasonedbyakeensenseofobservationandadeepknowledgeandloveoffishinglore,leavenedbyawonderfullywrysenseofhumor.Gierachoftenbeginswithanobservationthatsoonleadstosomethingbelowthesurface,whichhefindsandsuccessfullylands.AsGierachsays,writingisalotlikefishing.ThisisthefirstanthologyofJohnGierach’swork,acollectionthatissuretodelightbothdie-hardfansandnewreadersalike.ToenterGierach’sworldistoexperiencethedailywonder,challenge,andoccasionalabsurdityofthefishinglife--fromsuchritualsasthepreparationofcampcoffee(forbestresults,serveinatincup)totherandom,revelatorysurprises,suchastheflashingbeautyofagraylingleapingoutofthewater.Whetherhe’scatchingfishormusingontheonesthatgotaway,Gierachisalwaysentertainingandenlightening,writingwithhisowninimitableblendofgraceandstyle,passionandwit.
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