- Hardcover: 235 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (1 April 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684824256
- ISBN-13: 978-0684824253
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 809,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A sports writer returns to his first love, fly fishing, in this reflection on friendship, getting skunked, and other musing sketched against the backdrop of the Colorado foothills and British Columbia.
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LATELY I've been thinking about what makes a good fly-fisher, possibly the last fair question of the twentieth century that might actually have an answer. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When you have produced minor masterpieces like Trout Bum, Sex, Death & Fly Fishing and Another Lousy Day In Paradise, inevitably it must become progressively more difficult to match them but John Gierach has pulled it off again - just.
Standing In a River.. is not quite as pithy, humorous or philosphically perceptive as some of its predecessors and inevitably, for those who have read the earlier titles it is a little repetitive. Hence the four stars rather than five. The others are all five plus as far as I am concerned.
Having said that, I just love this man's books and I have re-read them over many times and never fail to be informed, amused or moved. Frequently all of these things. Standing In A River continues in this vein and several passages really struck home.
Anybody who can do this for me whilst using fly fishing as his medium, is a self confessed awkward son of a b.... and loves dogs and the blues has my vote every time.
A master of his craft - reminds me in a strange way of Arthur Ransome in his Rod and Line period.
Great stuff.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A nice title let down by the contents. It was a toss up between this book and Chris Yates. I have subsequently bought Chris Yates "Falling in again". John Gierach complains about the lack of unspoilt fishing spots - which gets tiring after a few chapters. I read it through - but it is probably only worth half the price. Short on humour.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
John Gierach has done it again. This book isn't just about fishing-it's about life. Using fly fishing as his premise, the author shares his philosophy of life with his readers. Granted his answer to any and all of life's problems can be found while fishing. The bigger the problem, the longer you fish.
This book is laced with enough information to make you a first rate fly fisherman and to understand the every day business of life as well.
Glenn Wolf's pen and ink illustrations are simple yet exquisite.
Perfect gift for anyone remotely interested in fly fishing . . . it goes much further than your favorite fishing hole.
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Stick waving extraordinary
This is another of John Geirach's excellent books. A collection of short stories from his wide experiences of fly fishing, dotted with a sprinkling of humour, this book is an easy... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Barry Nicholson
Vintage Gierach, makes you thirst for more!
Gierach extends some more fly fishing (life's) wit from his last writing (Another Lousy day in Paradise. You read about your own experiences in each chapter. Read more
Published on 5 July 1999
Simply the best modern fly fisherman writng today!
John shows us once again why he is the voice of many fly fishermen. Thanks for the great read -catch his other books they are as good !
Published on 3 May 1999
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