Sex, Death and Fly Fishing | John Gierach

Sex, Death and Fly Fishing | John Gierach | It's About the Bugs

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	Sex, Death and Fly Fishing John Gierach Simon & Schuster, 1990 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing.

John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing can be a casual affair) to Utah's famous Green River, and to unknown creeks throughout the Western states and Canada. We're introduced to a lively group of fishing buddies, some local "experts" and even an ex-girlfriend, along the way

Contemplative, evocative, and wry, he shares insights on mayflies and men, fishing and sport, life and love, and the meaning (or meaninglessness) of it all.

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Great book!

Had me laughing out loud in the resort café. John Gierach captures the very essence of the sport....and will make your sides hurt while doing it!

It's About the Bugs

Prurient readers titillated by the title will be disappointed. The only references to sex and death in this book have to do with the behavior of bugs - mayflies that is.

Here's an example. "A mayfly spinner lies on the surface of the stream in what fishermen call the `spent' position. To picture it accurately remember that the insect has just had the first and only orgasm of its life and is now, in the natural course of things, dying from it. His body lies flush with the water, wings spread, legs out flat, tails splayed wistfully. Usually he's limp. If he struggles at all, he does it feebly at best. There's probably a silly look on his face, although it's hard to tell with insects".

So accept it. What this book really is about is fly fishing, and the sex and death are there just to hook you. But can this kind of stuff also reel you in? You'll find yourself wading through material such as the following: "I tied on a #14 Michigan Chocolate spinner, a fly that A.K. had turned me onto years before. This thing has fine split tails of pale dun hackle fibers, spent hen hackle wings of the same color, and a thinly dubbed, dark brown body...".

You would think that this kind of gobbledygook would be accessible and interesting to hard core fisherpeople only, but it's not the case. I've never fly fished, and I was captivated by it.

I think the author puts it well: "I don't know exactly what fly fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know".

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I Want to Go Fishing

After reading this book I want to go fishing.

The author does a good job of describing the special joys of this passtime. His writing paints a beautiful picture that draws in even the uninitiated.

Recommended for fishermen and non fishermen alike.

Sex, Death and Flyfishing

Very entertaining. A great read for anyone interested in fly fishing or any other form of fishing.

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