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Mike Chamberlain
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John Gierach
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If John Gierach is living in a fool's paradise, then it's a paradise that his regular listeners will recognize and new fans will delight in discovering. Laced with the inimitable blend of wit and wisdom that have made him fly-fishing's foremost scribe, Fool's Paradise chronicles the fishing life in all its glory (catching your biggest fish ever) and squalor (being stranded in a tent during a soaking rainstorm). In Gierach's world, both experiences are valuable, and perhaps inevitable.
Fishermen everywhere will understand Gierach's quest to discover and explore new waters, the unlikely appeal of winter fly-fishing, or his dismay at encroaching development. Braving trips on small prop planes and down "oh-my-God" roads, Gierach and his fishing buddies pursue bull trout in British Columbia, steelhead in the Rocky Mountains, and pike so fierce that a wise fisherman wears Kevlar gloves for the obligatory trophy photo.
Equal parts fishing lore, philosophy, and great fish stories, Fool's Paradise may not be a perfect substitute for actually being out on the water, but it's surely the next best thing.
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In No Shortage of Good Days John Gierach takes listeners from the Smokies in Tennessee to his home waters in Colorado, from the Canadian Maritimes to Mexico - saltwater or fresh, it's all fishing and all irresistible. As always he writes perceptively about a wide range of subjects: the charm of familiar waters, the etiquette of working with new fishing guides, night fishing when the trout and the mosquitoes are both biting, and fishing snobbery, a pitfall he seems to have largely avoided.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I fish, but rarely fly fish.. love Gierach’s work
- De BearheartRaven en 04-24-20
De: John Gierach
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Astream
- American Writers on Fly Fishing
- De: Robert DeMott - editor
- Narrado por: Brian Morris
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, Ted Leeson, Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, and more, share stories of fly fishing and life on the river. This marvelous collection features stories from some of America’s finest and most respected writers about one of the world’s most solitary and satisfying sports: fly fishing. For the first time, the stories of thirty-one acclaimed writers including Kim Barnes, Walter Bennett, Russell Chatham, Guy de la Valdne, Robert DeMott, Chris Dombrowski, Ron Ellis, Jim Fergus, Kate Fox, Charles Gaines, Bruce Guernsey, Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, Michael Keaton, Greg Keeler, Sydney Lea, Ted Leeson, Nick Lyons, Craig Mathews, Thomas McGuane, Joseph Monninger, Howard Frank Mosher, Jake Mosher, Craig Nova, Margot Page, Datus Proper, Le Anne Schreiber, Paul Schullery, W. D. Wetherell, and Robert Wrigley come together in one collection. Fly fishers and non-fly fishers alike will recognize in these poignant tales the universal aspects of the appreciation of nature, the necessity of conservation, and the joy and knowledge that come from time spent on fresh and salt water. This is a delightful, handsome volume that captures the allure and spirit of fly fishing and those that love it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Flowery nonsense
- De 964a5 en 05-10-13
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Should the Tent Be Burning Like That?
- A Professional Amateur's Guide to the Outdoors
- De: Bill Heavey
- Narrado por: Jeff Harding
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 359
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 305
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 304
For more than 20 years, Heavey has staked a claim as one of America's best sportsmen writers. In feature stories and his Field & Stream column A Sportsman's Life, he has taken audiences across the country and beyond to experience his triumphs and failures as a suburban dad who happens to love hunting and fishing. This new collection gathers together a wide range of his best work - tales that are odes to the notion that enthusiasm is more important than skill and testaments to the enduring power of the natural world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of the best storytellers of all time!
- De Adam en 12-16-17
De: Bill Heavey
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Trout Eyes
- True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Fly Fishing
- De: William G. Tapply
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 140
Fly fishermen everywhere will enjoy these varied, witty, and engaging adventures by one of America’s finest outdoor writers. There is a long section on trout fishing called "Brookies, Browns, and Bows", and another on the challenges and excitement of saltwater fly fishing, and an exciting group of memoirs about fishing near home and in far-flung and often exotic places - like the Minipi, Bighorn, and Norfolk rivers, where the trout can beggar the imagination, and where frustration can be the occupational hazard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hidden Gems of Fishing
- De C. Smith en 10-28-15
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Kerplunk!
- Stories
- De: Patrick F. McManus
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 6 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
The stories in Kerplunk! travel the byways and highways of the Pacific Northwest, bringing to life offbeat, down-home characters who hope their grandchildren can pick the lock on the gun safe because they've forgotten the combination, who know exactly why it costs $500 to make a fly lure that retails for $2, and who aren't afraid to confront the problems of bird-dog flatulence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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narrator nightmare
- De David en 12-09-07
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Bright Rivers
- Celebrations of Rivers and Fly-fishing
- De: Nick Lyons
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Bright Rivers chronicles the angling passions and frustrations of one of fly-fishing's greatest men of letters. A city dweller trapped in the complexities of modern life, Nick Lyons has always found solace in his pilgrimages to great rivers. It is there that he fishes for trout, and in Bright Rivers, Lyons recounts the sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious experiences of his expeditions to the Delaware, Beaverkill, Madison, Big Hole, and Yellowstone rivers, sharing reminiscences of trout taken, released, and sometimes lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First Nick Lyons Book and Quite Satisfied
- De Brian Kurtz en 04-21-22
De: Nick Lyons
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If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?
- Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia
- De: Bill Heavey
- Narrado por: Ian Patrick Williams
- Duración: 6 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 413
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 360
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 359
Whether he is accidentally cooking his brain with hand warmers or yanking his lure away from a trophy fish just before it takes the bait, Bill Heavey can do no right. For almost a decade, he has chronicled his incompetence on the back page of Field & Stream, where his hilarious dispatches about life as a hapless outdoorsman who lives in suburbia have earned him legions of fans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Jon Hiltz en 07-21-18
De: Bill Heavey
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The Habit of Rivers
- Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing
- De: Ted Leeson, John Gierach - foreword
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 173
Originally published in 1994, this book was a fly-fishing phenomenon in the way Howell Raines' Fly Fishing Through the Mid-Life Crisis was. Taking his fishing hobby to near metaphysical levels, Ted Leeson tells about his passions: rivers, trout, and fly fishing. With wry humor and rare insight, he explores questions that engage most fishermen: What is it about rivers that draws us so irresistibly, and why does fly fishing seem such an aptly suited response?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Greatest Book I've Ever Listened To.
- De Travis en 03-17-18
De: Ted Leeson, y otros
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Lost Among the Birds
- Accidentally Finding Myself in One Very Big Year
- De: Neil Hayward
- Narrado por: Sam Devereaux
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 244
Early in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didn't want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job. He didn't want to think about his failed relationship with 'the one' or his potential for ruining a new relationship with 'the next one'. And he almost certainly didn't want to think about turning 40. And so instead he went birding. Birding was a lifelong passion. It was only among the birds that Neil found a calm that had eluded him in the confusing world of humans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Know a Birder? This will help you Understand.
- De Carole T. en 08-27-17
De: Neil Hayward
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Deep Creek
- Finding Hope in the High Country
- De: Pam Houston
- Narrado por: Pam Houston
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 642
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 555
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 553
On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000-acre wildfire, threatening her century-old barn and all its inhabitants. Through her travels from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska, she explores what ties her to the Earth, the ranch most of all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most beautiful book I’ve ever read
- De KFratt en 04-26-19
De: Pam Houston
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A Hunter's Fireside Book
- Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds, & Guns
- De: Gene Hill
- Narrado por: Ray Childs
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 266
The legendary American outdoor writer’s finest collection. For decades, Gene Hill’s articles and books have captured the spirit of the outdoors in a way that inspires and entertains millions of readers. A Hunter’s Fireside Book captures the essence of the life of a sportsman and explores the full spectrum of the hunter’s experience: sunrises in the duck blind, an unforgettable hunter’s moon, the camaraderie of men who know the pleasures of being wet and cold and a little bit lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beyond acquiring meat, this is why we go afield
- De Ray C en 02-28-20
De: Gene Hill
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How I Got This Way
- De: Patrick McManus
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 350
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 295
Grab your fishing net and hold onto your funny-bone; you're in for a hilarious romp through the woods with best-selling funnyman Patrick McManus. How I Got This Way is a rib-tickling collection of stories about the outdoors guaranteed to leave you chuckling. Join McManus and his pals on a venture into the Idaho wilderness that includes taking a hike with - ahem - the president of the United States.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mark Twain meets Bertie Wooster
- De Snoodely en 07-22-12
De: Patrick McManus
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Wild Men, Wild Alaska
- Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits
- De: Rocky McElveen
- Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 264
In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells the stories of his own adventures as well as those of some of his well-known clients. The book takes listeners directly into the Alaskan bush, and shares the intense challenges of a majestic wilderness that pushes a man to his limits.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too Much Religion
- De Chris D. en 06-05-18
De: Rocky McElveen
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The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw
- De: Patrick McManus
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 303
Patrick McManus, author of How I Got This Way and one of America's favorite humorists, is an impish commentator on the obvious and not so obvious absurdities of modern life. His national best seller, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, is a collection of hilarious short pieces about fishing, its exotic equipment, and activities like "gunkholing". You will learn, for example, that the best way to learn to fish is to build an addition to your house first.
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1 out of 5 stars
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slow, monotone country reader
- De Laura en 06-28-16
De: Patrick McManus
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The Founding Fish
- De: John McPhee
- Narrado por: John McPhee
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Few fish are as beloved, or as obsessed over, as the American shad. Although shad spend most of their lives in salt water, they enter rivers by the hundreds of thousands in the spring and swim upstream heroic distances in order to spawn, then return to the ocean.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Read and released.
- De Darwin8u en 11-14-14
De: John McPhee
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A Traditional Bowhunter's Path
- Lessons and Adventures at Full Draw
- De: Ron Rohrbaugh Jr.
- Narrado por: Tyler Boss
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 67
This guide to traditional bowhunting with a longbow or recurve combines the best of both worlds for beginners and veteran bowhunters. How-to chapters share hard-earned wisdom that will help you perfect your skills and get close to game, while engaging stories tell of the authors experiences hunting white-tailed deer in the east, chasing big game in the American West, and trekking to South Africa in search of Greater Kudu and other plains game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great primer on Traditional Bow hunting
- De Tory A. Utt en 06-25-19
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Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers
- Florida History and Culture
- De: Glen Simmons, Laura Ogden
- Narrado por: James R. Marshall
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Few people today can claim a living memory of Florida's frontier Everglades. Glen Simmons, who has hunted alligators, camped on hammock-covered islands, and poled his skiff through the mangrove swamps of the glades since the 1920s, is one who can. Together with Laura Ogden, he tells the story of backcountry life in the southern Everglades from his youth until the establishment of the Everglades National Park in 1947.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Younger Generation Gladesman
- De Jeff D. en 02-22-20
De: Glen Simmons, y otros
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A Fly Rod of Your Own
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 7 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 194
John Gierach is known for his witty, trenchant observations about fly-fishing. In A Fly Rod of Your Own, Gierach once again takes us into his world and scrutinizes the art of fly-fishing. He travels to remote fishing locations where the airport is not much bigger than a garage and a flight might be held up because a passenger is running late. He sings the praises of the skilled pilots who fly to remote fishing lodges in tricky locations and bad weather.
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2 out of 5 stars
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- De Shawn C. Barber en 06-10-20
De: John Gierach
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No Shortage of Good Days
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 86
In No Shortage of Good Days John Gierach takes listeners from the Smokies in Tennessee to his home waters in Colorado, from the Canadian Maritimes to Mexico - saltwater or fresh, it's all fishing and all irresistible. As always he writes perceptively about a wide range of subjects: the charm of familiar waters, the etiquette of working with new fishing guides, night fishing when the trout and the mosquitoes are both biting, and fishing snobbery, a pitfall he seems to have largely avoided.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I fish, but rarely fly fish.. love Gierach’s work
- De BearheartRaven en 04-24-20
De: John Gierach
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Still Life with Brook Trout
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 68
John Gierach demonstrates once again that fishing, when done right, is as much a philosophical pursuit as a sport. Gierach travels to Wyoming and Maine and points in between, searching out new fly-fishing adventures and savoring familiar waters with old friends. Along the way he meditates on the importance of good guides, the challenge of salmon fishing, and the zen of fishing alone. On a more serious note, he ponders the damaging effects of disasters both natural and man-made.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A problem with casting
- De GrayKnight en 01-18-19
De: John Gierach
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All Fishermen Are Liars
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 160
In All Fishermen Are Liars, Gierach travels around North America seeking out quintessential fishing experiences, whether it's at a busy stream or a secluded lake hidden amid snow-capped mountains. He talks about the art of fly-tying and the quest for the perfect steelhead fly ("The Nuclear Option"), about fishing in the Presidential Pools previously fished by the elder George Bush, and the importance of traveling with like-minded companions when caught in a soaking rain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Of My Favorite Authors!!!
- De Travis en 03-31-18
De: John Gierach
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Fly Fishing Small Streams
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Small-stream fishing wisdom with the same insight and pungent humor that has become Gierach's trademark. Advice on tackle selecting, reading water, and scouting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Poseidon en 01-13-25
De: John Gierach
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Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 137
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 133
In Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers, Gierach looks back to the long-ago day when he bought his first resident fishing license in Colorado, where the fishing season never ends, and just knew he was in the right place. And he succinctly sums up part of the appeal of his sport when he writes that it is "[A]n acquired taste that reintroduces the chaos of uncertainty back into our well-regulated lives".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Familiar places and familiar characters of any fisherman’s experience
- De BearheartRaven en 07-21-20
De: John Gierach
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A Fly Rod of Your Own
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 7 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 194
John Gierach is known for his witty, trenchant observations about fly-fishing. In A Fly Rod of Your Own, Gierach once again takes us into his world and scrutinizes the art of fly-fishing. He travels to remote fishing locations where the airport is not much bigger than a garage and a flight might be held up because a passenger is running late. He sings the praises of the skilled pilots who fly to remote fishing lodges in tricky locations and bad weather.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrator
- De Shawn C. Barber en 06-10-20
De: John Gierach
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No Shortage of Good Days
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 86
In No Shortage of Good Days John Gierach takes listeners from the Smokies in Tennessee to his home waters in Colorado, from the Canadian Maritimes to Mexico - saltwater or fresh, it's all fishing and all irresistible. As always he writes perceptively about a wide range of subjects: the charm of familiar waters, the etiquette of working with new fishing guides, night fishing when the trout and the mosquitoes are both biting, and fishing snobbery, a pitfall he seems to have largely avoided.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I fish, but rarely fly fish.. love Gierach’s work
- De BearheartRaven en 04-24-20
De: John Gierach
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Still Life with Brook Trout
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 68
John Gierach demonstrates once again that fishing, when done right, is as much a philosophical pursuit as a sport. Gierach travels to Wyoming and Maine and points in between, searching out new fly-fishing adventures and savoring familiar waters with old friends. Along the way he meditates on the importance of good guides, the challenge of salmon fishing, and the zen of fishing alone. On a more serious note, he ponders the damaging effects of disasters both natural and man-made.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A problem with casting
- De GrayKnight en 01-18-19
De: John Gierach
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All Fishermen Are Liars
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 160
In All Fishermen Are Liars, Gierach travels around North America seeking out quintessential fishing experiences, whether it's at a busy stream or a secluded lake hidden amid snow-capped mountains. He talks about the art of fly-tying and the quest for the perfect steelhead fly ("The Nuclear Option"), about fishing in the Presidential Pools previously fished by the elder George Bush, and the importance of traveling with like-minded companions when caught in a soaking rain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Of My Favorite Authors!!!
- De Travis en 03-31-18
De: John Gierach
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Fly Fishing Small Streams
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Small-stream fishing wisdom with the same insight and pungent humor that has become Gierach's trademark. Advice on tackle selecting, reading water, and scouting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Poseidon en 01-13-25
De: John Gierach
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Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 137
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 133
In Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers, Gierach looks back to the long-ago day when he bought his first resident fishing license in Colorado, where the fishing season never ends, and just knew he was in the right place. And he succinctly sums up part of the appeal of his sport when he writes that it is "[A]n acquired taste that reintroduces the chaos of uncertainty back into our well-regulated lives".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Familiar places and familiar characters of any fisherman’s experience
- De BearheartRaven en 07-21-20
De: John Gierach
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Standing in a River Waving a Stick
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 113
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 115
With his inimitable combination of wit and wisdom, John Gierach once again celebrates the fly-fishing life in Standing in a River Waving a Stick and notes its benefits as a sport, philosophical pursuit, even therapy: "The solution to any problem-work, love, money, whatever-is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." After all, fly-fishing does teach important life lessons, says Gierach-about solitude, patience, perspective, humor, and the sublime coffee break.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book but...
- De R. Ruiz en 07-31-19
De: John Gierach
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All the Time in the World
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 35
Once again, John Gierach tells the world why the pastime of fly-fishing makes so much sense—except when it doesn't. In sparkling prose, with more than a touch of humor, 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 fishing meccas all over North America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Laughing at ourselves
- De Kindle Customer en 04-30-23
De: John Gierach
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Even Brook Trout Get the Blues
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 60
Whether debating bamboo versus graphite rods, describing the pleasure of fishing in pocket waters or during a spring snow in the mountains, or recounting a trip in pursuit of the "fascinatingly ugly" longnose gar, Gierach understands that fly-fishing is more than a sport. It's a way of life in which patience is (mostly) rewarded, the rhythms of the natural world are appreciated, and the search for the perfect rod or ideal stream is never ending.
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5 out of 5 stars
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laughing my @$$ off!
- De Dawn Antico en 07-06-23
De: John Gierach
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Another Lousy Day in Paradise
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 40
Paradise, Gierach shows us, is relative; it can be found in the guilty luxury of fishing private waters or when one is soaked to the skin, in a small canoe on a big lake in a storm a hundred miles from anywhere, exhilarated after a day's fishing. There are also pleasures to be found in unexpected places: solitary fishing trips, fishing for less-appreciated fish like carp, or meeting a guide who at first seems like an inarticulate ax murderer but who proves to be a "Zen master among fishing guides."
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5 out of 5 stars
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What else is there
- De Anonymous User en 08-23-24
De: John Gierach
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Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your Leg
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 1 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 24
Fly-fishing's finest scribe, John Gierach, takes us from a nameless stream on a nameless ranch in Montana to a secret pool off a secret creek where he caught a catfish as a five-year-old, to a brook full of rattlesnakes and a private pond where the trout are all as long as your leg. As Gierach says, "The secret places are the soul of fishing." Hearing about a new one never fails to entice us.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Different narrator needed
- De Elizabeth en 10-15-22
De: John Gierach
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At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 7 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 99
Proving that fishing is not just a part-time pursuit, At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman takes us through a year with America's favorite fishing scribe, John Gierach, who dedicates himself to his passion despite his belief that "In the long run, fishing usually amounts to a lifetime of pratfalls punctuated by rare moments of perfection."
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent
- De JoshuaGraham en 05-22-20
De: John Gierach
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Trout Bum
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 7 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 32
While most of us fly-fish to escape from daily life, for John Gierach and his friends fly-fishing IS a way of life. They are trout bums. But John Gierach is also an exceptional writer. The essays in Trout Bum are reflective, bitingly humorous, and enormously wise in the ways of fishing and men. In vivid, unforgettable detail they recount the emotional, spiritual, and tangible adventures and pleasures of stalking trout in and around the Rockies—day in, day out, from season to season, with friends, and alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Witty and Relatable
- De Kait Jackson en 01-08-25
De: John Gierach
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Dances with Trout
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 95
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers. With the wry humor and wit that have become his trademark, John Gierach writes about his travels in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. In this new collection of essays on fishing - and hunting - Gierach discusses fishing for trout in Alaska, for salmon in Scotland, and for almost anything in Texas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Gierach read!
- De Okie gardener en 02-19-25
De: John Gierach
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Good Flies
- Favorite Trout Patterns and How They Got That Way
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Few anglers will skip knowing what a master angler and thinker prefers for his fly box. This title covers a gamut of patterns essential to trout fishing in a variety of circumstances: dry flies, wet flies and nymphs, and streamers. Gierach's legion of fans of his regular magazine column will be highly inclined to buy this title.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Should have got the book
- De Paul Kulyk en 03-20-24
De: John Gierach
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The Longest Silence
- A Life in FIshing
- De: Thomas McGuane
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts comes a collection of alternately playful and exquisite essays—including seven collected here for the first time—borne of a lifetime spent fishing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator had to catch a train
- De Brandon Taff en 01-11-23
De: Thomas McGuane
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Fishing Bamboo
- An Angler's Passion for the Traditional Fly Rod
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 3 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3
Once an angler masters a graphite rod, his interests often move on to the original fly rod, pliant bamboo. Until the mid-twentieth century, nearly all fly rods were bamboo. By the 1970s, fiberglass and graphite changed the world of fly-fishing. But more and more anglers are seeing bamboo rods in retail outlets, and want to give them a try.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bamboo fly rods have delighted me since my aunt gave me one when I was eight.
- De Anthony en 04-27-24
De: John Gierach
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The View From Rat Lake
- De: John Gierach
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Gierach
- De Keith Thorp en 10-02-23
De: John Gierach
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Bobby Morris
- 01-15-19
Great book
Asweome book. Makes me wanna go on a fishing trip. good book to listen to on a road trip.
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