While most of us fly-fish to escape from daily life, for John Gierach and his friends, fly-fishing is their way of life. But John Gierach is also an exceptional writer, and his 20 essays here are reflective, bitingly humorous, and enormously wise in the ways of fishing and men. In vivid, unforgettable detail they recount the emotional, spiritual, and physical pleasures of stalking trout in and around the Rockies—day in, day out, from season to season, with friends and alone.