Trout Bum: Fly-Fishing as a Way of Life Patagonia McClane's Classic Angling Adventures by

McClane's Classic Angling Adventures by A

Pacific salmon in the Great Lakes and British Columbia's ocean waters

Here is a stunning look at the elegant and growing sport of saltwater fly-fishing combining dazzling photographs of flies and profiles of renowned fly designers

with his son

illustrated by over 250 life size photos

Trout Bum: Fly-Fishing as a Way of Life Patagonia McClane's Classic Angling Adventures byWhile 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. 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