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Fool's Paradise by John Gierach

Fool's Paradise Book Summary
Author: John Gierach
Illustrator: Glen Wolff
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-06
ISBN: 0743291735
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Accessories:
  • Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your Leg
  • Standing in a River Waving a Stick
  • Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing
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Book Reviews of the Fool's Paradise

Customer Review: TROUT BUM still Gierach's best work!
Summary: 4 Stars

I've been reading and enjoying Mr.Gierach's work since my early twenties. As I am now 49 years of age, I guess I harken back to my youth, when the "good fishing" opportunities didn't seem to involve such distant travels and inordinate cash outlays.
While FOOL'S PARADISE is still a good read for all of my fellow fly-fishing "crazies" I still keep wanting to turn back the clock to a simpler time when most of our western states harbored a plethora of trophy class trout. When a young fellow could afford to live a blissful life with little cost as a truly contented TROUT BUM. Maybe it's just my my "middle age meltdown..."
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