Trout Bum Respect
Well, we're in the new year and I decided to pay my respects to the late John Gierach and read his Trout Bum book once again. I was saddened when he passed this past year. After reading all of his fishing books, I felt as though I personally knew him, while never having met the man. This book is one of my favorites of his, so I'm delving back into a good read in view of honoring one of my favorite authors...my way of joining him in my mind's eye as I accompany John through his various fishing adventures in Colorado and elsewhere. As I began reading the book, I knew this was a good thing to do, even though reading about fly fishing in the winter causes me some withdrawals from being able to fish my trout streams. The first chapter took me right to a small trout stream with John losing a big fish as it screamed downstream to throw his hook. I must say the stream fishing chapters are my most enjoyable reads in his books versus the pond fishing. Nope, I'm just not a float t...
