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John Gierach, born in 1946, is a renowned fishing author in the United States. His works are known for their humorous tone and profound insights into the art of fishing, which have won the hearts of readers.

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“Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.”

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Book:Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury

Source: Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury

“The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.”

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Author:John Gierach

“I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution.”

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Book:Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury

Source: Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury

“I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.”

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Book:At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman

Source: At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman

“Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly.”

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Author:John Gierach

“The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.”

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Author:John Gierach

“Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on that statement.”

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Author:John Gierach

“They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore.”

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Author:John Gierach

“If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, and eat them raw. But, so as not to violate another essential element of the fly-fishing tradition, the rocks would have to be quarried in England and cost $300 each.”

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Author:John Gierach

“Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish is actually the point.”

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Book:Dances With Trout

Source: Dances With Trout

About the Author

Born: 1946
Known for: Author
Quotes: 34

Books & Sources

Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing TreasuryRelated source material

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At the Grave of the Unknown FishermanRelated source material

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