All Fishermen Are Liars Audiobook (Free)

For John Gierach, “the get better at of fly-fishing” (Sacramento Bee), angling is always the answer-even if it is not clear the actual question is. In All Fishermen Are Liars, Gierach travels around North America searching for quintessential fishing encounters, be it at a occupied stream or a secluded lake hidden amid snow-capped mountains. He discusses the art of fly-tying and the quest for an ideal steelhead take flight (“The Nuclear Choice”), about angling in the Presidential Private pools previously fished about All Anglers Are Liars with the elder George Bush (“I considered briefly if I’d carried out something karmically devastating and was now fated to spend the rest of my life inhaling and exhaling the exhaust of the elderly Republican”), and the importance of journeying with like-minded companions when captured inside a soaking rain (“At this point someone is required to say, ‘You understand, there are individuals who wouldn’t believe that is fun’”). And though Gierach loses some fish on the way, he hardly ever loses his interest and love of life.

Wry, contemplative, and lively-that is to say, pure Gierach-All Anglers Are Liars is a pleasure to listen to-and, as constantly, the next most sensible thing to angling itself.