Fool’s Paradise Audiobook (Free)

If John Gierach is living in a fool’s paradise, then it’s a heaven that his regular visitors will recognize and new enthusiasts will take pleasure in discovering. Laced with the inimitable mixture of wit and knowledge that have produced him fly-fishing’s most important scribe, Fool’s Paradise chronicles the fishing life in all its glory (catching your biggest fish ever) and squalor (becoming stranded within a tent throughout a soaking rainstorm). In Gierach’s globe, both encounters are valuable, as well as perhaps inevitable.

Fishermen everywhere can understand Gierach’s pursuit to discover and explore fresh waters, the unlikely appeal of winter season fly-fishing, or his dismay in encroaching advancement. Braving trips on little prop planes and down “Oh-My-God” roads, Gierach and his fishing buddies pursue bull trout in British Columbia, steelhead in the Rocky Mountains, and pike therefore fierce that a smart fisherman wears Kevlar gloves for the obligatory trophy picture.

Equal parts fishing lore, philosophy, and great fish stories, Fool’s Heaven may possibly not be a perfect replacement for actually being from the water, but it’s surely the next greatest thing.