Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
View From Rat Lake : John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library - John Gierach

View From Rat Lake

By: John Gierach

Paperback | 15 May 1989

At a Glance

Paperback


$35.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $9.00 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 10 business days

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.

“In the world of fishing there are magic phrases that are guaranteed to summon the demon. Among them are: ‘remote trout lake,’ ‘fish up to 13 pounds,’ ‘the place the guides fish on their days off,’” writes John Gierach in this wonderful collection of thirteen essays inspired by a fishing trip to Rat Lake, a remote body of water in Montana. Once again John Gierach does what he does best—explain the peculiarities of the fishing life in a way that will amuse novices and seasoned fly fishers alike. The View from Rat Lake deftly examines man in nature and nature in man, the pleasures of fishing the high country, and the high and low comedy that occasionally overcomes even the best-planned fishing trip.

Some typically sage observations from The View from Rat Lake:

“One of the things we truly fish for [is] an occasion for self-congratulation.”

“In every catch-and-release fisherman’s past there is an old black frying pan.”

“We . . . believe that a 12-inch trout caught on a dry fly is four inches longer than a 12-inch trout caught on a nymph or streamer.”

Other Editions and Formats

ePUB

Published: 19th March 2013

Instant Digital Delivery to your Kobo Reader App

More in Sports & Recreation

The Complete Fishing Bible : Sixth Edition - Alistair McGlashan

RRP $60.00

$45.75

24%
OFF
That Was Close! - Philip Blake

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF
Driven - Emma J. Warrender

SIGNED COPY

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$16.99

26%
OFF
Official History of the FIFA World Cup - FIFA Museum

RRP $81.75

$72.75

11%
OFF
Walk : Your Life Depends On It - Courtney Conley

RRP $59.99

$45.75

24%
OFF
Peter Daicos : My family's journey - Peter Daicos

SIGNED COPY

RRP $50.00

$34.99

30%
OFF
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2026 - Lawrence Booth

RRP $120.00

$83.75

30%
OFF
Break Me - Tillie Cole

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$16.99

32%
OFF
Va-Va-Voom : The Modern History of French Football - Tom Williams
The Open Era - Edward Schmit

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$20.75

10%
OFF
The Mamba Mentality : How I Play - Kobe Bryant

RRP $54.99

$42.75

22%
OFF
Breath : The New Science of a Lost Art - James Nestor

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
Ocean Pools : 75 pools across Australia for saltwater swimmers - Chris Chen