John Gierach is an American author and freelance writer who formerly resided on the St. Vrain River in Lyons, Colorado

Lyons, Colorado

Lyons is a Statutory Town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,585 at the 2000 census. Lyons is located at the confluence of the North St. Vrain Creek and the South St. Vrain Creek, twenty miles east of Rocky Mountain National Park. Due to its location at the...

 and now lives in Larimer County, Colorado. His books' themes are based on his various fly fishing

Fly fishing

Fly fishing is an angling method in which an artificial 'fly' is used to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Casting a nearly weightless fly or 'lure' requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of casting...

 adventures, some of which take place with his friend, A.K. Best. A few of his works include The View from Rat Lake, Even Brook Trout Get the Blues, and the cult classic--Trout Bum

Trout bum

Trout bum is an affectionate nickname for dedicated trout anglers, particularly those who practice fly fishing. Use of the term is similar in tone and meaning to the antiquated term, "Surf Bum." The term was popularized by author John Gierach, whose first book, Trout Bum is an anthology of...

. His work has appeared in Gray's Sporting Journal

Gray's Sporting Journal

Gray's Sporting Journal is a magazine dedicated to the pursuit of outdoor recreation, with an emphasis on hunting and fishing. It is a consciously literary publication, using a "blind reader" to select articles, poems, and stories for publication...

, Field & Stream

Field & Stream

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 where he is a contributing author, and Fly, Rod, and Reel where he is an editor at large. He also writes columns for the Longmont Daily Times-Call out of Longmont, Colorado

Longmont, Colorado

Longmont is a Home Rule Municipality in Boulder and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Longmont is located in Northern Colorado. Longmont is the 13th most populous city in the State of Colorado. The word "Longmont" comes from Longs Peak, a prominent mountain named for explorer Stephen H....

 and the monthly Redstone Review and a monthly column for The New York Times

The New York Times

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Gierach was the 1994 recipient of the Federation of Fly Fishers

Federation of Fly Fishers

The Federation of Fly Fishers is an international 501 non-profit organization headquartered in Livingston, Montana dedicated to the betterment of the sport of fly fishing through Conservation, Restoration and Education...

 Roderick Haig-Brown

Roderick Haig-Brown

Roderick Haig-Brown was a Canadian writer and conservationist.-Early life:Born in Lancing, Sussex, England his father, Alan Haig-Brown, was a teacher and a prolific writer who published hundreds of articles and poems on sports, the military and educational issues in various periodicals...

 Award—The award recognizes a fly fishing author whose work embodies the philosophy and spirit of Roderick Haig-Brown, particularly, a respect for the ethics and traditions of fly fishing and an understanding of rivers, the inhabitants and their environments.

Selected bibliography

• Trout Bum
  Trout bum
  Trout bum is an affectionate nickname for dedicated trout anglers, particularly those who practice fly fishing. Use of the term is similar in tone and meaning to the antiquated term, "Surf Bum." The term was popularized by author John Gierach, whose first book, Trout Bum is an anthology of...
  
  
• Even Brook Trout Get the Blues
• The View from Rat Lake
• Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your Leg
• Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing
• Fly-fishing Small Streams
• Fly-fishing the High Country
• Still Life with Brook Trout
• Standing in a River Waving a Stick
• Dances with Trout
• Fishing Bamboo
• Another Lousy Day in Paradise
• At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman
• Good Flies: Favorite Trout Patterns and How They Got That Way
• Signs of Life
• Death Taxes And Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly Fishing Treasury
• Fool's Paradise
• The Fly Fishing Anthology (with Mallory Burton and Ernest Hemingway
  Ernest Hemingway
  Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
  
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• No Shortage of Good Days

The following books were written and produced with A.K. Best:

• A. K. Best's Fly Box: How to Tie the Master Fly-Tyer's Patterns
• A. K. Best's Advanced Fly Tying: The Proven Methods and Techniques of a Master Professional Fly Tyer--37 Important Patterns
• Dyeing and Bleaching Natural Fly-Tying Materials
• Production Fly Tying - A Collection Of Ideas, Notions, Hints, & Variations On The Techniques Of Fly Tying