Gierach has known since childhood that "the secret places are the soul of fishing". It was, in fact, a boyhood adventure to a forbidden pool deep in the woods that awakened his love for the contemplative joys of fishing and for the magical places so basic to the mythology fly-fishermen share. "If Mark Twain were alive and a modern-day fly-fisherman, he still would be hard put to top John Gierach".-Sports Illustrated. Line drawings throughout | Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your Leg by John Gierach, Paperback | Indigo Chapters