Trout Friends and Other Riff-Raff: Stories About the Passion and Madness of Fishing

Contains a never before published essay, "Trout Flouderers".
In these stories, popular Chicago Tribune outdoor columnist Bill Stokes gives himself over to his true passion, trout fishing. It is an activity, possibly a madness, that moves him, time and again, to stand knee-deep in cold and murky waters, offer himself up to clouds of hungry mosquitoes, and attempt to keep from snagging his line in overhanging limbs while trying to outwit a wily rainbow or brook trout. And then remembering where the car is parked. All trout anglers will, like Stephen Born, revel in these evocative and entertaining stories.

• The Obtuse Angler - Volume 1: 4 Years a Fool: From Normal Guy to Abnormal Fly Fisherman
• The Obtuse Angler - Volume 2: A Crappy Cabin Near a Trout-Filled River
• Small Streams and Daydreams: A Contrarian's View of Fly-fishing
• Hot Nymphs Dry Flies Bent Rods: Humorous Fly Fishing Adventures with a Radio Talk Show Host
• Should the Tent Be Burning Like That?: A Professional Amateur’s Guide to the Outdoors
• Fish On, Fish Off
• Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher's Progress
• A Fly Rod of Your Own (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)
• Fly-Fishin' Fool: The Adventures, Misadventures, and Outright Idiocies of a Compulsive Angler
• A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier