In Zero Shortage of Great Times John Gierach needs listeners from the Smokies in Tennessee to his house waters in Colorado, from the Canadian Maritimes to Mexico-saltwater or clean, it’s all angling and all amazing. As often he writes perceptively about a wide range of topics: the appeal of familiar waters, the etiquette of dealing with fresh fishing guides, night fishing when the trout and the mosquitoes are both biting, and angling snobbery, a pitfall he appears to have generally prevented: “A friend and I recently realized that making fly-fishing a means of life instead of a hobby has made us a couple of pretty one-dimensional people. Alternatively, we agreed we’re two from the happiest people we realize, albeit in a simple-minded type of way.”

Gierach again demonstrates the wit, eloquence, and insight which have become his trademarks. No Lack of Good Times is the following best thing to a day of fishing.