Peter A. Collin wrote:

One chum of mine saw John Geirach on a western stream, and commented on
how he didn't catch as many as my friend. I would hate to be famous and
always have that stress on me to exceed. Many people I know who are in
the business lie about their catches, just so they don't sound like just
another schmoe.


While I don't find Geirach as enjoyable as I once did, I can not recall
him ever claiming to be anything other than a writer of fishing stories
and a lover of cane rods. I doubt he stresses out over "having" to
catch fish and on his home water would probably outfish most of us and
call it *lucky*.