-- Another Lousy Day in Paradise Paradise, Gierach shows us, is relative; it can be found in the guilty luxury of fishing private waters or when one is soaked to the skin, in a small canoe on a big lake in a storm a hundred miles from anywhere, exhilarated after a day's fishing. There are also pleasures to be found in unexpected places: solitary fishing trips, fishing for less-appreciated fish like carp, or meeting a guide who at first seems like an inarticulate ax murderer but who proves to be a "Zen master among fishing guides." The point is to let things unfold as they willâ??because after all, says Gierach, "Basically, the world is a big, dumb trout, and youâ??re a fisherman with all the time in the world." As Gierach fans know, this is a description of par