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The Pocket Guide to Seasonal Largemouth Bass Patterns
An Angler's Quick Reference Book
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Bass fishing requires more than just patience-it requires cunning and insight.
Largemouth bass are the most popular game fish in the US. Found in nearly every state, they present an exciting and powerful challenge to anglers of all levels.
In The Pocket Guide to Seasonal Largemouth Bass...
Liar's Code
Growing Up Fishing
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Warm, funny, and memorable musings on a life spent fishing.
With this eclectic collection of personal essays taking him from his childhood haunts along the industrial Niagara River of the 1960s to Alaska and the saltwater flats of the Caribbean, Richard Chiappone elongates the fishing-writing...
Master's Fly Box
America's Best Anglers Share Their Favorite Trout Flies
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
The experts’ secrets for success, in their own words
The Master’s Fly Box brings together comprehensive interviews with fifteen premier practitioners of the sport about how to catch trout across North America. With more than 100 full-color photographs of their flies with complete pattern...
Trout Eyes
True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Fly Fishing
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Fly fishermen everywhere will enjoy these varied, witty, and engaging adventures by one of America’s finest outdoor writers. There is a long section on trout fishing called Brookies, Browns, and Bows,” and another on the challenges and excitement of saltwater fly fishing, and an exciting group...
by Andrew Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
The King Salmon (a.k.a. Chinook Salmon) is the iconic symbol and state fish of Alaska. Yet annual spawning runs for this legendary species, which used to number in hundreds of thousands, have dwindled with no clear cause. In this compilation researched and written by the editors, journalists, and photographers...
by John Gierach
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2020
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2020
Witty, shrewd, and, as always, a joy to read, John Gierach, “America’s best fishing writer” (Houston Chronicle) and favorite streamside philosopher, extols the frequent joys and occasional tribulations of the fly-fishing life.
“After five decades, twenty books, and countless columns,...
The Fly Fisher and the River
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
On angling as a woman in the first half of the twentieth century.
Like fast moving currents, the fishing tales in The Fly Fisher and the River move us through a selection of Max Atherton’s experiences both within rivers’ waters as well as at their outer edges. They remind us that alongside...
Flies for Selective Trout
Complete Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Tie the Newest Swisher Flies
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Dozens of new flies in full color from America’s favorite flytier.
Doug Swisher cowrote Selective Trout, the bestselling fly-fishing book of all time. Now he’s back with brand new flies.
Back in the ’80s, right after Selective Trout was first published, many fly-tying books came...
The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Tying
101 Tips for the Absolute Beginner
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
This Orvis-endorsed guidebook-part of a continuing series that includes guidebooks on fly fishing basics and saltwater fly fishing-will give you all the tools you need to begin making your own flies. Learn how to read a fly recipe, choose the correct tools (including vises, bobbins, threaders, dubbing...
Vaquita
Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inheritedthe dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal.Nicknamed "panda of the sea” for their small size and beguiling facial markings, vaquitas have been in decline for decades, dying by the...
by Eric Leiser
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
Here at last is a book for fly tiers, beginners and experts alike, that provides foolproof directions for tying all types of flies. In this book even the beginner knows where he is during every step in the process, from the moment he ties in the waxed thread until he ties off the fly with the whip...
by Camille Blue Amy
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2011
Dr. Ardel and I collaborated on the book. He supplied the underwater photography and wrote the rhymes and organized the book for publication.
The Cichlid
An Owner'S Guide to a Happy Healthy Fish
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2008
Cichlids are often described as "fish with personality." A favorite of many hobbyists, members of this family include the ubiquitous Angelfish, the colorful Firemouth Cichlid, and the much sought-after Discus and Oscar. Cichlids includes tips on caring for, breeding, and setting up and maintaining...
On the Water
A Fishing Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
From the acclaimed author of Fragrance of Grass comes a meditation on water and nature, fishing and growing older. On the Water is a gorgeously written collection of essays that all take place on or near the water and pay tribute to the flora and fauna associated with those ecosystems. There are essays...