Sometime in the middle of the twentieth century, longshore fisherman Jack Maple, who fished near the shores of his home in East Kent, penned a manual for those seeking to learn how to fish the proper way.
The author of Searching for Bobby Fischer tackles his own childhood in this “remarkably ambitious and satisfying memoir” (The New York Times Book Review).
William Humphrey's delightful chronicle of an angling holiday in Wales celebrates two equally astonishing creatures: the Atlantic salmon and the British fly fisherman In order to mate in the same freshwater stream where it was spawned, the salmon swims one thousand miles or more and overcomes countless obstacles, from trawling nets to twelve-foot-high waterfalls.
From the acclaimed author of Home from the Hill and The Ordways comes a charming and erudite account of what happens when the fish hooks the fishermanIn the Berkshire mountains, novelist and avid outdoorsman William Humphrey discovers a gigantic, one-eyed brown trout lazing in the shallows of a roadside stream.
Witty, shrewd, and always a joy to read, John Gierach, ';America's best fishing writer' (Houston Chronicle) and favorite streamside philosopher, has earned the following of ';legions of readers who may not even fish but are drawn to his musings on community, culture, the natural world, and the seasons of life' (Kirkus Reviews).
When Leigh Perkins bought the Orvis Company in 1965, the fly-fishing and bird-hunting outfitter was a sleepy business with annual sales that had leveled off at $500,000.
In Casting Forward, naturalist, educator, and writer Steve Ramirez takes the reader on a yearlong journey fly fishing all of the major rivers of the Texas Hill Country.
This fine little guidebook to the best fishing in Yellowstone Park discusses aquatic and terrestrial insect emergences and activity periods, fly patterns to imitate these insects, and effective fishing techniques.
The essential Orvis primer on fly-fishing for Muskies, addressing every requirement of the sport and providing an excellent foundation for years of pleasurable fishing.
When angler and author Stephen Sautner bought a streamside cabin and some land in the heart of fly fishing country in the Catskill Mountains, he thought he had finally reached angling nirvana and would be able to fish whenever he felt like it.
In Fly Fishing the Yucatan, Rod Hamilton offers nitty gritty specifics for the angler, including details such as exactly what rods, lines, reels and flies are must-haves, a battle plan for walking a flat and a course in presenting to and successfully plucking out fish in the most complex situations.
The inimitable author of the hugely popular Crosscurrents and River Music, whom Kirkus called "e;one of the finest nature writers in print,"e; comes back with a third hilarious and observant opus on the nature of knavery in the sport of fly fishing.
Now for the first time in ten years, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide appears in a revised edition that solidifies its place as the flagship title of the Orvis brand.
The American Angler Guide to Fly Fishing For Trout provides beginning and intermediate anglers with everything they need to know in order to successfully fly fish for the most popular quarry in America.
Bass and panfish flies tend to be relatively easy to tie, and Fly Tyer's Guide to Essential Trout Flies will take advantage of this near-universal appeal.
As warmwater fly fishing grows in popularity, target species such as bass (large- and smallmouth), sunfish, perch, and even carp demand increasingly sophisticated techniques from the modern fly fisherman.
Rivers of Sand is an exploration of the unique techniques needed to fish the waters of Michigan and the Great Lakes region, and a discussion of (and paean to) the region itself.
The inaugural title in an upcoming series of species-specific tying manuals produced in coordination with Fly Tyer magazine, Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies provides the beginning and intermediate fly fisher with everything he or she needs to know in order to successfully tie the most successful, tried and true trout patterns.
A history of hunting and fishing through excerpted documents and as ';narrated' by Gray's Sporting Journal columnist Will Ryan, the first book of its kind.
This handy reference and guidebook covers the essential elements of this most exciting form of fly fishing, including tips on how to select the right dry fly for the situation, the best types of water and the best times of day to fish dries, identifying riseforms and what the fish are eating, special leaders and the right rod and line, and ways to present the fly to make it look natural.
