Fishing, angling

Midges may be small, but in many streams and lakes around the world they are the most important year-round food source for trout.

Tying and rigging lines and leaders Boat-handling tips and approaching and feeding fish From setting the hook to fighting and landing the fish quickly and safely Artist and ardent angler Bill Bishop tackles all aspects of tarpon fishing--from building leaders to bringing them in quickly.

What if you could peer into the fly boxes of the guides who make their living helping people catch fish, day in and day out?

Like taking a private lesson with the best teacher in the world of fishing, this fly-casting guide offers step-by-step instructions to over forty casts.

Steelhead legend Lani Waller covers the essential elements of fishing for trophy steelhead with prose as beautiful and surprising as the fish themselves.

Volume IFor the fly fisher seeking to catch more and bigger trout, fishing nymphs--patterns that mimic the larval stage of mayflies--can be a surefire approach.

Volume IIAfter the mayfly family, detailed in Nymphs: The Mayflies, the fly fisher must know the caddisfly, stonefly, and midge populations just as well to catch trout that are keyed in on such insects.

Told through the eyes of a longtime Montana fishing guide and itinerant fishing bum, A Good Life Wasted offers a unique perspective on an implausible period in the recent history of human civilization.

With colorful, concise, and easy-to-follow illustrations, The L.

Hemingway would have been impressed.

There are almost as many ways to fish as there are fish and fishermen.

The definitive guide from the renowned fly-fishing masterA handsome new illustrated edition of the classic by Art Flick, the man who gave American fly fishers their first useable, portable text for ';matching the hatch' at streamside.

LEFTY KREH'S SOLVING FLY-CASTING PROBLEMS contains detailed descriptions, instructional illustrations, and troubleshooting techniques that every fly fisher needs to know.

This outstanding guide is filled with scores of practical observations on all of the trout foods of importance to fly fishers.

Lefty Kreh's Presenting the Flydetails the most essential analysis in fly-fishing: how to get the right fly to the right fish, in the right way, at the right time.

Originally published in 1994, this book was a fly-fishing phenomenon in the way Howell Raines's Fly Fishing Through the Mid-Life Crisis was.

The amazing resurgence of the East Coast's premier saltwater gamefish has sent hundreds of thousands of anglers in search of their fathers' and grandfathers' favorite quarry: the magnificent striped bass.

The bamboo fly rod still represents the pinnacle of the fly-fishing art; its apparent simplicity and delicacy belie the craftsmanship and strength that are the hallmarks of all great rods.

Derived from the classic Trout Stream Insects: An Orvis Streamside Guide, this fully revised text focuses exclusively on those mayfly species of most importance to fly fishers.

Bert Darrow doesn't just teach his students to fish, he teaches them to live the sport.

Now updated, including full-color illustrations, The L.

Marine researcher Aaron Adams shares his knowledge about sea grass, mangroves, salt marshes, oyster bars, shorelines, beaches, sand flats, and coral reefs from the Caribbean to the Carolinas, the Gulf of Mexico to the Florida coast, to give reader swhat they need to know to fish for tropical, subtropical, and warm-water species.

Clearly written and generously illustrated, this book presents a practical, informative approach, geared specifically toward novice and intermediate anglers.

Bringing together more than ten years of hard-earned fishing experience in the Heart of Dixiefrom the mountains of the north to the Mobile Delta and the Gulf of Mexico in the southFishing Alabama is the essential guide to fishing in this surprisingly diverse southern state.

This guide answers every angler's questions about stocking schedules, fish abundance, precise location coordinates, elevation, surface area, and maximum depth for more than 1,000 lakes and streams in the magnificent Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains on the Montana-Wyoming border.

From the tidewaters of the Columbia River to the high desert in the east, Oregon waters offer something to every angler.

The only guide with fishing information for every public lake and stream in the state, home to more than 800,000 anglers.

This all-new angler's guide describes 105 of the authors' favorite fishing sites with precise directions, species found, and specific angling tips.

Texas offers tremendous angling opportunitiesand its nearly 400-mile coast along the ';Mediterranean of the Americas' offers everything from flounder, speckled trout, redfish, and other speciesinshore, to kingfish, cobia, and blue-water big game offshore.

Whether your passion is bass and pike in the desert reservoirs, the trophy trout in the renowned Green River, or the delicate, gem-like inhabitants of the alpine lakes of the high Uinta, you'll find the facts here that will get you on the water and well on your way to catching fish.

Based on the original Orvis Caddisfly Handbook, this wholly revised title is small and light enough to carry along for use on the water.

With more than 650 tips total, the Almanac is an indispensable reference that will help any bass angler improve his or herfishing success quickly and significantly.

Vince Wilcox's Naturally Artificial Signature Flieswill enable tiers of all levelsfrom absolute beginners to long time tying expertsto follow along with ease.

Kimber shares his personal paddling philosophy, arranged in an alphabetical progression of essays.

This is a book about falling in love with the true essence of a geographical area--its sights, smells, and sounds.

Chasing the lightning-fast bonefish across the south Pacific, Florida, and the Caribbean is for many anglers a near obsession, and this is the handbook to such fly-fishing adventure.

Packed with the wheres, whys, and hows of fishing Florida's inshore water, vacationers, new residents, and even longtime anglers will discover what to look for, which lures to use, and where to go.

Off the Beaten Path is a study of an exceptional outdoorsman, Walter Hesman.

Cajun Steve is well versed in the Cajun culture having been born in New Orleans.

A short view of drone fishing and the possible progress it will make.

How many striped bass of 60 pounds or more have you heard about?

Fish have figured profoundly in both human history and imagination for millennia.

These writings have an appeal to fishermen, but also to the general public as well.

Much new material has been added to this revised edition.

"e;The Fly-Fisherman's Entomology"e; is a complete handbook on fly fishing, first published in 1836.

"e;Sunshine and the Dry Fly"e; is a classic guide to fly-fishing, with a special focus on fishing for trout.

This volume offers the reader a wealth of information on fishing for bream, dealing with night fishing, required equipment, drifting, common problems, and much more.

This detailed guide to fly fishing for salmon comprises nine detailed chapters written by various experts on the subject.

"e;Big Game Fishing"e; contains a fantastic vintage guide to fishing for large fish, including tuna, swordfish, sharks, and more.

Contained within this vintage book is a timeless guide to fly-fishing, with chapters on how to make the flies and which types are to be used in which months.