A beautiful and comprehensive manual carefully detailing for you how to tie 160 flies-listed in order from simple to complexIn Mastering the Art of Fly Tying, one of the world s most experienced fly-tying instructors reveals that the real secret to fly tying is not learning to tie each fly individually, but mastering and building upon the necessary skills and techniques.
Bass fishing pro Jimmy Houston gives outdoor enthusiasts from beginners to bassmasters spiritual insights and fishing tips in this yearlong devotional.
The most exciting stories from the golden age of waterfowling-begining with Frank Forester's tale of shooting rail on the Delaware River in the 1840x to William Hazelton's description of bagging mallards in flooded timber along the Illinois River in the 1920s.
The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute's landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico.
Three well-known fly fishers (and friends) come together to share the solid technical know-how they've learned from years of fishing the ever-elusive trout.
Everything the surfcaster needs to know about plugs, metal, live bait and other rigs, with clear advice about when to use them and how they are fished.
Expert, field-tested advice for anglers at every levelThis comprehensive, entertaining, and foolproof guide covers everything novice and avid anglers need to know to catch freshwater fish--from bass and trout to salmon and walleye--and reveals the two basic ways to catch ALL fish.
In Bass Madness, fishing authority Ken Schultz goes behind the scenes of the so-called Super Bowl of bass fishing to uncover what turned an unassuming sport into a full-blown sporting spectacle complete with athletes, spectators, TV cameras, and intense drama.
"e;The Art of Big Game Fishing"e; is a detailed and profusely-illustrated handbook on catching large fish, with a particular focus on fishing in American waters.
An expanded edition of Rutledge's stories on game-bird hunting and devoted canine companionsArchibald Rutledge has long been recognized as one of the finest sporting scribes this country has ever produced.
NATURE BOOK OF THE YEARSequel to the author's new book, The Waters Between Us (Lyons, March, 2021), about growing up loving the woods and fields and streams of his native Massachusetts and wanting since boyhood to live like a mountain man in the woods.
Useful advice from the father of nymph fishingExtraordinary observations of the trouts worldGeorge Edward MacKenzie Skues has been described not only as the father of nymph fishing but as the greatest fly fisher who ever lived.
The burgeoning popularity of double guns (both over/unders and side-by-sides) in the United States is no secret, and few gunmakers know more about them than Steven Dodd Hughes, who has been building, repairing, and customizing these firearms for three decades.
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.
One of the Shooter's Bible 2018 seriesGives advice on using pursuit binoculars, a pursuit rangefinder, a pursuit spotting scope, and moreUseful for experts and beginnersWhether you are a hunter, guide, target shooter, tactical user, sports spectator, or birder, optics play a key role in adding to and facilitating your profession or sport.
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.
This vintage book contains a treatise on a variety of ancient projective weapons, with a special focus on ancient and mediaeval Catapults and Balistas.
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.
