Sports & Recreation : Fishing

If you enjoy the challenge of deceiving wary trout with wisps of fur and feather tied to a tiny hook, fly-fishing is for you.Fly-Fishing the North Country offers experienced anglers and novices the information they need to catch north country fish including feisty Bluegills, beautiful Brook Trout, and even monstrous Muskies. Shawn Perich has gathered the secrets of fly-fishing including tips for purchasing tackle, learning to cast, selecting the right flies, and finding fish. The book concludes with patterns for tying more than sixty flies specially designed for fishing success in northern lakes and streams. more...

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When James Prosek was just fifteen, a ranger named Joe Haines caught him fishing without a permit in a stream near Prosek's home in Connecticut. But instead of taking off with his fishing buddy, James put down his rod and surrendered. It was a move that would change his life forever. Expecting a small fine and a lecture, James instead received enough knowledge about fishing and the great outdoors to last a lifetime. The story of an unlikely friendship, Joe and Me is a book for those who remember the mentor in their life, the one who changed the way they look at the world. more...

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John Gierach returns with another book-length rumination on fishing, covering everything from fishing the high country to fishing with friends vs. going solo to the enduring appeal of the fishing vest in the high-tech age to dozens more topics that will appeal to fishermen everywhere. A few of Gierach's wise and witty observations:. "You can't expect to hit it dead on with every trip -- although that does happen now and then -- but there are usually fish and if you pay attention and bear down a little, you usually catch some. And when a trip really does go in the crapper, as one will eventually, you are still somehow fulfilling your destiny as a fisherman, and that's bound to be for the best.". "I had gotten myself past the expectation of success and into the fisherman's eternal riddles: There are fish in here somewhere, but where? They're in here sometime, but when? They're eating something, but what? If this were a koan -- and I'm not sure it isn't -- it would be: If the salmon cannot be caught, how will you catch him?". "Imagine the first human to conceive of this. He'd have dipped a hook in the water and plucked out a fish. People wouldn't have believed him, so he'd have shown them and it would have seemed like magic. Some days it still does.". No one describes the magic of fishing better than John Gierach, and no one writes more magically about the subject. more...

Price: $11.99