Sports & Recreation - Fishing

In this beautiful guide, fly-fishing experts reveal their picks for the world's greatest fishing spots to author Chris Santella. For both armchair travelers and avid outdoorsmen who may have already started a checklist of their own, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die...

Go Fishing with Michigan's Famous Identification Guide! Fishing is a perfect outdoors activity for all ages and skill levels, and the Great Lake State is an angler's paradise. Reel in fish, and make identifying your catches a snap. Now in its second edition, the...

This updated field guide, organized by family, features full-color illustrations and information to help readers quickly and easily identify Minnesota fish.Author: Dave BosankoPublisher: Adventure PublicationsPublished: 06/11/2019Pages: 176Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 5.90h x 4.40w x 0.50dISBN: 9781591937906About the AuthorDave Bosanko was born in Kansas and...

Your Quick Guide to Identifying Fish Whether you're fishing on shore, off a dock, or in a boat, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. Based on Dave Bosanko's best-selling field guides and featuring 81 of the most common sport fish in the Midwest,...

"A treasure of hardcore fish intelligence and delightful tidbits of fish history."--Dale Bowman, Chicago Sun-Times Fish don't heed state boundaries, and neither does this comprehensive, photo-filled guide to the diverse species of Chicago and beyond. Encompassing southern Lake Michigan, northeastern Illinois, and adjacent areas...

Get kids hooked on fishing with fun activities for ages 8 to 12 Fishing is so much fun, and it's an awesome skill to have! This book is filled with hands-on activities that teach kids everything they need to go fishing, from choosing their...

Updated and revised, this guide to the great angling state of Colorado features maps and detailed directions to the state's best fishing locations as well as information on the best times of year to find each species of game fish and where. With tackle...

Fishing Wisdom is a charming gift book filled with fascinating facts, anecdotes, fishing know-how, tips and advice. From outlining the basic different types of fishing and equipment needed to some delightfully fishy tales and even exploring literary figures who famously fished, this book makes...

Small-stream fishing wisdom with the same insight and pungent humor that has become Gierach's trademark. Advice on tackle selecting, reading water, and scouting.Author: John GierachPublisher: Stackpole BooksPublished: 02/01/1989Pages: 159Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.07w x 0.57dISBN: 9780811722902About the AuthorJohn Gierach is the author...

The single most important factor that determines a fly angler's approach to a stretch of water isn't the time of day, nor is it a hatch of insects or even the character of the water itself. It's the season. From spring and summer through...

The silvery bonefish is the holy grail of flats fishing. Its speed and chameleonlike color make it a challenge to catch. This book covers finding bonefish from a skiff and while wading. Details on the bonefish's environment and its food provide the background, and...

Leonardo da Vinci was obsessed with water. The famed Italian Renaissance artist meticulously drew every aspect of rivers, from the nature of water drops to the ways currents create and destroy the earth's surface. His obsession led him to become a professional hydraulic engineer...

Tactics for fishing high country lakes, the conflicting currents of high mountain streams, and the ever-changing waters of beaver ponds Cutthroats, brook trout, goldens, rainbows, grayling The best weather and seasons to fish and the tackle and flies to take into the high country...

Identify your catch with the definitive field guide to nearly 1,200 freshwater fish of the United States and Canada.Freshwater fishing is a perfect outdoor activity for all ages and skill levels. There's a whole world to discover beneath the surface of North America's lakes,...

An award-winning guide, written and illustrated by a father-and-son duo, now available in a new paperback edition, with a new foreword by Sy Montgomery. Most anglers are well aware of the popular game fish that inhabit the Northeast, including the largemouth bass, the rainbow...

This simplified guide is intended to introduce the novice to the basics of freshwater fishing including how to fish, where to fish on lakes and rivers, casting techniques, common baits and lures and how to tie them on, rigging and fishing techniques for different...

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. A growing number of people have tried to learn the art of making bamboo...

The first and only collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author's writings on America's great passion--fishing--introduced and edited by Nick Lyons with a foreword by Jack Hemingway. From childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the family's...

"A universal story about the power of place to shape families: in the spirit of his father's ... classic A River Runs Through It, comes John N. Maclean's meditation on fly fishing and life along Montana's Blackfoot River, where four generations of Macleans have...

Set your sights on your next catch with this handsome collection featuring profiles of the most popular, challenging, and interesting fish to pursue as an angler. What makes a fish fun to catch? Highlighting a diverse number of species across both saltwater and freshwater,...