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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. Taking his fishing hobby to near metaphysical levels, Ted Leeson tells about his passions: rivers, trout, and fly fishing. With wry humor and rare insight, he explores questions that engage most fishermen: What is it about rivers that draws us so irresistibly, and why does fly fishing seem such an aptly suited...
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The fly-fishing trio offers winning practical advice and years of wisdom for catching trout all year long, no matter the season. Includes winter nymphing, the "magic hour," fishing low waters, seasonal hatches, and more. Enhanced with more than 200 full-color photos and QR codes that link to video segments. Also features choice fly patterns and insect identification tips.
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New to fishing and have no idea how to start? With Basic Fishing, you'll be an accomplished angler in no time at all. Expert angler and award winning outdoor writer Wade Bourne has created a step-by-step guide that masterfully breaks down the art of fishing with diagrams, vivid photographs, and lessons on:
* Different types of fishing equipment and how to select the best tackle.
* Baiting techniques for artificial and natural baits.
* Tips for selecting...
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Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.
“Once an angler has become serious about the sport (and 'serious' is the word that's used), he'll never again have enough tackle or enough time to use it. And his nonangling friends and family may never again entirely recognize him, either.” In other words, he (or she) will have entered Gierach territory.
Whether...
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"The bestselling author of 'The River' returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, escaping his own grief, is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado where amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests he uncovers a plotof shocking menace"--
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In its blending of nature writing and memoir-also touching on the connection of time, beauty, and memory-Illuminated by Water is an elegiac tribute to fly fishing and the natural world.
Illuminated by Water is a book about the author's own decades-long passion for fly-fishing and how it has shaped the way he sees and thinks about the natural world. That passion is shared and made legible here, not just for other anglers, but for those who have never...
9) Gone
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Hannah Smith novels volume 1
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Florida native and fishing guide Hannah Smith uses uncommon resourcefulness, a keen sense of justice, and unorthodox methods to track down a missing girl, a case that puts Hannah on the wrong side of violent adversaries.
10) McElligot's pool
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Random House
Pub. Date
[1947]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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[56] p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
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A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's pool.
11) Fly fishing
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Engaging images accompany information about fly fishing.
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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. Fishing Utah offers the angler detailed descriptions of more than 200 bodies of water around the state. This is the one-stop source for all the fishing information you...
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Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.
Fly-fishing's finest scribe, John Gierach, takes us from a nameless stream on a nameless ranch in Montana to a secret pool off a secret creek where he caught a catfish as a five-year-old, to a brook full of rattlesnakes and a private pond where the trout are all as long as your leg. As Gierach says, "The secret...
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In the chapters of Never Sniff a Gift Fish, McManus will teach you the wisdom that is usually shared only in the close ranks of modern-day hunters and gatherers. To complete your arsenal, McManus also includes The Hunter's Workout Guide and a special Family Camper's Dictionary. Exercises like the hindquarter shuffle will make you move like a hunter. And phrases like "Yip-yip-yip-Owoooooo!" will help you sound like one, too. Whether he's poking fun...
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First published in 1653, Izaak Walton's "The Compleat Angler" is a classic and much-loved treatise on the art of fishing. Immediately popular after its publication, "The Compleat Angler" was reprinted and updated numerous times by Walton. Written as a conversation between the fictional characters of the experienced angler Piscator and his student Viator, which was changed to a hunter named Venator in later editions, the treatise is part an instructional...
19) Baitshop
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
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Widescreen.
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1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The owner of Bill's Bait Shop signs up for the annual Bass Tournament in hopes of using the prize money to save his shop from foreclosure. However, his rival, Hot Rod Johnson, is determined to put his money where Bill's large mouth is.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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"It may be cold outside, but you're cozy inside your ice fishing house. You drop your line through the hole you cut in the ice and wait. Your patience is soon rewarded with a forceful tug on your line. Will you be able to reel in your big catch? Now is your chance to learn what you need to know about ice fishing gear, techniques, safety, and more"--P. [4] of cover.
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