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Fishing Bestsellers 1 - 25
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The
Complete Angler : A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of
Walton by James Prosek | ||
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ships in 24 hours Harpercollins Hardcover - 336 pages 1 Ed edition (May 1999) |
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| Amazon.com Prosek has commandeered a unique branch for himself in the long stream of fishing literature. With Trout: An Illustrated History and Joe and Me, he's reeled in the reputation of a modern-day Audubon with a keen eye that translates experience into both words and watercolors. In The Complete Angler,... Read more | ||||
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The
Hungry Ocean : A Swordboat Captain's Journey by Linda Greenlaw | ||
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| Amazon.com The term fisherwoman does not exactly roll trippingly off the tongue, and Linda Greenlaw, the world's only female swordfish boat captain, isn't flattered when people insist on calling her one. "I am a woman. I am a fisherman... I am not a fisherwoman, fisherlady, or fishergirl. If anything else, I... Read more | ||||
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Selective
Trout : Revised and Expanded by Carl Richards, et al | ||
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ships in 24 hours The Lyons Press Hardcover - 240 pages 2 Ed edition (January 2001) |
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| Book Description Here is completely revised, expanded, and reset edition of the book that revolutionized modern fly fishing for trout--now in full color. SELECTIVE TROUT has been hailed as the most revolutionary new approach to trout-fly imitation of the twentieth century. Fly Fisherman magazine called it “the most... Read more | ||||
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Faithful
Travelers : A Father, a Daughter, a Fly-Fishing Journey of the
Heart by James Dodson | ||
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ships in 24 hours Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap) Paperback - 304 pages Reprint edition (August 31, 1999) |
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A reviewer, December
16, 1999
 A touching novel between a father and daughter I found this novel to be a sweet, enduring, detailed description between a father and his daughter; as well as an insighful discovery of the soul. I recommend this book to anyone; especially those seeking a deeper meaning and further explantation between a father and a daughters love! Read more | ||||
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The
Backpacker's Field Manual : A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry
Skills by Rick Curtis | ||
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ships in 24 hours Three Rivers Pr Paperback - 256 pages (March 1998) |
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| Amazon.com This is not a slim compendium of bold-faced hiking tips; in other words, if you come face-to-face with Mr. Bear on the trail, you won't be whipping out The Backpacker's Field Manual for quick advice. On the other hand, if you take the time to plan your excursions into the wilderness, this thorough... Read more | ||||
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Hemingway
on Fishing by Ernest Hemingway, et al | ||
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ships in 24 hours The Lyons Press Hardcover - 242 pages (November 2000) |
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| Amazon.com When the taciturn hero of Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River" returns from the Great War, he heads straight to the northern Michigan woods to begin the process of healing. Camping along the river and fishing for trout, Nick Adams slowly retrieves the elements of a life interrupted, allowing familiar... Read more | ||||
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The
Complete Idiot's Guide to Fly Fishing by Michael D. Shook, Mel Krieger | ||
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ships in 24 hours MacMillan Distribution Paperback - 400 pages 1 edition (September 22, 1999) |
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| Synopsis Cutting through the complicated details of flyfishing, this book explains the basics for understanding the leisure activity, from buying a rod to using fly-line weights and tapers. Read more | ||||
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Pop
Fleyes : Bob Popvic's Approach to Saltwater Fly Design by Ed Jaworowski, Bob Popovics | ||
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ships in 24 hours Stackpole Books Hardcover - 136 pages (January 2001) |
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| Book Description This is the first and only book available on the tier whose techniques with epoxy and silicone revolutionized saltwater fly tying. The family of flies Bob Popovics developed over the last three decades (dubbed "Pop Fleyes," a spelling that incorporates part of his last name with the fact that eyes... Read more | ||||
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Ken
Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia by Ken Schultz | ||
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ships in 24 hours Hungry Minds, Inc Hardcover - 1760 pages 1 Ed edition (November 1, 1999) |
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| Amazon.com Heftier than most trophy trout, Ken Schultz's thoroughly comprehensive reference may be too big to fit into your fly box, but it'll take you more places than a marlin fighting a hook. Schultz knows what he's talking about; a staffer at Field & Stream for more than 25 years, he's held seven world... Read more | ||||
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The
Complete Book of Tackle Making by C. Boyd Pfeiffer | ||
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ships in 24 hours The Lyons Press Paperback - 544 pages (March 1999) |
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The Complete Book of Tackle Making is the reference of choice for both builders of fine tackle and casual craftsmen, with over five hundred pages and seven hundred photographs filled with down-to-earth, clear, step-by-step instruction. Its twenty-five inclusive chapters and helpful appendixes... Read more | ||||
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Tales
of Swordfish and Tuna by Zane Grey | ||
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ships in 2-3 days Derrydale Paperback - 320 pages 1 edition (November 1, 2000) |
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| Book Description Zane Grey fished up to 300 days of the year. But, with all that time on the water, there was nothing more exciting or more compelling than the really BIG fish-the giants of the sea. Blue fin tuna are (even today) still sometimes pursued with harpoons! There's the story of a swordfish that was hooked... Read more | ||||
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Essential
Trout Flies by Dave Hughes | ||
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ships in 2-3 days Stackpole Books Paperback - 96 pages 1 Ed edition (April 2000) |
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| Amazon.com If fly-fishing were run like baseball, at the entrance to every river, stream, lake, and pond you'd find a vendor with a stack of Essential Trout Flies shouting, "You can't tell the flies without a scorecard." Since it's not, you'll just have to pick up a copy before your next outing on the water.... Read more | ||||
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Savage
Shore : Life and Death With Nicaragua's Last Shark Hunters
by Edward Marriott | ||
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ships in 24 hours Owl Books Paperback - 320 pages (March 2001) |
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| Amazon.com The great white gets all the press, but the shark most feared by people around the world is the bull shark, a fish of warm seas that even penetrates fresh water, swimming up rivers and into lakes. In Nicaragua, fishermen still pursue these unusual predators by dangerous, traditional means. Acclaimed... Read more | ||||
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Fishing
the Flats (Salt Water Sportsman Library) by Mark Sosin, Lefty Kreh | ||
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ships in 24 hours The Lyons Press Paperback - 160 pages Reprint edition (December 1988) |
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A reviewer, January
13, 2000
 This book has it all! Sosin and Kreh cover all bases...spinning and fly....the book is very readable. Excellent. Read more | ||||
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The
Fly Tier's Benchside Reference by Ted Leeson, Jim Schollmeyer | ||
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ships in 2-3 days Frank Amato Pubns Hardcover - 464 pages (November 13, 1998) |
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George R. O'Connor, December 11, 1998
 Every dressing technique I've ever heard of is here! This is not a book that provides patterns and technique; this is a book of techniques that may be applied to patterns. This wonderful book has very clear illustrations of just about every dressing technique I've ever seen, or heard of, or wondered about. The most obscure technique for winging I know... Read more | ||||
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Old
Fishing Lures & Tackle : Identification and Value Guide
by Carl F. Luckey | ||
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ships in 24 hours Krause Publications Paperback - 670 pages 5th Exp&up edition (February 1999) |
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| Synopsis Luckey updates his popular title with more information and prices, plus expanded coverage of plastic lures. Fully illustrated. of color photos. Read more | ||||
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Full
Creel : A Nick Lyons Reader by Nick Lyons, et al | ||
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ships in 24 hours Atlantic Monthly Pr Hardcover - 464 pages (September 30, 2000) |
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| Amazon.com One way to judge the quality of an angling writer's work is to put it to this test: does the writer sound like somebody you'd want to go fishing with? For some 30 years now, Nick Lyons--angler, college professor, essayist, and book publisher--has passed the exam effortlessly. A fisherman's fisherman... Read more | ||||
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In
the Slick of the Cricket by Russell Drumm | ||
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ships in 24 hours Penguin USA (Paper) Paperback - 352 pages Reprint edition (August 1998) |
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| Amazon.com Who can forget the scene in Jaws when Quint, the weathered, steely-eyed captain scrapes his fingernails down the blackboard and announces to the quibbling town elders that they're dealing with a great white shahk? In all his hard-nosed glory, Quint might seem like a creation of Hollywood, but in... Read more | ||||
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Land
of Little Rivers : A Story in Photos of Catskill Fly Fishing
by Austin McK. Francis, Enrico Ferorelli(Photographer) | ||
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ships in 24 hours W.W. Norton & Company Hardcover - 280 pages (October 1999) |
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| USA Today "An engrossing gem...this fly-casting extravaganza is a flip-through delight for anyone caught up in natural history." Read more | ||||
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Death,
Taxes, and Leaky Waders : A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury
by John Gierach, Glenn Wolff(Illustrator) | ||
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Stock Simon & Schuster Hardcover - 414 pages (June 2000) |
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| Amazon.com There are two things no dedicated fly-fisher can really have enough of: a decent selection of flies on the stream and a decent selection of John Gierach off of it. Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders should go a good way toward satisfying the latter. In this "greatest hits" of essays culled from... Read more | ||||
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Fishing
for Dummies® by Peter Kaminsky | ||
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ships in 24 hours Hungry Minds, Inc Paperback - 348 pages (April 10, 1997) |
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| Amazon.com You know the saying: Give a man (or woman) a fish, and you give him dinner; teach a man (or woman) to fish and he'll have dinner for the rest of his life. The always entertaining and instructional "... for Dummies" series reeled in witty outdoors writer Peter Kaminsky to keep the rest of... Read more | ||||
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Saltwater
Fly Patterns by Lefty Kreh | ||
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ships in 24 hours The Lyons Press Paperback - 224 pages Rev/augmnt edition (May 1995) |
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| A reviewer, March
29, 1999
Simply the best definitive source on the subject I've found Lefty has provided to both the amateur and seasoned angler a detailed but "plain language" styled guide to the identification, pattern (with recipe) and use of those salt water flies he (Lefty) has found to be both sucessful and productive in the art of saltwater and "flats" Fly... Read more | ||||
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Fly
Fishing in Salt Water by Lefty Kreh, et al | ||
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ships in 24 hours The Lyons Press Hardcover - 360 pages 3rd Rev edition (December 1997) |
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| Amazon.com For the subspecies of saltwater angler who insists on doing his fishing with flies, Kreh is the guru and this is the holy book. Now in its third revised edition, Fly Fishing in Salt Water first surfaced in the late '60s when the idea of fishing the seas with a fly for bluefish, stripers, bonito, and... Read more | ||||
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Wet
Flies : Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackles, Winged and Wingless Wets, and
Fuzzy Nymphs by Dave Hughes, Richard Bunse(Illustrator) | ||
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ships in 24 hours Stackpole Books Hardcover - 240 pages (March 1995) |
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| A reviewer, November
4, 2000 Wet Flies : Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackles, Winged and Wingl This is THE essential book on soft hackled, wet and nymph flies for fishing. If you go after fish by fishing flies below the surface, this is THE reference book to have. Good instructions and photographs throughout with color plates of the flies covered in the book. Read more | ||||
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Fly
Tying Made Clear and Simple by Skip Morris, et al | ||
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ships in 2-3 days Frank Amato Pubns Spiral-bound - 80 pages (September 1992) |
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| Colin J Dougherty,
December 28, 2000
Appropriate Title for an Excellent Book I recently received this book as a gift when I decided to take up fly-tying. Thanks to Mr. Morris' simple, clear instruction, I was able to complete the first two flies in the book (my first two flies ever) quickly and easily. He has succeeded in making what can seem to be such an intimidating... Read more | ||||
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