Uncommon good sense on water, food, trout flies and behavior, equipment, ethics, and manners.
No one would think from his friendly and informal style that Ken Shearwood was a housemaster at a public school. Nor would most people ima gine that the familiar but little under stood craft which provides his first book with a lively narrative and some juicy characters was as arduous an ad venture as he found it at the time or as fascinating as he has made it in his story. After the war he bought a small boat and joined the handful of Mevagissey fishermen who carry on a daily battle against the...
Warning May Randomly Talk About Northern Pike Fishing Fishing Notebook 120 Pages
by Northern Freshwater Fishing Publishing
Fishing Man-Made Lakes (Hunting & Fishing Library)
by Dick Sternberg
Fly fishermen have been catching trout and salmon from Ireland's abundant rivers and loughs for centuries. This practical fishing book, written by Ireland's top fly-fishing instructor, Peter O'Reilly, looks at the rich tradition of game angling in the Emerald Isle. O'Reilly shares tips on such specialist skills as fishing the duckfly, mayfly, and murrough on the loughs; the merits of fishing the Irish shrimp fly for salmon; and the arts of dapping, Erriff-style slack-water fishing, and imitating...
"Few angler-authors can match the skill and insight of Steve Raymond . . . Through the seasons of the angler's year, Raymond leads his reader to a refined and refreshed understanding of what the natural world is really all about." -Nelson Bryant, The New York TimesAs anyone interested in fly fishing will tell you, there is no better way to spend your time than tying flies and fishing them.The fly patterns in this book are among those that have served author Steve Raymond most faithfully over the...
Études sur les Pêches Maritimes dans la Méditerranée Et l'Océan (Classic Reprint)
by Sabin Berthelot
This is a collection of wistful, humorous stories about fishing in New England. It combines coming of age stories with the experiences of well lived men to provide a complete portrait of the best New England fishermen have to offer in the early twentieth century. Big Stony is one of two books written for The Derrydale Press by Howard T. Walden, II. Bound in blue bonded leather with gold stamping and a four-color inset of three trout and a creel on the front cover with gold guilded pages.
Frederic Halford is one of the greatest names in the history of modern fly fishing. His work pioneered the flies and techniques that we have come to accept as gospel. A shadow box of Halford's flies hangs on the wall of the Angler's Club of New York to this day. The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook is Halford's most significant and complete statement_covering everything from equipment to fishing techniques and basic entomology. Originally published in 1913, this book remains a classic of the sport and is...
Eugene Connett, III, the venerable founder of The Derrydale Press, described Edmund Smith as "the most polished writer we have ever published. The discovery of this manuscript in 1936 was, he said, "one of the happiest events of the past year." Smith was a master New England storyteller who expressed his love and knowledge of wild places through the medium of short stories. The title comes from an experience of the author and a boyhood friend who together enjoyed the thrill of catching their fir...
Ponds, natural lakes, and reservoirs offer convenient and surprising fly fishing for bass, pike, and panfish.
Do You Even Fish, Bro? Fishing Log Book 120 Pages
by Chinook S Freshwater Fishing Publishing
It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses A Common Carp Fishing Log Book 120 Pages
by Common Ca Freshwater Fishing Publishing
From gearing up to angler ethics, with anecdotes.
The first collection from the acclaimed Outside columnist.
