Author: John GoddardPublisher: Lyons Press
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Here is the distillation of more than a half century's fly-fishing wisdom by a true master.
Author: John Goddard
Author: John Goddard
Author: Brian ClarkeThe Ultimate Guide to Fishing Skills, Tactics, and Techniques
Author: Graham MoorePublisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616085614
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
Provides tips and information about many aspects of fishing, including knots, tackle, fishing boats, cooking, accessories, and includes fifteen personal fishing stories.
1001 Fishing Tips
Author: Lamar UnderwoodPublisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1602396892
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
1001 Fishing Tips reveals the insider secrets that you need to become the greatest fisherman out there. It focuses on the most popular freshwater game fish, including trout, bass, crappie, bluegill, walleye, catfish, salmon, and pike, and saltwater favorites, such as striped bass, bluefish, flounder, redfish, weakfish, and sea trout. Included are techniques applicable to any environment, such as rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, estuaries and inlets, bays, beaches, and off-shore hotspots. Better your game with 1001 Fishing Tips and be ready to catch more fish, bigger fish, and have more fun!
The Art of the Trout Fly
Author: Judith DunhamPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811841566
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The trout fly is both a tool for catching fish and an object of exquisite beauty. Newly reissued in a handsome hardcover edition, The Art of the Trout Fl captures the blending of art and function in these amazing constructions of fur, feather, fiber, and thread. Forty-three international masters of flytying share the secrets of their craft in wise and witty personal essays, each accompanied by a gorgeously rendered photograph of their most distinctive creations, as well as a list of the materials used to bring the flies to life. Also included is an illuminating introduction discussing the contributions of the flytyers to fly design, and exploring why tyers the world over are so fascinated by the craft. A justly celebrated classic, The Art of the Trout Fly is an excellent introduction to flytying for the novice and a valuable source of information and inspiration for the experienced fly-fisher.
Author: John GoddardA Fly Fisher's Reflections
Author: John GoddardPublisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781585746989
Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Few fly fishers have contributed as much to modern angling as John Goddard. He combines a searching and original mind with a restless quest for new fishing experiences worldwide. The result, in "A Fly Fisher's Reflections," is a cornucopia of discoveries and innovations, accounts of rare trips to Kenya, South Africa, South America, Montana, Alaska, and (for the fifteenth time) New Zealand.In the first section Goddard offers pointed observations on a lifelong commitment to finding better fly patterns and recounts his experiences with chironomids, "suspender" midges, new caddis patterns, and nymphs. The section on technique takes a hard look at the choice of hooks, how to play fish, making better leaders, fly size, and even the use of netsIn "Fly Fishing Worldwide, " the third section in this full and entertaining book, Goddard records trips to Norway, trips in search of bonefish, fly fishing in Mexico, spring-creek fishing in Montana, and especially his great love of New Zealand. Not satisfied with smaller fish, Goddard includes a fascinating final section on deep-sea fishing in the Seychelles, off the coasts of Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa, for tuna, shark, and other huge denizens of the deep.In all this is a summing up, in his senior years, of a memorable fishing life by one of the world's greatest anglers. No fisherman will want to miss it.
Fly Fishing in Ireland
Author: Peter O'ReillyPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811700078
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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 the Sheelin bloodworm. Brimming with clear advice on tackle, flies, techniques, and river craft, this is your perfect companion guide to fishing Ireland's loughs and rivers.
