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posted by admin on Mar 11

Editorial Reviews

"Lani Waller has drawn on long experience and a deep love of steelhead to write a book that few steelheaders will want to be without."–Thomas McGuane "Lani Waller has a passion for these beautiful creatures that comes across on every page. And Bob Hooten brings a thorough approach to the science."–Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia "Waller . . . sees, feels, and writes about [steelhead more deeply and colorfully than any person I know. Beginner or expert, you will not be able to put this book down until you’ve read every single word."–Dave Whitlock: Steelhead legend Lani Waller covers the essential elements of fishing for trophy steelhead with prose as beautiful and surprising as the fish themselves. The blend of how-to and why-to not only captures the essence of these elusive fish but also uncovers what it takes to consistently bring them to hand. Waller shares his techniques for swinging wets and waking dry flies, including proper approach, presentation, and his favorite fly patterns, both classic and contemporary. Chapters on hunting trophies, equipment, casting, and conservation provide readers with a life’s worth of wisdom learned from his time on the water. Waller brings along some of his friends to help contribute to the book. Steelhead expert Bob Hooton’s chapter on steelhead biology is a concise overview of the steelhead’s life cycle, biology, and behavior; artist Dave Hall illustrates Waller’s swinging techniques; and photographer Ken Morrish’s stunning images capture the magic of the fish and the rivers they ascend each year. This all-star cast of steelhead fanatics has created a classic book that honors the fish as well as those who chase them, whether in the Pacific Northwest of United States, the wilderness streams of British Columbia, or the hundreds of tributaries that run into the Great Lakes.

About the Author
Lani Waller has pursued steelhead for over four decades and is considered one of the foremost experts on trophy British Columbia steelhead. He was inducted into the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame in 1997. He lives in Novato, California. Photographer Ken Morrish is chief operating officer of Fly Water Travel in Ashland, Oregon, and his photography and writing is featured in numerous publications, including Patagonia, Outside, Fly Fisherman, Fly Rod and Reel, and Northwest Fly Fishing.

Order A Steelheader’s Way: Lani Waller form Amazon.

posted by admin on Feb 6

Editorial Reviews

Fly fishers dream of catching record trout on a dry fly on Depuy Spring Creek or bonefish on the flats in the Florida Keys, and this book can help turn that dream into reality. Pat Ford and contributors Chico Fernández, Andy Mill, Billy Pate, Stu Apte, Rick Murphy, and Marty Arostigue share their secrets for planning a fly-fishing trip to remember. Includes some of the best destinations the world over: South Florida; Iliamna and Katmai, Alaska; the Amazon; Bermuda; Costa Rica and Guatemala; Bozeman and Lee’s Ferry in the western United States; Argentina and Bolivia; Galapagos Islands; Africa’s Lower Zambezi National Park. Covers fishing for saltwater and freshwater species, including bonefish, permit, tarpon, sailfish, salmon, and tigerfish, and tips for finding world-record and exotic fish

About the Author
Pat Ford’s photos and articles have appeared in Salt Water Sportsman and Fly Fishing in Salt Water magazines. He is an active member of IGFA and has held sixteen fly rod world records. He practices law in Miami, Florida.

Order The Best Fly-Fishing Trips Money Can Buy: Stu Apte, Pat Ford form Amazon.

posted by admin on Jan 15

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
This addition to Gierach’s long list of fishing books is perhaps not of trophy quality, but it’s definitely a keeper. Gierach gets back to the basics of fishing in a collection of personal essays in which he contends that fishing is as much about being outdoors with a few friends who share the same passion as it is about catching fish. Of course, he still thrills at the fish’s strike and he lands his fair share of them, but he spends as much time describing other aspects of the sport: getting there, what to do in foul weather, camping etiquette and predicting hatches. He even spends some time ruminating on hunting and the business of rod making. With the simple grace and native wisdom he is known for, Gierach always gets back around to fishing and pays special tribute to the fish themselves, sharing his encyclopedic knowledge of North American fish, their feeding habits and their exquisite colorings. Occasionally, he comments on environmental issues such as the effects of logging and housing developments on local streams, but he seems resigned to such encroachments, claiming that he can live with change as long as the fish are biting; such, he confesses, is his fool’s paradise. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

If John Gierach is living in a fool’s paradise, then it’s a paradise that his regular readers will recognize and new fans will delight in discovering. Laced with the inimitable blend of wit and wisdom that have made him fly-fishing’s foremost scribe, Fool’s Paradise chronicles the fishing life in all its glory (catching your biggest fish ever) and squalor (being stranded in a tent during a soaking rainstorm). In Gierach’s world, both experiences are valuable, and both evoke humor and insight.

Fishermen everywhere will understand Gierach’s quest to discover and explore new waters (and then not to divulge the best locations to anyone), the unlikely appeal of winter fly-fishing (”the ice fishing shanty served the dual purpose of group therapy and the neighborhood tavern”), how impossible it is to predict the best fishing (”Everything that happens is entirely familiar, but I don’t always see it coming”), or even the absurdity of the entire exercise (”day after day, you’re casting a fly that doesn’t look like anything to fish that aren’t hungry and may not even be there”). Braving trips on small prop planes and down “Oh-My-God” roads alike, Gierach and his fishing buddies pursue bull trout in British Columbia, steelhead in the Rocky Mountains, and pike so fierce that a wise fisherman wears Kevlar gloves for the obligatory trophy photo.

But as with any activity that depends on unspoiled wilderness, change is constant. Gierach sees this happening both in the landscape (”You never get to point at a meadow full of browsing mule deer and say, ‘You know, all this was once condos.’”) and at lodges that now require guests to sign liability waivers (”[I] had a brief vision of herds of lawyers coursing over the tundra in search of litigation”). Just the same, he is always awed by the experience of nature, or as he puts it: “You’re on a lovely, remote wilderness river in the Alaskan backcountry. There are people who would make this trip and not even bring a fishing rod.”

Musing on the enduring appeal of fishing, Gierach theorizes, “We’re so used to the fake and the packaged that encountering something real can amount to a borderline religious experience.” Equal parts fishing lore, philosophy, and great fish stories, Fool’s Paradise may not be a perfect substitute for actually being out on the water, but it’s surely the next best thing.

Order Fool’s Paradise: John Gierach, Glen Wolff form Amazon.

posted by admin on Jan 15

Editorial Reviews

Hemingway would have been impressed. In a stunning combination of superb color images and literary yet lively personal essays, celebrated angling photojournalist Roy Tanami chronicles his adventures to far-flung fly-fishing destinations in some of the most remote wilderness areas on the planet.

Angling the World takes us along on amazing excursions to ten of the world’stop fly-fishing destinations. We seek out steelhead on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula; sea-run Arctic char in Nunavut, Canada; peacock bass and piranha in the Amazon jungle of Brazil; and brown trout on New Zealand’s South Island. That’s not to mention the fabled giant taimen of Mongolia, “one of the undisputed holy grail species for the serious, been there/done that, traveling fly angler.” This member of the salmon family can weigh in at almost 200 pounds—and, yes, can “strike suddenly and often in a highly violent manner.”

There’s drama around every bend in the river, with thoughts on conservation woven effortlessly in, as Tanami examines the ways in which traveling anglers can help save not only wild fish but also the wild places they inhabit.

Written with keen observation, wit, and verve, and interspersed with fascinating tidbits of historical and geographical lore, Angling the World is a passport to a world of extraordinary angling adventure. Conveying the full awe and wonderment, enthusiasm and reflection of a consummate storyteller who also knows just how to capture his catch on film, it will have all anglers hooked—even if, while dreaming of distant waters, they’re curled up on the couch.

From the introduction:

Wandering the globe to fish is every bit as good as it sounds, and the outrageous fishing is just a part of it. All of fly fishing’s considerably powerful seductions—the quest for adventure and discovery; meeting new challenges, people, and environments; and the pleasures of being in direct contact with the elemental, pristine, and most beautiful aspects of nature—are amplified in the extreme and exotic edges of the world.

About the Author

Roy Tanami is a prominent international outdoor photographer and a contributing editor to Wild On the Fly, a leading fly-fishing travel magazine. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Order Angling the World: Ten Spectacular Adventures in Fly Fishing: Roy Tanami form Amazon.

posted by admin on Jan 15

Editorial Reviews

Review
“…satisfies [anglers'] desires by bringing together light, playful sketches, and tales…with attractive photographs, paintings and illustrations.” — Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, September 2005

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Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2005 (circ. unavailable) “Fly fishing anglers repeatedly stress the art of their sport – the process of tying, reading the river and casting – above the catching. The makers of this book know that to be a huge self-deception. Fly fishers – like all anglers –thrill over catching beautiful fish in beautiful places. The Fly Fishing Anthology satisfies these desires by bringing together light, playful sketches and tales – full of catching – with attractive photographs, paintings and illustrations.”

Order The Fly Fishing Anthology: John Gierach, Mallory Burton, Ernest Hemingway form Amazon.

posted by admin on Jan 15

Editorial Reviews

Fly fishers dream of catching record trout on a dry fly on Depuy Spring Creek or bonefish on the flats in the Florida Keys, and this book can help turn that dream into reality. Pat Ford and contributors Chico Fernández, Andy Mill, Billy Pate, Stu Apte, Rick Murphy, and Marty Arostigue share their secrets for planning a fly-fishing trip to remember. Includes some of the best destinations the world over: South Florida; Iliamna and Katmai, Alaska; the Amazon; Bermuda; Costa Rica and Guatemala; Bozeman and Lee’s Ferry in the western United States; Argentina and Bolivia; Galapagos Islands; Africa’s Lower Zambezi National Park. Covers fishing for saltwater and freshwater species, including bonefish, permit, tarpon, sailfish, salmon, and tigerfish, and tips for finding world-record and exotic fish

About the Author
Pat Ford’s photos and articles have appeared in Salt Water Sportsman and Fly Fishing in Salt Water magazines. He is an active member of IGFA and has held sixteen fly rod world records. He practices law in Miami, Florida.

Order The Best Fly-Fishing Trips Money Can Buy: Stu Apte, Pat Ford form Amazon.

posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

The Complete Steelheader: Successful Fly-Fishing Tactics is a comprehensive guide that explains effective approaches and presentations for steelhead and gives suggestions for fly patterns that will attract the most fish. It provides an in-depth look at steelhead behavior and carefully outlines techniques commonly used by fly-fishing guides. Larison presents a different way of approaching the river, a methodology that is more aptly suited to the habits and habitat of modern steelhead.

About the Author
John Larison was born and raised in the heart of Oregon’s steelhead country. A former guide and fly-fishing instructor, his writing has appeared in Gray’s Sporting Journal, Fly Rod and Reel, American Angler, Fly Fishing and Tying Journal, Salmon and Steelhead Journal, and Fly Fisherman where he serves as the Northwest Field Editor. He lives with his wife, Ellie Rose, in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

Order The Complete Steelheader: Successful Fly-fishing Tactics: John Larison form Amazon.

posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

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“Dramatic and enchanting.” — Kalispell Daily Interlake

“I’ll break my rules for this keeper. It deserves a season or two on the end table.” — Great Falls Tribune

“If you ever need a gift for a fly fishing friend, this is a great one.” — Billings Gazette

“great photos and great writing that will leave anglers remembering their best days” — Helena Independent Record

The perfect addition to your “end table”! An 8″ x 7″ hardcover with jacket with stunning color photos that capture the essence of trout fishing in the world’s most fabled waters. A great gift at a great price!

Order Unforgettable Days: Montana Trout Fishing: D. D. Dowden, Chris Cauble form Amazon.

posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

Of all of life’s companionable activities, there’s nothing like fly fishing to cement new friendships or renew old ones. In Friends on the Water, internationally acclaimed fly-fishing photographer Val Atkinson captures the experiences of camaraderie and communion that seem always to happen when good friends travel together to fly-fishing’s wondrous kingdom.

Atkinson’s evocative images record the many moments that build and bind relationships—moments that angling companions remember for a lifetime. Longtime and newfound friends, husbands and wives, fathers with their sons and daughters—all the permutations of human bonding are to be found in this wonderful book’s pages. And it’s not just person-to-person relationships that Atkinson cares about; there’s a special place in his heart for the friendship between a fisherman and his dog.

Friends on the Water assembles the photos that, in his words, best illustrate Atkinson’s enthusiasm for wild and romantic places, and for the family, friends, and acquaintances with whom he has enjoyed them. Complementing the book’s beautiful pictures are quotes, essays, and stories from famous angler-writers including Ernest Schweibert, Nick Lyons, Zane Grey, Tom McGuane, and Margot Page. This year, there’s no better Father’s Day or birthday gift for the fly-fishing companion in your life.

About the Author
R. VALENTINE ATKINSON is an internationally acclaimed and much-published photographer specializing in fly-fishing lifestyle and travel whose assignments have taken him to 28 countries. He divides his work between advertising, corporate, and editorial photography and operates his own stock photo library with 80,000 images on file. Atkinson’s books include Distant Waters, Trout and Salmon, and The Greatest Flyfishing Around the World. He was recently inducted into the Flyfishing Hall of Fame. Please visit his Web site at www.valatkinson.com.

Order Friends on the Water: Fly Fishing in Good Company: R. Valentine Atkinson form Amazon.

posted by admin on Jan 14

Editorial Reviews

A thorough guide to the classification and identification of the larval forms of the insects that trout eat, all across North America, with highly detailed descriptions of the insects; includes over 80 recipes for tying artificial nymphs.

From the Inside Flap
Ernest G. Schwiebert published the first edition of Nymphs in 1973 but never ceased working on the project, and over the next thirty years he continued his research into the entomology necessary to successful trout fishing. Fly
fishers in the early twenty-first century are accustomed to myriad types of artificial flies and approaches to catch trout, but back when there were still many anglers who populated a rules-bound world of dry flies and traditional wet flies, what Schwiebert said in the first edition of this book was novel and heretical. Vincent Marinaro, author of that touchstone American text, A Modern Dry-Fly Code, and hero to Schwiebert, refused to speak with the younger writer after Nymphs first appeared, as this new book promoted a violation of form that was unacceptable to the gentleman of the Letort Spring Run. Schwiebert, however, stood solidly behind his methods of identifying, tying, and fishing imitations of nymphs, a
revolution in the sport. Ultimately, critics hailed his highly original book as a landmark achievement in both the art and science of fly fishing, and thousands of anglers today carry fly boxes crammed with nymphs of various sizes and colors.
Now, the classic text has been fully revised and greatly expanded—in two volumes—and includes taxonomic details of multitudes of individual nymphs from many different insect genera, hundreds of recipes for imitations, and digitally remastered original illustrations and numerous new illustrations by the author. Schwiebert backs his text with authoritative support from the classic work of numerous entomologists, such as James Needham, Justin Leonard, Jay Traver, and George Edmunds, and colors it with his stories of fishing with legends of the sport, including John Hemingway, Charlie Fox, and Joe Brooks. This new Nymphs calls upon decades of angling experience—years that connect extraordinarily different eras of fly-fishing—to present a lasting, highly usable angler’s entomology for all of North America.

Order Nymphs Volume I: The Mayflies: The Major Species: Ernest G. Schwiebert form Amazon.