Stalking Western Trout
Stalking Western Trout

Author: Neale Streeks

Publisher: Frank Amato Publications

Published: 2000-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781571882073

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Immersing yourself in the world of predator and prey adds an extra layer of excitement to the thrill of fly fishing. For those that look, that know the shallow-water ways of their quarry, and who are intoxicated by sight-fishing challenges, there is little to match the thrill of trout hunting.In Stalking Western Trout, well-known and well-respected guide and writer Neale Streeks, generously shares his knowledge to help you become a trout hunter. Streeks provides great detail on: the trout's shallow-water world, learn all you need to know about the trout's habits and its habitat; how and where to look for rising trout; reading riseforms to tell a trout's size, what it's eating, and more; spotting subsurface trout; boat stalking, including techniques from your boat as well as positioning and anchoring your boat for success and safety; seasons, hatches, and flies for trout-stalking success; charts with hatch information and matching fly patterns; and sight-fishing for various species in various water types, including saltwater. So whether you are already sight-fishing for trout or have always wanted to, why not learn from one of the best, Stalking Western Trout by Neale Streeks.

Trout and Salmon of North America
Trout and Salmon of North America

Author: Robert Behnke

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-07-06

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 145160355X

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This beautiful and definitive guide brings together the world's lead leading expert on North American trout and salmon, Robert Behnke, and the foremost illustrator in the field, Joseph Tomelleri. North America is graced with the greatest diversity of trout and salmon on earth. From tiny brook trout in mountain streams of the Northeast, to cutthroat trout in the rivers of the Rockies, to Chinook salmon of the Pacific, the continent is home to more than 70 types of trout and salmon. How this came to be, how they are related, and what makes them unique -- and so breathtaking -- is the story of Trout and Salmon of North America. The more than 100 illustrations of trout and salmon by Joseph Tomelleri showcased here exhibit a genius for detail, coloration, and proportion. Each portrait is made from field notes, streamside observations, photographs, and specimens collected by the artist. The result is a set of the most accurate and stunning illustrations of fish ever created. Robert Behnke has distilled 50 years of his research and writing about trout and salmon in completing this book. No one understands better than Behnke the diversity and conservation issues concerning these fishes or communicates so lucidly the biological wonders and complexities of their particular beauty. Also included are more than 40 richly detailed maps that clearly show the ranges of populations of trout and salmon throughout North America. An irresistible delight for anyone who appreciates natural history, Trout and Salmon of North America is a master guide to the natural elegance of our native fishes.

Trout Fishing in the Catskills
Trout Fishing in the Catskills

Author: Ed Van Put

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 771

ISBN-13: 1632201577

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Ed Van Put begins this important book with the history of native brook trout and offers little-known details about their sizes, range, and demise from over-fishing, the growth of streamside industries, and the introduction of competitive species. Sweeping in its scope, Trout Fishing in the Catskills tells a thorough tale of the often tumultuous history of fishing in the Catskills. With a scope of over a century, Van Put tells of the Catskill’s frontier fishing beginnings and tracks the rise, fall, and eventual revival of the fisheries. Throughout, this is a history of people and methods as well as rivers, and there are profiles of Theodore Gordon, Art Flick, Harry and Elsie Darbee, Sparse Grey Hackle, and more. No serious trout fisherman, in any part of the country, will want to miss this pioneering portrait of a seminal region in American angling history. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Trout Hunter
Trout Hunter

Author: René Harrop

Publisher: Pruett Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780871089229

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At last--a collection of world-renowned fly-fishing guide and master angler RenC) finest, most informative articles. You will learn everything from casting techniques and innovations in fly trying to actually reading the water, the insects, and the weather.

Upstream
Upstream

Author: Thomas McGuane

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780893818890

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Charles Lindsay's grandfather taught him to fly-fish when he was nine years old. Ever since, in pursuit of trout and solitude, he has immersed himself in the clear, rushing waters of the American West. Fly rod in hand, he participates in the ancient rituals between predator and prey. At times photographing beneath the surface of the water, Lindsay literally enters the world of the trout. In this close observance of the cosmos within the river, he explores the fundamental relationship of all life to water. The photographs in Upstream illuminate a primitive world of elemental beauty and fractured light--abstract and utterly in motion. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, with wilderness under siege and humanity increasingly removed from nature, Lindsay uses his camera to express the enduring vitality of the natural world. Thomas McGuane, avid fly-fisherman, author, and frequent contributor to "Sports Illustrated" and "Riverwatch," brilliantly explores these themes in his accompanying text.

The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide
The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide

Author: Tom Rosenbauer

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-07-01

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1493025821

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This essential book on fly tying will teach anyone how to tie flies. All the important techniques are illustrated with color photographs, from starting the thread on the hook to whip finishing. The book lays the basic ground work by fully explaining simple tying techniques, and then progresses to detailed tying instructions for some of the most popular, modern patterns. How to choose and prepare the correct material, and all the necessary tying steps for each fly, are detailed in superb, large, color photographs. Even if you have no previous tying experience, you'll be able to tie dries, nymphs, streamers, saltwater offerings, and bass bugs after just a few sessions with this book. The tyer is then advised how to progress to similar patterns using the same basic techniques. Also included is a huge reference of fly patterns - more than four hundred flies from the Orvis catalog are shown in full color, along with the tying recipes and proportions for each one. This book, drawing from the Orvis Company's vast resources and teaching experience and written by an author whose name is synonymous with Orvis, has become the bible for fly-tyers of all skill levels.