The places, life experiences & angling similes Dan uses in this book bring home the reality of his testimony. Exciting stories played out on the panorama of the outdoors & a very personal account of one man's search for the ultimate meaning of life. 192 p
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With equal measures of passion, irreverence, and hilarity, Martin "Donny" does a masterful job of salting a traditional setting with an oddball cast of characters, props, & predicaments. Illus; 6x9 inches, 200 pgs.
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Grady Service, Detective for Michigan Upper Peninsula's DNR, investigates a case on the shores of Lake Superior involving bleeding sand & a centuries-old mystery surrounding a Native American archaeological site - not to mention an enormous forest fire.
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Larison takes us deep into a thriving subculture of the Northwest, one born of the ferns &, rain & hotsprings, firebombs & whitewater. 6x9 inches, 288 pgs.
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A veteran of showbiz & television legend, Winklers paramount pastime has always been fishing. It takes him to the outdoors, returning him to nature where he can be away from the busyness of everyday life--- a washing machine for your brain. Standing in
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Set amid the streams & backroads of Michigan and Montana; a harsh but beautiful ode to fathers & sons. Novella includes 5 other Michigan stories as well. 6x9 inches, 174 pgs.
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Lays out the basics of the sport in a straightforward, easy-to-understand manner. Learn about all about equip, casting, knots & rigging, flies, insects & more, all carefully explained & demystified. 9x6 inches, 100 illus; 144 pgs.
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Volume One. 9x6 inches, 226 pgs.
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The Sisters on the Fly know they're having more fun than anyone! Now you're invited to join them on their cross-country road trips as you go inside the decorated vintage trailers. Each trailer reflects its owner's personality, & the Sisters share their in
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A highly readable account of a year dedicated to fly fishing in New Zealand, with its highs & lows & intricacies & finesse of pursuing trout in that wild country. 196 pgs.
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Against the backdrop of the Dean River, one of the worlds greatest steelhead rivers, the Hughes & Boyanowsky explored their mutual regard for the planets wild places. Draws on personal correspondence, interviews & journal entries to recreate their encou
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This enthralling account reveals the international controversy sparked by the discovery--the rumors & obsessions, the expensive expeditions & hand-built submarines--and how it all came together in 1998 in a gripping climax that brought the coelacanth back
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Shows us fishing as a healer, fishing as common ground between adversaries, & fishing as a way to escape the travails of the mundane. 8x6 inches, 176 pgs.
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Documents 200 years of land-use patterns on the Front Range & their wide-ranging effects on river ecosystems. 117 B&W illus; 6x9 inches, 224 pgs.
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A powerful argument for why dam removal makes good scientific, economic, & environmental sense& requires our urgent attention. 8x6 inches; 256 pgs.
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More sage observations on life and fly fishing in 13 essays filled with Gierach's signature humor. Ranges from fine-leadered trout to brutish battles with pike. Even includes an encounter with an invisible bear. Gierach examines man in nature, nature in m
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Harrison's passions & concernscreeks, thickets, time's effervescence, familial loveemerge by turns painful & celebratory, localized & exiled. Poetry. 6x9 inches, 120 pgs.
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Rogue retriever whose antics know no bounds. 130 new Ben cartoons and over 100 classics. 9x6 inches, 240 pgs.
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On the verge of retirement, Detective Sunderson begins to investigate a hedonistic cult, which has set up camp near his home in Michigans Upper Peninsula. At first, the self-declared Great Leader seems merely a harmless oddball, but as Sunderson & his 16
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Copies signed by author. Maps out the meccas of the flyfishing world, including natural history, anecdotes, & fish tales about each site. Includes many of the "next big things": fishing in San Diego for mako sharks; sight-casting in Bolivia for golden do
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Joy uses his obsession with fly fishing as a way to delve into himself. Through his deep connection to the natural world, Joy reveals why he is inherently defined by fish & water. 17 B&W illus; 6x9 inches, 208 pgs.
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Celebrates Ken's journey across America to catch 50 different species of fish, in all 50 states, in just 50 weeks; all on a fly rod!
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A rich & varied treasury of the best writing by the Dean of American Fly Fishermen. Lighthearted philosophy & profound insight into the character of fishermen & campers. For anyone interested in the very finest writing about the great outdoors. 17 B&W i
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A collection of tales that celebrates the art, the craft, & the soul of fishing. 6x9 inches, 544 pgs.
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Inspiring collection of three centuries of angling stories & art. Gems from the great angling writers, including Chris Yates, G. E. M. Skues, Izaak Walton, Dame Julia Berners, Arthur Ransome, Nick Lyons, Dave Hughes, Ed Engle, & Paul Schullery. Color & B&
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Read as Black gathers the stories of numerous historical characters, many of them English aristocrats, who have adhered to the traditional requirement that flies should be modeled on the flying insects that land on the water's surface, rather than nymphs,
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Two books in one! Whether he's weighing the pleasures & deprivation of fishing solo, extolling the virtues of splake, contemplating the guilty pleasures of fishing on private water, or recounting the perils of trying to get a fishing rod case past airport
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Presents a selection of such stories during the age of sail from the time Spanish navigators discovered the Straits to the end of the Second Seminole War in 1842. 45 B&W photos & illus, 8 maps; 208 pgs.
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"All the Best" is how Lefty signs his letters to friends. Here is a lovely collection of all the best stories about one of the finest men in American sporting history. Beautiful coffee-table book chronicles the life of Lefty, from his early days when his
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Detailed & captivating paintings of all things fishing showcase entertaining stories about the joys of the popular pastime. Quotes celebrating the pursuit entertain while a few inspired recipes keep the promise of the big catch alive. Full color drawings;
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