Coggins, David
Summary: "The author of the instant fishing classic The Optimist wades into deeper waters and shares new wisdom, humor, and experience in seven extraordinary fly-fishing expeditions that mark one year in his journey through the middle part of life when worldly demands increase even as fishing continues to beckon-and must be pursued.In David Coggins's previous book, The Optimist, he tackles the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Introduction to tenkara -- Tenkara with traditional dry fly --Fishing with Japanese wet flies -- Dr. Ishigaki explains short drifts -- Note on fish location & tenkara -- Thoughts on tenkara casting -- making the cast -- Dr. Ishigaki on casting into the wind -- Advantages of long lines -- Hand-lining skills -- Dr. Ishigaki on playing larger fish -- Kebari-Japanese tenkara flies -- Dr. Ishigaki's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 DISWinkler, Henry
Summary: The former star of "Happy Days" uses his trademark sense of humor to discuss the lessons he learned from family, fatherhood, and most importantly, fly fishing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.12 WINBrooks, Charles E.
Summary: The Trout and the Stream presents a far-reaching approach to practical trout fishing and better trout-stream conservation. It offers one of the most comprehensive treatments ever written on life in running water, the needs of trout, and advanced fly-fishing techniques. One chapter describes 10 different methods of nymph fishing, others discuss tackle, floating flies, and special equipment;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 BROCampbell, Robert H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frank Amato Publications 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Field, John L.
Summary: "Fly-Casting Finesse reveals expert John L. Field's secrets of fly-casting based on modern observation, Field's experience as an angler and casting teacher, and his collaboration with international members of casting clubs and schools. Whether the reader is a salt- or freshwater angler, Fly-Casting Finesse will help the caster increase accuracy and distance as well as hone presentation. It runs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Water FieldBergman, Ray
Summary: Trout is arguably the finest single volume ever produced on how, why, and where to catch trout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 BERJunker, Patricia A.
Summary: As counterpoint to all his other work, especially in the 1880s, they serve to underscore Homer's passion for and dedication to fly-fishing. Examines Homer's lifelong devotion to fishing as it related to his connection to the American landscape, and his extraordinary ability to evoke the atmosphere of pastoral locales. Over 180 color and b/w figures, plates and photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 702 HOMER JUNBashline, L. James.
Summary: Master angler Jim Bashline takes readers who have conquered fishing by day into the ultimate challenge: trout fishing at night. In his precise and engaging text, Bashline describes the joys of night fishing and offers helpful advice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshet Press 1973
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Place a hold to request this item.Hendrickson, G. E. (Gerth Edison)
Summary: This completely revised and updated edition of the indispensable original offers more information on why Michigan is such a great place for all fly fishers. Twelve Classic Trout Streams also features new material---for example, information on hatches, including a hatch schedule chart; a list of ten flies that every Michigan angler should have; and equipment (line weight, rod length, etc.) for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 HENHumphrey, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: Backcountry Guides 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1 HUMSummary: Galloup demonstrates his "jerk-strip retrieve" technique along with other streamer fishing skills. Discover the lines, leaders and patterns that will bring bigger fish to your presentation. Learn the tactics you need for fish that have charged but missed your fly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cascade MediaWorks 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 FLYSummary: Imagine a private lesson in reading the water from Len Wright, or a tutorial in dressing dry flies from Poul Jorgensen. They're joined by Charles Waterman, who explores the best and latest in dry-fly fishing tackle; Art Flick, with an expert's observations on the much-neglected art of fishing pocket water; Ernest Schwiebert, Charles Fox, and Lefty Kreh, who unravel the mysteries of effective...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lippincott 1977
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Summary: The most comprehensive guide book written on Michigan Flyfishing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Adventures Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 BEDBowler, Mark
Summary: Fly anglers can be found on streams, rivers, lakes, stillwater, and even the seas. It's sport that anyone of any age can get into, but it does require mastering some essential skills in order to enjoy it at its full potential. Presented in full colour, with step-by-step sequences and clear diagrams, the 'Fly Fishing Manual' will give anyone the tools they need to succeed. It will cater for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haynes Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 BOWHume, Mark
Summary: "A unique and radiant memoir about fatherhood and fly fishing. Fishing was Mark Hume's passion since he was a young boy, a lifeline through a childhood marked by impermanence. When he became a father, he knew he wanted to pass on his love of fishing and the natural world to his daughters. Most of all, he wanted to give them hope for their future even as they were growing up during an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUME, MARK HUMLolli, Tony
Summary: For the millions of fly fishers who are passionate about their sport, this gorgeous book is both a visual feast and the perfect reference. The Art of the Fishing Fly includes a history of fly fishing focusing on the evolution of fishing flies; a guide to essential equipment; a how-to section on tying three key flies by three top fly tyers; and essays by noted experts. The book's core includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Perich, Shawn.
Contents: First cast: fly-fishing made easy -- From the dock: bluegills and other panfish -- Bold and brash: smallmouth and largemouth bass -- Up a creek: brook, brown, and rainbow trout -- Elegant giants: fishing the hexagenia hatch -- Still water runs deep: trout in lakes -- Fishing for rought fish: whitefish and herring -- Maverick sport: Northern pike and muskie -- When opportunity knocks: walleyes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pfeifer-Hamilton 1995
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Galloup takes you step-by-step to learn the six basic ways to assemble nymphing rigs, the dimensions and knots you need to configure them from the rigging board to the water. Nymphing is the most effective way to catch trout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cascade MediaWorks 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 FLYCoggins, David
Summary: "A tribute and practical guide to the art, philosophy, and rituals of fly fishing, by an expert, lifelong angler. Each chapter focuses on a specific place, fish, and skill. Few individuals have the visual acuity required to catch the nearly invisible bonefish of the Bahamas flats, or the patience to land the elusive Atlantic salmon, "the fish of a thousand casts," in eastern Canada. Pursuing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.124 COGSolomon, Larry
Summary: A new look at the group of insects that is rapidly becoming the fly fisherman's most important source of fishing and flytying innovations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 SOLSummary: The title of this documentary refers to a network of tributaries in the Catskill Mountains of New York, which is the birthplace of fly-fishing and home to anglers obsessed by the sport. Notable personalities convey the angler's passion; from the art of casting the perfect line to the sport's origins where secret fishing holes were fiercely guarded by local families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020