Author: Leonard M. Wright
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781558214767
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Trout Maverick is a full collection of the finest lore and theory taken from sixty years of fly fishing by one of America's most independent, challenging, and original angling writers.Len Wright's "heresies" are becoming well accepted, as they are brilliant fish-taking techniques. Some of these are: fishing a dry fly with a slight, upstream twitch; tying floating caddis imitations with hackle-fiber wings; dancing a dropper down-current; using extra-long fly rods; demonstrating that wet flies are superior to nymphs; and dozens of others. Everyone can learn from Len Wright's years of study and commitment - always to what works in fly fishing, not merely what is habit or even tradition. (61/4 X 91/4, 228 pages, illustrations)
Trout Maverick
Author: Leonard M. Wright
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781558214767
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Trout Maverick is a full collection of the finest lore and theory taken from sixty years of fly fishing by one of America's most independent, challenging, and original angling writers.Len Wright's "heresies" are becoming well accepted, as they are brilliant fish-taking techniques. Some of these are: fishing a dry fly with a slight, upstream twitch; tying floating caddis imitations with hackle-fiber wings; dancing a dropper down-current; using extra-long fly rods; demonstrating that wet flies are superior to nymphs; and dozens of others. Everyone can learn from Len Wright's years of study and commitment - always to what works in fly fishing, not merely what is habit or even tradition. (61/4 X 91/4, 228 pages, illustrations)
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781558214767
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Trout Maverick is a full collection of the finest lore and theory taken from sixty years of fly fishing by one of America's most independent, challenging, and original angling writers.Len Wright's "heresies" are becoming well accepted, as they are brilliant fish-taking techniques. Some of these are: fishing a dry fly with a slight, upstream twitch; tying floating caddis imitations with hackle-fiber wings; dancing a dropper down-current; using extra-long fly rods; demonstrating that wet flies are superior to nymphs; and dozens of others. Everyone can learn from Len Wright's years of study and commitment - always to what works in fly fishing, not merely what is habit or even tradition. (61/4 X 91/4, 228 pages, illustrations)
Trout Magic
Author: Robert Traver
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671661949
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
There's enough trout magic to rub off on every reader--man, woman, or child.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671661949
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
There's enough trout magic to rub off on every reader--man, woman, or child.
The Indians of the Nipmuck Country in Southern New England, 1630-1750
Author: Dennis A. Connole
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786429534
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The North American Indian group known as the Nipmucks was situated in south-central New England and, during the early years of Puritan colonization, remained on the fringes of the expanding white settlements. It was not until their involvement in King Philip's War (1675-1676) that the Nipmucks were forced to flee their homes, their lands to be redistributed among the settlers. This group, which actually includes four tribes or bands--the Nipmucks, Nashaways, Quabaugs, and Wabaquassets--has been enmeshed in myth and mystery for hundreds of years. This is the first comprehensive history of their way of life and its transformation with the advent of white settlement in New England. Spanning the years between the Nipmucks' first encounters with whites until the final disposal of their lands, this history focuses on Indian-white relations, the position or status of the Nipmucks relative to the other major New England tribes, and their social and political alliances. Settlement patterns, population densities, tribal limits, and land transactions are also analyzed as part of the tribe's historical geography. A bibliography allows for further research on this mysterious and often misunderstood people group.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786429534
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The North American Indian group known as the Nipmucks was situated in south-central New England and, during the early years of Puritan colonization, remained on the fringes of the expanding white settlements. It was not until their involvement in King Philip's War (1675-1676) that the Nipmucks were forced to flee their homes, their lands to be redistributed among the settlers. This group, which actually includes four tribes or bands--the Nipmucks, Nashaways, Quabaugs, and Wabaquassets--has been enmeshed in myth and mystery for hundreds of years. This is the first comprehensive history of their way of life and its transformation with the advent of white settlement in New England. Spanning the years between the Nipmucks' first encounters with whites until the final disposal of their lands, this history focuses on Indian-white relations, the position or status of the Nipmucks relative to the other major New England tribes, and their social and political alliances. Settlement patterns, population densities, tribal limits, and land transactions are also analyzed as part of the tribe's historical geography. A bibliography allows for further research on this mysterious and often misunderstood people group.
Dapping
Author: Robert H. Boyle
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811745988
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
• A thorough introduction to a unique and often overlooked method of fly fishing • How to tie and use dapping flies: stoneflies, dragonflies, craneflies, grass shrimp, minnows, Catskill flies, and Irish and Scottish flies • Photos, recipes, and step-by-step instructions for tying the flies Proclaimed as the easiest way to fly-fish--the wind carries the blowline, which carries the fly to the fish--dapping is all but unknown in North America, yet it is extraordinarily popular in Ireland and Scotland. The dapper uses the wind, even a breeze, to carry the blowline that carries a fly that flies, quivers, and jumps exactly like the living insect. And dapping drives trout, bass, salmon, and other gamefish wild with desire. In this first and only book published in the United States exclusively on the subject of dapping, Robert Boyle examines this unusual but highly effective technique, giving details on how to rig and fish a dapping rod equipped with the proper reel, backing, blowline, and short leader. He describes the proven flies to use, along with the materials needed and the tying procedures.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811745988
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
• A thorough introduction to a unique and often overlooked method of fly fishing • How to tie and use dapping flies: stoneflies, dragonflies, craneflies, grass shrimp, minnows, Catskill flies, and Irish and Scottish flies • Photos, recipes, and step-by-step instructions for tying the flies Proclaimed as the easiest way to fly-fish--the wind carries the blowline, which carries the fly to the fish--dapping is all but unknown in North America, yet it is extraordinarily popular in Ireland and Scotland. The dapper uses the wind, even a breeze, to carry the blowline that carries a fly that flies, quivers, and jumps exactly like the living insect. And dapping drives trout, bass, salmon, and other gamefish wild with desire. In this first and only book published in the United States exclusively on the subject of dapping, Robert Boyle examines this unusual but highly effective technique, giving details on how to rig and fish a dapping rod equipped with the proper reel, backing, blowline, and short leader. He describes the proven flies to use, along with the materials needed and the tying procedures.
Flyfisher's Guide to Northern California
Author: Seth Norman
Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press
ISBN: 9781932098150
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press
ISBN: 9781932098150
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Drag-Free Drift
Author: Joseph A. Kissane
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811746143
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
• Design, materials, knots, casting Fly fishermen often pay too little attention to the eight or nine feet of monafilament that connects their hundred dollars of gear to their fly. But this least expensive component-the leader-is the one most directly connected to fishing success. To fool a trout, a leader must drop a fly lightly on the water and then let it drift naturally, without drag. This groundbreaking work reveals the principles behind leaders that catch fish and provides everything you need to start tying your own, including the ideal proportions of butt, taper, and tippet, the best materials and knots for various applications, and how leaders can be modified and adapted. It also covers techniques of casting to minimize drag and enhance presentation.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811746143
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
• Design, materials, knots, casting Fly fishermen often pay too little attention to the eight or nine feet of monafilament that connects their hundred dollars of gear to their fly. But this least expensive component-the leader-is the one most directly connected to fishing success. To fool a trout, a leader must drop a fly lightly on the water and then let it drift naturally, without drag. This groundbreaking work reveals the principles behind leaders that catch fish and provides everything you need to start tying your own, including the ideal proportions of butt, taper, and tippet, the best materials and knots for various applications, and how leaders can be modified and adapted. It also covers techniques of casting to minimize drag and enhance presentation.
Nymphs, Stoneflies, Caddisflies, and Other Important Insects
Author: Ernest Schwiebert
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461750008
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Volume II After the mayfly family, detailed in Nymphs: The Mayflies, the fly fisher must know the caddisfly, stonefly, and midge populations just as well to catch trout that are keyed in on such insects. Nymphs: Caddisflies, Stoneflies, and Other Important Species gives the reader all the essential information about identifying individual species of these insects throughout their North American range, and then delves into detailed instructions for scores of artificial patterns to imitate them. Few books in fishing literature have focused so closely on so many individual species of the particular genera of aquatic insects in this volume. And just as in Nymphs: The Mayflies, this book contains numerous stories and anecdotes from Schwiebert's travels that illuminate the selection and use of nymph patterns, and recount great days spent on the water as interpreted through one of the great minds of modern fly fishing.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461750008
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Volume II After the mayfly family, detailed in Nymphs: The Mayflies, the fly fisher must know the caddisfly, stonefly, and midge populations just as well to catch trout that are keyed in on such insects. Nymphs: Caddisflies, Stoneflies, and Other Important Species gives the reader all the essential information about identifying individual species of these insects throughout their North American range, and then delves into detailed instructions for scores of artificial patterns to imitate them. Few books in fishing literature have focused so closely on so many individual species of the particular genera of aquatic insects in this volume. And just as in Nymphs: The Mayflies, this book contains numerous stories and anecdotes from Schwiebert's travels that illuminate the selection and use of nymph patterns, and recount great days spent on the water as interpreted through one of the great minds of modern fly fishing.
Maverick's Progress
Author: James T. Flexner
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823216611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Flexner, a biographer and historian and a recipient of prestigious awards including the National Book Award and a Special Pulitzer Prize, chronicles his development as a writer, from his experiences as a journalist to his historical biographies. He reveals his methodology as a biographer, and discusses his work as an advisor to historical sites and as president of PEN and the Society of American Historians, as well as his personal relationships. Contains bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823216611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Flexner, a biographer and historian and a recipient of prestigious awards including the National Book Award and a Special Pulitzer Prize, chronicles his development as a writer, from his experiences as a journalist to his historical biographies. He reveals his methodology as a biographer, and discusses his work as an advisor to historical sites and as president of PEN and the Society of American Historians, as well as his personal relationships. Contains bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A Maverick's Heart
Author: Roz Denny Fox
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488010269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
HIS NEW WESTERN HOME Lila Jenkins's Montana ranching town roots run deep. So why does the widowed B and B owner feel so connected to her latest boarder? Seth Maxwell might know his way around horses, but he's a wanderer, not a rancher. Lila's son thinks Seth's the hero he's been waiting for. And—heaven help her—so does Lila. Seth loves hunting for rare gems in remote areas, but maybe it's time to make a change. The footloose adventurer is tempted by rumors of sapphires in a nearby mine, but it's Lila and her boy who make Snowy Owl Crossing and the idea of a ranch to share feel like home…
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488010269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
HIS NEW WESTERN HOME Lila Jenkins's Montana ranching town roots run deep. So why does the widowed B and B owner feel so connected to her latest boarder? Seth Maxwell might know his way around horses, but he's a wanderer, not a rancher. Lila's son thinks Seth's the hero he's been waiting for. And—heaven help her—so does Lila. Seth loves hunting for rare gems in remote areas, but maybe it's time to make a change. The footloose adventurer is tempted by rumors of sapphires in a nearby mine, but it's Lila and her boy who make Snowy Owl Crossing and the idea of a ranch to share feel like home…
Deer Droppings
Author: Sean Maitner
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469174855
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Take a journey into the humorous world of Sean Maitner. Join him as he endures one outdoor misadventure after another. Whether he is fishing with his attorney, Uncle Maverick; dreaming of poker playing fish or merely trying to find some relief at a pit toilet, Sean finds a way to paint a colorful range of characters into a portrait of outdoor shenanigans that will leave you wanting to read more. The high jinks begin with Deer Droppings!
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469174855
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Take a journey into the humorous world of Sean Maitner. Join him as he endures one outdoor misadventure after another. Whether he is fishing with his attorney, Uncle Maverick; dreaming of poker playing fish or merely trying to find some relief at a pit toilet, Sean finds a way to paint a colorful range of characters into a portrait of outdoor shenanigans that will leave you wanting to read more. The high jinks begin with Deer Droppings!