Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2003
ISBN 10: 0811726541 ISBN 13: 9780811726542
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Condición: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2002). 2002 1st edition. 8vo paperback (151 x 228mm). Ppx,214. Bw line illustrations. New unread paperback. 500 new and proven tips on catching, preparing and cooking freshwater fish. "This guide, with hundreds of tips for all types freshwater fishing situations, is filled with simple and to-the-point information you can start using today - locating fish, using and caring for equipment, choosing bait, ice fishing, and fly fishing and tying. It contains details and facts on 31 species including trout, bass, sturgeon, walleye, perch, and bluegill." Also includes much information on preparing, cooking and smoking fish. Mostly American species, but this includes trout, salmon, pike, perch, carp and sturgeon. Chapters include: General fishing tips; Locating fish; Equipment tips; Bait tips; Presentation tips; Ice fishing tips; Fly-fishing tips; Fly-tying tips; Care, cleaning and cooking tips (30 pages); Fishing tips by species (31 species). A well organised and effective guide to catching and eating many freshwater species. .
Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2003
ISBN 10: 0811700380 ISBN 13: 9780811700382
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2002). (2001) 2002 1st US edition. 8vo (155 x 220mm) Pp175,ill. B/w illustrations by Robert Olsen, cloth-backed boards. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Fishing tales from the Arctic to Mongolia, from bonefish to mahseer. A good read from this prolific author. "Trout at Ten Thousand Feet is an original and very personal collection of stories by John Bailey about his love of fish and the pleasures of fishing. .His extraordinary adventures (which tell of espionage, death threats and even a plane crash) have taken him to some of the most remote and inhospitable places. Covering all shapes and sizes of fish from anchovy to zander, this exciting, often humorous book, brilliantly captures the magical mysterious and addictive nature of fishing, as well as introducing a motley collection of characters from around the globe." Chapters include: John the fish; Fishing the flowing dream; Arctic lightning; Song of the sturgeon; Mongolian odyssey; Trout at ten thousand feet; The turning of the tide; Icon fish; The never ending dream. PREVIOUS PRICE £12.99.
Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0811726169 ISBN 13: 9780811726160
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2002 ). 2002 1st edition. 4to paperback. Ppx, 68. B/w illustrations by the author. Fine new copy. Includes terrestrials, dry flies, bass flies, nymphs, poppers and "saltwater creations". A step-by-step, well illustrated guide to tying twenty-six American patterns. PREVIOUS PRICE £14.95.
Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0811721205 ISBN 13: 9780811721202
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2002 ). (1980) 2002 1st paperback edition. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Pp224. B/w illustrations by Robert H. Pils. Slight use but a fine unread copy. Gary Borger's book "equips the modern angler to make his own accurate identifications of all species of trout foods: mayflies, terrestrials, caddis, stoneflies, midges, damselflies, and dragonflies - as well as forage fish, crustaceans, and mammals that are occasionally taken by trout. It is the first truly comprehensive guide to the trout's world for the angler. Drawing on his training as a biologist, author Gary Borger carefully describes the life histories of all the organisms .that are important in the trout's diet. The features that trigger the trout's feeding instinct - motion, silhouette, colour, and size of the natural - defined for each stage of the life cycles and related to the feeding habits of trout. And to tying life-like imitations: nymphs, wets, streamers, dries, and bugs. Over 50 dressings with notes on presentations and fishing technique make [this] a practical book, built on practical entomology." .
Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0811720756 ISBN 13: 9780811720755
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2002). (1994) 2002 paperback reprint. 8vo paperback (140 x 210mm). Ppx,196. B/w photographs and illustrations. Slight soiling to edges else a fine unread copy. "In the past, slack line was an accident that happened in a bad fly cast. Since then, it has been discovered that slack, properly applied, is the secret at the core of the many kinds of creative casts that can help you catch far more trout. John Judy shows how useful slack can be and instructs how and when to properly [use it in] your own casts over trout in order to take more of them." Chapters include: The elements of slack line presentation; Equipment and the river currents; Simple dry-fly situations; Downstream tactics; Slack and tension control; Curve casts; More complex slack situations; Matching the hatch versus slack line control; The hinged nymphing system; Water casting and the high art of mending; Slack to set up and control swing; Controlled slack with streamers and sink-tip lines; Slack line tactics for steelhead; The final goal: the casting dance. "I've read this book over and over again. I find it the only book written so accurately and precisely that I actually learned and put into practice the downstream, drag-free drift method from reading John Judy's words." (Ann McIntosh). "My copy of Slack Line Strategies. is worn and well used. I liked the advice in it so well that I have circulated it widely among my friends in the Boulder Creek valley where I live and fish." (Tom McGuane). ".one of the top ten fishing technique books in print today." (Gary LaFontaine). ".packed with provocative ideas and good advice." (Richard Anderson). PREVIOUS PRICE £12.95.
Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2003
ISBN 10: 0811700313 ISBN 13: 9780811700313
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002 ). 2002 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 235mm). Ppviii,167. Two-tone blue and brown paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight shelf wear and dusty edges, else a fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. The author passes on a lifetime's experience on flyfishing for trout in the streams of the Pacific Northwest. Lots of sound advice and anecdote in an easy, readable style. .
Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0811729060 ISBN 13: 9780811729062
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (new, Hardcover, 2002 ). 2002 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 235mm). Ppx,211 + 1pp ad. Not illustrated, bibliography. Two-tone yellow and red paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. A fine new copy in dust-wrapper. The author suggests a simplified approach to flyfishing for trout. "For an era, many fishers consciously or unconsciously intentionally complicated the sport as much for the fun of that very complication. as for practical result. While today's angler may not be greatly different, still there has been a shift. Catching fish remains essential and the process of learning how to do so remains complicated, but, at the same time, simplicity. is honored increasingly by today's anglers not merely as a life-philosophy but also as a strategy and tactic. .This is the spirit of Taking Trout, a collection of chapters on angling that, not despite, but rather through Hughes' simplifying practical advice, honors the credo that there is more to fishing than fishing." (Publisher's note). Chapters include:- Reading water, finding trout; Searching for trout; The essential part of presentation; Presentation to rising trout; Fruitful hesitations; Bank water; Short-line dry fly; Slack line and the dry fly; Subsurface situations and solutions; Nymphs on the swing; Slicks in riffled water; Early-season streamer tactics; Wet flies and wet-fly fishing; Soft-hackle success; Poking at pockets: the upstream approach; Poking at pockets: the downstream approach; Fishing stairsteps; A half-solved mystery; Stillwater strategy; Trout on the bottom of the shallows; The portability of a home lake; Rod selection for trout fishing; Traveling trout flies; Minimum kit; Old good stuff; Getting it together; Remaining ready; Spike camping for fly fishing; Applied mountain biking; The value of revisitation; The angling pace; Fly selection simplified; Looking at little things; When a fly is not what it seems; Insect identification: what is a useful level? .
Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2003
ISBN 10: 0811700372 ISBN 13: 9780811700375
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002 ). 2002 1st edition. Large square 4to (277 x 300mm). Pp199. Colour paintings, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use - near fine in dust-wrapper. This book is "an in-depth catalogue of the most intriguing examples of the William B. Ruger collection of over 200 works of art." Ruger's collection concentrates on Civil War and Frontier subjects, sport and natural history,and gives an interesting view of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American painting. The author is Ruger's granddaughter and a fine art specialist. .
Publicado por Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2002, 2003
ISBN 10: 0811700399 ISBN 13: 9780811700399
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). (2002) 2002 1st US edition. 4to (195 x 253mm). Pp160. Colour photographs throughout. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. Dutch flyfishing journalist, Leon Links, extols the extraordinary water-resistant properties of Cul de Canard feathers in this definitive guide. The book demonstrates the very latest CDC tying techniques and fly patterns. The patterns are often ingeniously simple, requiring easy tying steps and very few additional materials. He also features the ideas of many celebrated international fly-tyers such as Dutchmen Piet Weeda, Hans van Klinken and Theo Bakelaar; Gerhard Laible from Germany, Marc Petitjean of Switzerland and Marjan Fratnik of Slovenia; Elie Beerten of Belgium, Nicolas Ragonneau of France, Paolo Jaia of Italy, Rene Harrop from the U.S.A., Tetsumi Himeno of Japan, and many others. Full of practical step by step advice and tying tips. .