Thanks to well-known fishing expert Mike Marsh, North Carolinians finally have a definitive guide for the entire state in one handy volume. Fishing North Carolina is the only book that covers the multitude of fishing opportunities in all of the state’s regions: mountains, Piedmont, and coastal plain. Whatever type of fishing you prefer, Fishing North Carolina has something for beginning and advanced fishermen, longtime North Carolinians, newcomers, and tourists alike. Thi...

The Purple Grumblies are terrified when they hear that Percy the Dreaded Sea-Monster is headed towards their Grumblie Island.They escape to nearby Volcano Island over shark-infested waters by using their upturned umbrellas as sailboats. Thanks to the Pixiecats, small Meerkat-like animals who live in the sand on Volcano Island, they hide inside the volcano just as Percy arrives. Hungry Percy climbs to the top of the volcano and peers inside; he knows they’re in there somewhere. He can SMELL...

Fifty More Places to Fly Fish Before You Die is the latest offering in the bestselling Fifty Places series. Chris Santella’s first book, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die, has more than 100,000 copies in print, and Santella—now a regular fly-fishing contributor to the New York Times and many angling periodicals—has finally returned to the subject that started it all. Santella profiles 50 more first-class fly-fishing destinations around the world, as shared ...

A beautifully photographed guide, in color, with all you need to know to take a fly-fishing road trip to central Oregon and fish for native redband trout. Information to use Bend, Oregon as your base camp, or camp along the Crooked, Deschutes or Metolius rivers. The book contains selected patterns for use at your tying bench to tie the flies that catch these feisty wild trout. Redband Trout Waters has this plus hatch charts, campground maps, fishing access locations, techniques, info on wh...

Fishing Montana's Westslope Waters: A Fly-Fishing Road Trip to Missoula's Bitterroot, Blackfoot, Clark Fork & Rock Creek, Road Trip #2 is now available. Here's the lowdown on taking a fly-fishing road trip to Missoula, Montana to fish four famous trout streams. The book includes hatch charts, info on native & wild trout, fishing access sites, fly patterns, the "must fish" hatch for each river, where to camp, what gear to fish and color photos from cover to cover.Juan Calvillo spent...

The importance of fishing in Minnesota goes back thousands of years: first as a means of critical subsistence and then, in the last 200 years, as a major economic influence. In the 1800s, anglers seeking pristine lakes with ample fish traveled to Minnesota on the railroads. The widespread use of automobiles and an improving road system rapidly increased the state�s accessibility in the 1900s, and resorts sprouted everywhere. During the early tourist boom, the state was also home to countle...

Fly-fishing is a multifaceted sport that will absorb you in its reality, taking you to places of exceptional beauty, to explore and to revel in the solitude. It is so often spoken of as an art form, while fly-tying, inextricably linked to fly-fishing, is in its own right a form of artistry. South African Fishing Flies is a celebration of this artistry – the innovation, the talents of the originators and their vision of imagination, masters of the craft – and of all the fly-tyers of South A...

The Secret Lives of Fishermen is Jim Dean’s second book of essays celebrating wild places, rural traditions, and the pleasures and often humorous frustrations of fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping — or, as Dean might put it, “messing around” outdoors. It combines essays originally published in his monthly “Our Natural Heritage” column in Wildlife in North Carolina with longer pieces that appeared in other magazines. These forty-six engaging essays are arranged in a loo...

Settled along 47 miles of beautiful Atlantic coastline, Palm Beach County has long been a mecca for sport fishing enthusiasts. Graced with a mild climate and bounded with waters nourished by the warm Gulf Stream current, Palm Beach�s coastal waters host a rich reserve of marine life. Featured in this captivating retrospective is a history of the sport fishing industry and tales of legendary captains, devoted weekend anglers, and wealthy sportsmen. Bringing to life the sailfish tournaments,...

Gordon Churchill has been an enthusiastic angler all of his life, ever since he was little and would go fishing with his father in the lakes of upstate New York. Churchill shares his tips, tricks, and passion for fishing in Fly Fishing the Southeast Coast. Learn that you don’t have to travel to Bahamas or any other far exotic island to find the perfect catch. Many ideal places are right here in the US, including Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, and St. Augustine, Florida.In ...