Sports & Recreation : Fishing

John Gierach returns with another book-length rumination on fishing, covering everything from fishing the high country to fishing with friends vs. going solo to the enduring appeal of the fishing vest in the high-tech age to dozens more topics that will appeal to fishermen everywhere. A few of Gierach's wise and witty observations:. "You can't expect to hit it dead on with every trip -- although that does happen now and then -- but there are usually fish and if you pay attention and bear down a little, you usually catch some. And when a trip really does go in the crapper, as one will eventually, you are still somehow fulfilling your destiny as a fisherman, and that's bound to be for the best.". "I had gotten myself past the expectation of success and into the fisherman's eternal riddles: There are fish in here somewhere, but where? They're in here sometime, but when? They're eating something, but what? If this were a koan -- and I'm not sure it isn't -- it would be: If the salmon cannot be caught, how will you catch him?". "Imagine the first human to conceive of this. He'd have dipped a hook in the water and plucked out a fish. People wouldn't have believed him, so he'd have shown them and it would have seemed like magic. Some days it still does.". No one describes the magic of fishing better than John Gierach, and no one writes more magically about the subject. more...

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America’s foremost fishing authority goes behind the scenes at the 2005 and 2006 CITGO Bassmaster Classic, the Super Bowl of professional bass fishing Competitive bass fishing has hit the big time, with weekly bass fishing shows on ESPN2; fan magazines such as Bassmaster, which boasts a circulation of 550,000; and Web sites like bassfan. more...

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An immediate success when if was first published in 1653, Walton's classic celebrtion of the joys of fishing continues to captivate anglers and nature lovers with its timeless advice and instruction.  Originally cast in the form of a dialogue between an experienced angler named Piscator and his pupil Viator, the book details methods for catching, eating, and savoring all varieties of fish, from the common chub to the lordly salmon. more...

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With his colorful tattoos and booming hip-hop sound track, Mike Iaconelli has turned the world of big-money competitive bass fishing upside down. In Fishing on the Edge , Iaconelli tells his own story–and it’s a whopper: a Philly-born, Jersey-bred Yankee who’s been stealing the spotlight from bass fishing’s traditionally all-Southern anglers, attracting fans and dominating one of the fastest-growing sports in America. more...

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