Leonard M. Wright

The Field & Stream: The Complete Fisherman is an exciting book for beginning and expert fishermen alike. The editors and writers of America's most popular outdoor magazine-with more than seven million readers-bring their experience to this book. The Complete Fisherman covers the topics fishermen want to know about most, including: how to find and catch largemouth bass; fly fishing for trout across America; how to find and fish for fresh- and saltwater game fish; care and repair of your tackle; the best fishing knots for both salt and freshwater; and, how to rig up baits and lures for any fishing situation in both salt and fresh water. The photographs and illustrations that are throughout this book make even the most difficult skills simple to master with clear, concise instruction. Whether you're picking up a fishing rod for the first time, or a seasoned fisherman looking to refresh your skills, you'll find it all in The Complete Fisherman.

The definitive collection of trout fishing adventure and advice, lore and legend Spanning almost a century of American angling, here is a book that you will read and reread, whatever your mood, for adventure, for humor, for the sheer joy of it. This veritable who's who of trout fishing, drawn from the pages of Field & Stream, describes the joy and pain, the camaraderie and solitude, the strategy, the patience, and the triumph of one of the great sporting challenges of the Great Outdoors. Emlyn Gill on smuggling the dry fly technique from England; Zane Grey on skill, luck, and the Rogue River's fresh-run steelhead; G. M. L. LaBranche on the still-deadly "curved" cast technique; Nick Lyons on catching his first trout--and telling his first lie; Peter Kaminsky on finding brook-trout paradise in Labrador; and more than forty of fishing's greatest men, moments, and memories. The best of Field & Stream. The best the sport has to offer. A book for all those days you'd rather be fishing.