Paul Guernsey

Reluctantly on assignment in Venezuela, wire service stringer Jimmy Angel finds himself sheltering street urchins, lying to protect an irresponsible boss, and aiding a band of urban guerrillas. Fed up with his job reporting for a wire service while working in Caracas, Venezuela, Jimmy Angel has made up his mind that he will save for a ticket to fly home. But as Jimmy works hard to escape the capital, survival begins to outweigh his duty as a journalist. As he begins to socialize with a street urchin and a homeless woman, Jimmy also finds himself befriending a couple of sketchy partiers who seek his help to get hired as translators for an American rock star. Needing the money, he agrees, but it turns out Jimmy will be tasked with a lot more than helping the pair of best friends land the job. Just as he finds himself amidst the craze of the partiers, the authorities begin to question Jimmy about why he has been taking messages for a terrorist group during his time as a wire service stringer. As his social life and job begin to test him, Jimmy realizes that his time in Caracas will not end easily, nor without teaching him a few dangerous lessons.

Will fly fishing survive the twenty-first century? Author and angler Paul Guernsey argues that angling and the natural resources it depends upon?clear rivers, unpolluted oceans, and much more?are threatened by a host of increasingly complex social and environmental factors. Tradition, conservation of land and water, a foresighted ethic, concerns for the sport of other anglers, a commitment to the next generation, and much more?these are at the heart of Guernsey’s explorations in this path-breaking book. In Beyond Catch & Release he draws a road map into the future for the sport of fly fishing and all those who love it.

Well-known nature and conservation writer Ted Williams is an avid fisherman who has devoted many years to writing about the sport and advocating the preservation of bodies of water and species of fish. Here, he brings together his love of angling with his profound sense of responsibility for the environment. Most of the work in this anthology is adapted from articles originally published in Audubon and Fly Rod & Reel (where Williams is conservation editor), and these lively, perceptive pieces take readers across the United States and around the world: trout fishing in Patagonia; bonefishing on South Andros Island in the Bahamas; and tuna fishing off the coast of Massachusetts. Williams’ passion and commitment will inspire fishermen everywhere. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.