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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting
The Outlaw Gunner is the colorful story of market gunning in both
its legal and illegal phases, particularly as it was practiced in
the great Chesapeake Bay, the Outer Banks, and the tidewater
regions of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. In
more than 150 of the most unusual and rare photographs from the
author's collection, the men with their guns, boats, and traps are
shown in action. The market-gunning paraphernalia looks strange and
fearful-and well it might, for it was devastatingly efficient and
deadly. He describes baiting practices, gunning with tollers,
trapping, gunning lights, punt guns, pipe guns, the sinkbox-the
whole bag of tricks the outlaws used. This is a fascinating account
of a period and of practices long gone. Throughout the unspoken
"good ole days" feeling, and the nostalgia, runs a strong
between-the-lines plea for conservation in our time. The appeal,
placed in this setting, is hard to ignore.
- Learn to tie 17 popular nymphs, dry flies, and streamers
- Master fundamental tying techniques in a series of practical
lessons "Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying" is a modern course in
fly-tying fundamentals covering the essential tools, materials, and
techniques needed to tie a wide range of popular flies. With 1,000
photos, Craven covers cutting-edge techniques for the more
tried-and-true classics, such as the Royal Wulff, Adams, and Hare's
Ear, and shares innovative approaches to current patterns such as
the Brassie, RS2, and Copper John.
With clear, concise text, Craven provides tips and techniques
from his over thirty years of tying flies for fly shops on
Colorado's Front Range. This book is built on Craven's successful
fly-tying classes, which start out with simple flies and work
toward more complex patterns, all the while teaching techniques and
introducing materials by tying popular patterns that catch fish in
Eastern and Western streams. This series of lessons show how flies
build on one another, enabling readers to tie a wide range of
patterns simply by breaking them down into parts. Craven
illustrates the progression with his meticulous directions to
fingerbusters like Copper Johns, Stimulators, and Humpies.
This book, which is sure to become a standard text for basic fly
tying, covers 17 flies (including recipes for popular variations),
including the Brassie, Black Beauty, RS2, Hare's Ear, Pheasant
Tail, Prince Nymph, Copper John, Woolly Bugger, Elk Hair Caddis,
Stimulator, Adams, Rusty Spinner, Parachute Blue-Winged Olive, X
Comparadun, Royal Wulff, Humpy, and Goddard Caddis.
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