Shannon Olson is fascinated with the outdoors and has a passion for exploring God's country. His stories can touch your heart, make you gasp and definitely wet your pants. He divulges about his supper eyeballing him, parking his four-wheeler in a tree, pays respect to his old bird dog and even makes breaking bones a comical event. He has a unique way of ending up in near disaster situations and somehow always gets up laughing.

The book is a combination of all the things pertaining to my fishing for so many years. It is how I got started, what I learned, who I met, what I caught, what interesting things happened. I am not through learning or enjoying my life doing this. There is always something new tomorrow.

The pictures are of the people that I knew, myself, odd things we caught, or odd things that happened.

The book prepares fly fishermen to increase their probability of fishing success on any given day of the year in the Rockies. It provides details on the identification of the fish, understanding their feeding habits, types and conditions of water in any season. The reader will be armed with an understanding of the types and availability of the various major hatches and their metamorphosis. The book includes information on terrestrials, preferred temperatures, spawning patterns and recommended flies for each season or hatch for both subsurface and surface fishing. A removable field guide is provided for insect identification and suggested flies. Special treatment is also given to diverse subjects such as night fishing, nymphing, "catch and release" procedures, and Northern Pike and Kokanee Salmon fishing.

The white sturgeon the largest inland waters game fish has been known historically to reach over 1,500 pounds in size. They live from Alaska to California in the estuaries and river systems. But for a large fish they can be finicky and selective feeders and require a unique combination of strength and finesse to consistently take these large fish. This book covers all the tackle and techniques used to catch sturgeon in the San Francisco Bay and Delta regions.

Whether you want to hang a trophy bass or musky on your wall, or just want to spend a few quiet hours catching panfish with your kids, this book is the essential guide to fishing in southern Wisconsin. Author Bob Riepenhoff, outdoor editor for the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" for fourteen years, wrote a column called "Riepenhoff on Local Lakes." This collection of forty-three of those columns covers fifty-four lakes in southern Wisconsin. Riepenhoff describes his fishing experiences and methods and provides information about the fish species in each lake, fish stocking, management, special regulations, and public access. He draws on the expertise of the most skilled anglers in the state who have guided him through his journeys on local lakes. "Net Results" is intended to help all anglers, from beginners to experts, have more productive and enjoyable fishing experiences.
Includes contour maps of 54 lakes.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.

When my husband retired from the army he wanted to spend time bass fishing. He joined our local bass club and asked me to fish with him. Little did I know what I was in for. This book is about our adventures bass fishing. We hope you will laugh and learn what not to do.