 Author Name: Joe Brooks
Title: JOE BROOKS ON FISHING
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS
ISBN Number: 1592284515 / 9781592284511
Seller ID: 1136454
A series of stories by the sport?s pioneer to inspire even the most experienced of fishermen. He was one of the first to fish for bonefish with a fly. He was one of the first to fish Central & South America, from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. He fished for tiger fish in Africa, & fished the atolls of the South Pacific & the lakes of New Zealand. Edited by Don Sedgwick, Intro by Lefty Kreh. 7x9 inches, 352 pgs.
'A series of stories by the sport's pioneer to inspire even the most experienced of fishermen.
Joe Brooks was a fishing pioneer, and this compendium of his dispatches is practically the history of modern fly fishing. At his peak, he logged 75,000 miles a year fly fishing. He was one of the first to fish for bonefish with a fly. He was one of the first to fish Central and South America, from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. He fished for tiger fish in Africa, and fished the atolls of the South Pacific and the lakes of New Zealand.
Included in this volume are classic pieces on:, The Trout We Fish For, Dry Fly Fishing for Trout, Terrestrials, Fishing the Wet Fly, Nymph Fishing, Fishing Streamers and Bucktails for Trout, Landing Bass on the Fly, Boca Fever, Argentina, New Zealand, Scotland, Iceland, Tumble Rocks, Add a Little Salt, Northern Lights Fish, Inshore Saltwater Fishing, Chumming and Offshore Fly Fishing, Salty Grab Bag, Panama, Those Freedom-Loving Sickletails, British Honduras, and many more Brooks has been described as 'the world's best fly fisherman.' Reading these pieces, it's easy to see why.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
JOE BROOKS authored Trout Fishing, The Complete Book of Fly Fishing, Salt Water Fly Fishing, Salt Water Game Fishing, A World of Fishing, The Complete Guide to Fishing Across North America, among others. His articles appeared in Field & Stream and The Salt Water Sportsman. He lived in Livingston, Montana, in the heart of trout country.
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