1001 Fishing Tips by Lamar Underwood, Stu Apte -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Praise Table of Contents Introduction - LAMAR UNDERWOOD Foreword - STU APTE PART ONE - BEFORE YOU GO ...

CHAPTER 1 - Reflections on Angling: Inspiration and Information You Can Use

1. Best Fishing Tip Ever Heard 2. Confidence: Fishing’s Great Leveler 3. The Thing About Fishing Is . . . 4. It’s Not Just Luck 5. One to Remember 6. A Creed for Visiting Anglers 7. Time to Go Fishing 8. Fishing Knowledge Simplified 9. The “Fightinist” Quote About the “Gamest” Fish 10. Why a Fishing “Rod” Is Not a “Pole” 11. A Tip on Staying Young 12. The Call of the River 13. The Reason Why 14. A Fly-Fisher’s Confession 15. Presidential Advice 16. The Lure of Fly Fishing 17. Portrait of a Perfect Trout Stream

CHAPTER 2 - Set for Success: These Tips Can Make Your Day—Or Even Your Trip

18. Going on Vacation? Hire a Guide 19. Google Has the Answers 20. Saltwater Reel Protection 21. Boat Rides Need Raingear 22. If Your Boat Turns Over . . . 23. Busting Open Those Painted-Over Jig Eyes 24. Those Best Times to Fish Gimmicks 25. Foggy Weather Fishing: Forget About It! 26. Minnow Bucket Helper 27. Enjoying the Gentler, Kinder Bass Fishing 28. Rivers vs. Reservoirs 29. Old Impoundments Mean Tougher Fishing 30. Farm Pond Fishing 101 31. Get That Hook Out 32. Good Time to Go Fishing 33. Asking the Right Question 34. The Most Useless Thing in All Fishing Is . . . 35. Stringing Up Your Fly Rod 36. Carrying Your Rod: Tip First or Butt First? 37. Visit Kaufmanns Streamborn 38. Waders and Drowning: The Big Myth 39. Is the “Bad East Wind” Outlook a Myth? 40. Terrific Guide to Fishing Hooks 41. The Same Spot Trap 42. Fishing Clubs: Give One a Try 43. Fourteen Ways to Fish Better Fast! 44. Fishing Travel Facts 45. Binoculars Pay Big Dividends 46. The Mid-Current Is Just Right 47. Learn to Fly Cast An Easier Way 48. Fly Reels: Direct Drive or Anti-Reverse? 49. Fish & Fly: A Treasure Trove 50. Fish Superlines Where Pickerel and Pike Roam 51. Frayed Superlines Won’t Last 52. More on Those Braided Superlines 53. How Braided Lines Can Break Your Rod 54. Put a Fillet Knife to Work 55. Rule for Fighting Big Fish 56. Why Be Patient? 57. The Wrong Stuff 58. Twelve Best Places to Retire and Fly Fish 59. Fly Casting Reality Check 60. Casting Practice: The Absolute Necessary Evil 61. The Fly Tyer Magazine 62. World-Record Bass Mania 63. Fishing Those Golden Autumn Days 64. Long-Handled Nets for Shoreline Fishing 65. Batter Up! Ted Williams on Fly Fishing 66. Women’s Flyfishing: Good Idea, Great Execution 67. Florida’s Winter Fishing: Cold Front Woes 68. When Guides Give You a Bonus 69. Rods Belong in the Bag 70. Snoring Is Serious 71. What the Writers Say 72. Fly-Out Fishing Camps 73. How to Not Ruin Your Trip 74. The Lure of the Salt 75. Improving Your Light-Tackle Fishing Skills 76. When a Light Rod Is the Right Rod 77. Spinning Tackle vs. Fly Tackle: An Early View 78. Polaroid Glasses: The Absolute Essential 79. Saltwater Fishing: What You’re Missing 80. The Ding That Breaks a Rod 81. Bass Resources Galore 82. Good Fishing at Gander Mountain 83. Fly Fishing Without Casting 84. Great Maps Show the Way 85. Try Bank Fishing With Poles—Yes . . . Poles! 86. Tournament Anglers Are Having a Blast 87. Bank Fishing: Working the Real Hotspots 88. Try Bank Fishing the British Way 89. Stools for Bank Fishing 90. The Greatest Snakebite Kit 91. The Fish-Catching Method Banned in Tournaments 92. Help from the Pros 93. Which Size Sinker? 94. Lightning and Fishing 95. The Wind Behind the Rain 96. How to Treat a Fishing Guide 97. Plastic Tubs Can Hold Your Gear 98. It’s a Great Day to Go Fishing 99. Keeping a Logbook 100. The Joys of Night Fishing 101. How to Have a Night to Remember 102. Two Rods Are Better Than One 103. Right Way to Put Your Rod Together 104. Locking Down Your Reel 105. Stringer Danger! 106. Wobblers Need Swivels 107. Fill That Spool With Line 108. Camp Cooks Get Special Treatment 109. Taking a Kid Fishing—Tip One 110. Taking a Kid Fishing—Tip Two 111. Taking a Kid Fishing—Tip Three 112. Taking a Kid Fishing—Tip Four 113. Tackle Shop Advice on Hotspots: What’s It Worth? 114. Respect for Other Anglers 115. Carry a Hook Sharpener 116. Want a Really Big Bass? Try Landlocked Stripers 117. Easy Way to Get Started in Fly Fishing 118. One of the Greatest Fishing Books Ever Published 119. Rigging Up the Right Way 120. The Amazon Is Not a Jungle! 121. Two Hemingway Stories for Young and Old Readers 122. Don’t Miss Prime Time 123. Houseboat Fishing: What a Great Idea 124. Fishing’s Critical Water Temperature 125. They‘re On the Bite! 126. Fishing the Spawning Beds 127. When Sight-Feeders Turn Off 128. Give ’Em What They Want 129. Fly Fishing Made Easier 130. Bank Fishing Made Easier 131. Before You Release That Fish . . . 132. Forceps, Please 133. Handling the Midday Lull 134. Don’t Forget the Crawfish 135. The Never-Ending Joys of Fly Fishing 136. Autumn Action: Too Good to Miss 137. What’s In a Name? 138. Got Any Clouser Minnows? 139. Make Mine Chartreuse! 140. Why Rising Water Isn’t All Bad 141. The All-Important Temperature 142. Night Feeders, Prowling in Daylight 143. How Barometric Pressure Affects Fish 144. Side-Arm Casting Rewards 145. Casting: The Real Art of Fishing 146. Catching Those Night Crawlers 147. Wind Action Can Be Good for Fishing 148. Wind Direction: Breeding Bad Weather 149. Beating the Heat 150. Spinning Reels and Ultralight Baits 151. Going Ultralight 152. Understanding the Thermocline 153. Predators Hunt in the Shadows 154. Fishing the Spring Warm-Up 155. Reading the Pattern 156. Be Optimistic! It Will Pay Off!

CHAPTER 3 - Beyond the Basics: A Mixed Bag of Essential Skill Tips

157. The Backlash Retrieve: Deadliest in All Fishing 158. The Dock That Produces More Fish 159. Betting on the Outside Bend 160. The Windy Side Is Where You Want to Be 161. Turning Nibbles Into Bites 162. It’s Not Just the Lure 163. You Have to Be Sneaky to Catch Fish 164. Use the Deadly Slingshot Cast in Tight Places 165. Minnows Will Wake Up Sluggish Feeders 166. Making the Cast: Rule One 167. Why Suspended Fish Are Tough 168. Rx for Line Twists 169. Change Locations and Baits Often 170. Colors That Make Fish Bite Most 171. Why Live Bait Works So Well 172. In Deep Water, Fish Look Down 173. Checking Out Your Lure’s Action 174. When Snagged Lures Snap Loose 175. Putting Your Lures to Work 176. When the Water’s Falling 177. Inside the “LureNet” 178. Trying the Mepps Timber Doodle 179. Freeing a Bottom-Hung Jig or Blade Bait 180. Putting Depth Finders to Work the Right Way 181. Live Minnow Hook-Up 182. Less Line, Tighter Drag! 183. Fighting a Fish with “Sosin’s Law” 184. Riding High, Down Deep 185. Jigging with the Fuzz-E Grub 186. The Fly-Rod Grip That Sets More Hooks 187. Baitcasting: Hand Position for Better Casting 188. Casting Sink-Tip and Full-Sinking Lines 189. Fish Jigs for Spring Panfish 190. You Have to Find ’Em First 191. Where to Fish Early, Pre-Spawn Bass 192. Best Bet for Mixed Bag Action 193. The “Touch” That Catches Fish 194. Best Trolling Speed 195. Don’t Waste Time on Early-Season Top Water 196. Watch Those Weather Fronts 197. Hot Flies and UltraLight Spinning Lures 198. The Deadly “Yo-Yo” Retrieve (Don’t Miss This One!) 199. Float Fishing’s Top Tip 200. Use Gulp Baits for Spring Action 201. Fine-Tuning Your Jigging Techniques 202. It’s Woolly Buggers for Spring Trout 203. A Lesson from Bird-Feeders 204. “String” Your Fish to Stay Fresh 205. Nervous Water Means Action 206. Side-Arm Casts for Live-Bait Fishing 207. Live Bait in Current: Let It Ride 208. When the Wind’s in Your Favor 209. Gripping Fish During Filleting 210. Setting That Rod Aside 211. Plastic Storage Boxes in Your Boat 212. Treating Cuts and Scrapes 213. Micro Jigs for Fly-Rod Action 214. Ready for Action? Go to Drop-Shot Fishing 215. The Twenty Best Fishing Towns in America

CHAPTER 4 - The Portable Angler: Fishing with Kayaks, Float Tubes, and Pontoon Boats

216. Self-Propelled, Go-Anywhere Fishing Crafts 217. Float Tubes Become U-Boats 218. The Spider Boats Are Coming 219. Belly-Boat Fishing Clubs 220. Kayak Fishing: The New Angling Frontier 221. Choosing a Fishing Kayak—Step One 222. Try a Kayak Fishing Club 223. Kayak Fishing Books and DVDs 224. Kayak Sportfishing Has It All 225. A Pair of Kayak Fishing Aces 226. A Kick-Boat Hard to Beat 227. The Most Stable Kayaks 228. How Great Is Kayak Fishing? 229. Florida Keys Kayak Fishing

CHAPTER 5 - Knots You’ll Need: We Make Them Easy to Master

230. Easy Way to Learn Knot Tying 231. Fly Fishing Knots Made Easy 232. The Knot Book That Has Them All 233. Orvis Makes Knot-Tying So Easy 234. The Alaskan Guides’ Knot 235. Knots for the Braided Superlines 236. Tighten Down Those Fluorocarbon Leader Knots 237. Stu Apte’s Blood Knot Special Trick 238. Twelve Knot Tips for Better Fishing 239. Tying on a Hook—the Improved Clinch Knot 240. The Loop That Gives Your Lure Action 241. Looping a Fly Line to a Leader Loop 242. How to Join Leader Sections, Part One: The Blood Knot 243. How to Join Leader Sections, Part Two: The Surgeon’s Knot 244. The Loop You Need for Drop Shot Fishing 245. The Knot Atlantic Salmon Fishers Swear By 246. Add a Loop to Your Leader or Line 247. Connecting Fly Line to Leader Without Loops: Tube Nail Knot 248. The No Tube Fly Line Connection: The Needle Nail Knot

PART TWO - ON THE WATER

CHAPTER 6 - Into the Strike Zone: Tips to Stop You From Fishing Dead Water!

249. It’s All About FINDING the Bass 250. An Essential Truth About Bass Fishing 251. The Pattern Tells You What to Do 252. My Most Important Bass Fishing Lesson 253. Top-Water Patience Can Pay 254. Where’d They Go? 255. Those Important Scatter Points 256. They’re Not Hitting Because They’re Not There! 257. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 258. How to Fish Points 259. Deep-Water Bass Bonanza 260. Wolf Pack Bass 261. A Bass Fishing Revolution Begins 262. When Bass Seem to Disappear 263. Finding Those Disappearing Bass 264. Buck Perry and His Magic Plug 265. Bass Travel Lanes: You’ve Got to Find Them! 266. Sanctuaries: Where Peak Action Awaits 267. Smart Bass Versus Naïve Bass 268. B.A.S.S. Pro Analyzes Moon Phases 269. A Creature of Habits 270. She—Not He—Is the Big One That Got Away 271. For Dedicated Bass Anglers (And “Bassmaster” Wannabes) 272. Suspended Bass—They’re Tough to Catch 273. Stay in the Strike Zone for Suspended Bass 274. If You’re a Bass Fan . . . 275. Gimmicks and Gadgets 276. Go Early for Spring Bass 277. Finding and Fishing Bass Highways 278. Let Don Wirth Help You Catch More Bass 279. A Pro’s Favorite Wintertime Lures 280. Rigging Up for Winter Bass 281. Florida Bass with Larry Larsen 282. Florida’s Beautiful, Natural Spring Creeks 283. Let It Blow, Let It Blow! 284. Cracking the Code of Huge Impoundments 285. Finding Those Early-Spring Bass 286. Why Bass Change Depths 287. Oxygen Monitoring to Find Preferred Bass Depths 288. Best Oxygen Levels for Bass 289. When River Bass Turn On 290. Smallmouth Floats on the Upper Delaware 291. Summer’s Smallmouth Dividends 292. Best in the West 293. Bass Fishing in the West 294. What to Expect on Post-Spawn Bass 295. Taking More Bass in Streams and Creeks 296. Smallmouth Tackle: Heavy Vs. Light 297. Jump the Gun for Fall Smallmouths 298. Fishing Flooded Timber: Rule One 299. Targeting Docks and Bridge Pilings 300. Fish Rip-Raps for Early Spring Bass 301. How to Fish Early-Spring Bass 302. How to Fish Jigs for Spring Bass on Points 303. Where’d They Go? (Part One) 304. Where’d They Go? (Part Two)

CHAPTER 7 - Super Strategies: Start Catching More Bass Right Now!

305. Field & Stream’s Largemouth “Ultimate Lure” Survey Winners 306. Field & Stream’s Smallmouth “Ultimate Lure” Survey Winners 307. Bass Fishing’s Super-Rig: It’s Famous Because It Works 308. Rick Clunn’s Most Deadly Lure Advice 309. Smart and Easy Plastic Worm Fishing 310. Plastic Worm Action: Are You Missing Out? 311. The Mother of All Plastic Worm Rigs 312. How to Set Up the Texas Rig 313. Tweaking the Texas Worm Rig 314. The Deadly Carolina Rig 315. Setting Up the Carolina Rig 316. Buy This Book and Catch More Bass! 317. Kevin VanDam’s Early Season Tactics 318. A Really Good Bass Bait 319. Tie On a Strike King Zulu 320. Locked-Down Sinkers on Texas Rigs 321. Try a Tricked-Up Dinger 322. When Schooling Fish Won’t Hit 323. Try Clear Plastic for Schooling Fish 324. The Floating Worm: Fun and Good 325. Skipping Floating Worms 326. High-Tech Gear Can Be Loads of Fun 327. When High-Tech Goes Wrong 328. Here He Comes! Now What? 329. When Spring Bass Become Active 330. Catching the Year’s Earliest Bass 331. Working Early-Spring’s Deadliest Lure 332. Floating Worms: Make Sure They Can 333. Hooking Up Your Floating Worms 334. The Deadly Jerkbait Pause 335. The Lure That Got Away 336. Lure Action, Not Color, Counts Most 337. Do Lure Colors Really Matter? 338. Bass Expert’s Favorite Lure Colors 339. Smallmouths on the Rocks 340. When Smallmouths Go Berserk! 341. When Smallmouths Tease You! 342. How to Fish Early Spring Bass 343. Reaction Strikes: Take ’Em When You Can 344. River Sloughs: Don’t Miss Them 345. Surface Plunkers: The Sweet Feel of “Real” 346. Darter Plugs: The “Extra” Surface Baits 347. When the Wind Blows 348. Lucas on Bass 349. Think Brown for More Bass 350. Looks Are Deceiving 351. Uncle Homer: My Bassing Hero 352. Never Underestimate a Bass’ Vision 353. Inside the Private World of Bass 354. Sight Fishing for Largemouths—Step One 355. Sight Fishing for Largemouths—Step Two 356. Sight Fishing for Largemouths—Step Three 357. Time to Walk the Dog 358. Forget Top Water When the Time’s Not Right 359. Proven Topwater Lures 360. What Hook Size? 361. How Bill Dance Beats Windy Days 362. Smallmouth Savvy: Go Deeper With Jigs When You Have To 363. Fishing the Legendary Devil’s Horse 364. The 1 Million Tactic 365. A Bassing Blog You Shouldn’t Miss 366. Red Hooks, Bleeding Baits—Are They For Real? 367. Add Red for More Strikes 368. Fake Frogs: How Fine Are They? 369. Waders Not Required 370. Casting to Bass Cover 371. When the Water’s Falling Too Fast 372. Oxygen Content is Crucial 373. Find the Oxygen, You’ll Find the Fish 374. Double Your Fun With Two Jigs 375. Add Some Venom to Your Lures 376. It’s Not a Strike, It’s a Slurp! 377. How Bass Slurp Prey 378. Setting the Hook on Slurping Bass 379. Quick Pull, Then No Fish 380. Pre-Spawn Bass: More Strikes in the Afternoon 381. Staging for the Spawn: Early Spring’s Best Bassing 382. Why Live Bait Catches Giant Bass 383. Your Best Chance for a Monster Bass 384. Picking the Right Hook for Plastic Worms 385. Rigging the Expensive Trout Lure 386. Those Super-Shallow Crankbaits 387. Knocking on Wood 388. Crankbait Snagging Remedy 389. Jim Porter’s Guide to Bass Fishing 390. Bass Lures Don’t Come Easy 391. How to Choose a Crankbait 392. Crankbait Action: The Wrong Stuff 393. Soft-Plastic: The Bass Won’t Let Go! 394. Sea Anchors on Bass Boats 395. A Largemouth Angler Fishing for Smallmouths 396. Pass the Watermelon 397. Bass Turned Off . . . Then Turned Right Back On 398. It’s Gobies for Lake Erie Smallmouths 399. The Single-Worm Trick for Bass 400. Destination: Lake Erie 401. Coping With Surface Lure Splash-Down 402. Getting The Touch with Plastic Worms 403. Plastic Worms in the Strike Zone 404. Study-Time with the Bass Professor 405. Doug Hannon on Making Bass Strike 406. Moon Up Early—Great Fishing 407. Doug Hannon’s Moon Phase Choices 408. Good Bass Fishing Close to Home 409. Fishing Tidewater Bass 410. Another Tidewater Tip 411. The Carolina Rig as a Search Bait 412. Positively Swimbaits 413. A Swim Bait Nation 414. California, Here I Come 415. A New Worm to Shake Up Your Bassing 416. A Favorite Worm Rig 417. If You’re Not Drop-Shot Fishing . . . 418. Bill Dance: Pull That Worm, Don’t Reel It 419. The Spotted Bass Challenge 420. The Toughest Bass of Them All? 421. Alabama’s Spotted Bass Headquarters

CHAPTER 8 - The Tournament Trail: What to Expect, What to Know

422. How to Lose a Bass Tournament 423. Find the Other Boats, Find the Fish 424. Hitting the Pro Circuit, Part One: Dreams and Realities 425. Hitting the Pro Circuit, Part Two: Bring Money! 426. Hitting the Pro Circuit, Part Three: Assessing Your Chances

PART THREE - ON THE WATER

CHAPTER 9 - Fly-Fishing Tactics: How Top Guides and Experts Fish

427. The Biggest Key to Fly-Fishing Success 428. Field & Stream’s Trout “Ultimate Lure” Survey Winners 429. Learning from the Great Blue Heron 430. Fastest Fly-Fishing Course Ever 431. Meeting the Late Summer Challenge 432. Need More Convincing? It’s Beetles for Trout 433. How Expert Jeff Morgan Searches New Water for Trout 434. Where Trout Are Always Hungry 435. Make Your Dropper Fly Expendable 436. Dropper Fly Length for Dry Flies 437. Long Live the Long Rod 438. Tying on the Dropper Leader 439. The Dry Fly As a Striker Indicator 440. Ted Trueblood’s Dyed-Leader Experiment 441. The Spell of the Mayfly 442. Blue Ribbon Flies 443. Where Are the Hatches? 444. Upstream with Dries, Downstream Nymphs and Streamers 445. Big Sky Fishing Web site 446. Fish the Skwala Hatch for Openers 447. Visiting The Fly Shop 448. Trout Pellet Fly—The Real Thing 449. Trout Pellet Fly—The Reasonable Facsimile 450. How to Spot Nymph Takes 451. Small Stream, Small Backpack, Big Day 452. Fish Streamers in Small Streams 453. Traver Award Story Collection 454. Strike Indicator Flotation Help 455. Fishing Small Streams Behind Other Anglers 456. Small Streams and Sink-Tip Lines 457. What’s That on Your Dropper? 458. Give Small-Stream Trout Your Best Shot 459. Finding and Fishing the Seams 460. Don’t Miss the Trout Bum 461. On Sinking Lines: Drop Down One Size 462. Are the New Fluorocarbon Leaders Worth It? 463. Spring Creeks: Superb Trout Destinations 464. Why Spring Creeks Are Tough 465. When You Can’t Match the Hatch 466. When Spring Creek Trout Turn On 467. The Tuck Cast Takes More Trout 468. When Rain Is Your Friend 469. Fishing the Back Door to Yellowstone 470. Where the Road Leaves the River 471. Sulphurs: The Year’s Best Fly Hatch 472. Making the Most of the Sulphur Hatches 473. When the Sulphurs Have Competition 474. The High-Country’s Forgotten Early Season Fishing 475. My Big Sulphur Hatch Mistake 476. Fly Line Colors: They Do Matter 477. The Secret of Timing Trout Feeding Activity 478. Falling Barometer: Look Out Below 479. Fly Rod Casting Techniques You May Never Master, But Should 480. Why Are All Those Trucks Parked Over There? 481. Upstream Wading Made Easier 482. Tests on Fluorocarbon Tippets 483. More About Fluorocarbon Tippets 484. Buying Flies Before You Go 485. You Can Bet on Beetles 486. Barbless Hooks Make More Sense 487. Barbless Hooks: How to Know They’re Legal 488. Making Your Hooks Barbless 489. Where to Obtain Barbless Hooks 490. Wading Staffs Make Sense 491. A Common Mayfly Frustration 492. Try Tailwater Trout at “High Tide” 493. You Can Count on the Griffith’s Gnat 494. The Key to Early Season Success 495. Get Out of That Rut 496. Fishing Cold, Early Season Water 497. Try Egg Patterns for Fall Trout 498. The Czech Express Has Arrived 499. When Brook Trout Ponds Come to Life 500. The Fly Hatch That Loves Bad Weather 501. Those Splashy, Leaping Rises 502. Casting to Rising Trout 503. Trout on the Move 504. Random Casting: It Won’t Work on Spring Creeks 505. Try Joe Brooks’ Broadside Float 506. Leave Those Stressed Fish Alone 507. Casting with Either Hand 508. Fish Nymphs and Emergers With Upstream Casts 509. Stream Wading Rule One 510. Netting Your Trout 511. A Fly Fisher’s Creed 512. Fly Fishing Beyond the Basics 513. Fly Fishing Rule One 514. Get That Nymph Down 515. No Hatch to Match? It’s Time for Nymphs 516. When Summer Trout Move Out 517. Where Trout Hold and Where They Rise 518. Fish Big Boulders on Both Sides 519. John Merwin On Blue-Winged Olives 520. John Merwin’s Blue-Winged Olive Fly Choices 521. Why You Should Fish for Cutthroats 522. Give Trout Unlimited Your Support 523. Seeing Trout: Rule One 524. Weeds: The Trout Stream Signpost 525. Fishing Trout Stream Weeds 526. You Have to Be Sneaky to Catch Trout 527. When Your Fly Is Snagged 528. The Roll Cast: A Fly-Fishing Must 529. The Upper Delaware: The Big East Trout Mecca 530. How to Start Fishing the Upper Delaware 531. The Upper Delaware’s Dark Side 532. When the Upper Delaware is Right 533. Which Upper Delaware Branch to Fish? 534. Upper Delaware Guided Days 535. Blind Casting the Dry Fly 536. Surface Feeders: Three Casts and Out 537. The Dry Fly Fished Downstream on Big Rivers 538. Streamers Need Speed 539. Streamers: The “Go-To” Flies 540. Dry-Fly Purist Bunk 541. Ripping Streamers 542. Nymph Fishing: Cast Up, Fish Down 543. And Still Champion: The Muddler Minnow 544. Delaware Rainbows Are Special 545. Tactics of an Upper Delaware Legend 546. Don’t Strike That Trout Too Soon 547. The Ed Van Put Fly Selections 548. A Deadly Nymphing Technique 549. A Fly That Will Live Forever 550. Heads-Up Nymph Fishing 551. Hitting the Hatch at Prime Time 552. Where Trout Are Feeding 553. Current Seams: Where the Trout Are 554. Add Weight Before Changing Flies 555. Saying No to Strike Indicators 556. Other Strike Indicator Negatives 557. Fly Stories: An Orvis Treasury 558. Gary LaFontaine: His Endless Legacy 559. Fishing the High-Country Lakes 560. When An Entire Pod of Trout Are Rising Right in Front of You 561. Best Way to Fish Mountain Lakes from Shore 562. The Pack Boat for Mountain Lake Fishing 563. Mountain Lakes: The Gifts From Above 564. Pairing the Hatch 565. Best Days to Fish a Mayfly Hatch 566. Early Season Fly Hatches 567. A Very Special Tip for Fly-Fishing Beginners 568. Wade in Carefully, Stop Spooking Trout 569. How an Expert Plays Big Trout 570. Big Trout in Weedy Water 571. Stay Out of the Trout’s Rear-Vision Mirror 572. Nymph Fishing Made Easy 573. How to See More Trout 574. Play That Fish from the Reel? 575. The Easy Way—and the Best Way 576. The Right Times to Fish the Wrong Flies 577. A Trick for Fishing a Tough Hatch 578. You’re Down Or You’re Out! 579. Rocks and Trout: Pinpointing the Lies 580. Trout Under the Bridge 581. The Devilish Smutting Rises 582. What Color Leader? 583. The Perfect Small-Stream Trout Rod 584. Upstream Or Downstream? 585. The Most Important 10 Inches in Trout Fishing 586. Midsummer, Low-Water Conditions: Go With a Dry Fly 587. Twitch Your Midsummer Dry Fly 588. Leonard Wright’s Summer Dry Fly Technique 589. Your Summer Trout Fishing Will Improve 590. Finding Maryland’s Best Trout Streams 591. A Trout Stream Where Legends Were Created 592. The Drift of the Dry Fly 593. Are Your Hands Poisoned? 594. Fishing the Spinner Rises 595. Stay On Watch for Sipping Rises 596. Small Rise, Big Trout 597. Schwiebert’s Fly Line Color Choices 598. Eliminating Drag: The Key to Successful Dry Fly Fishing 599. Eliminating Drag: The George Harvey Solution 600. Buying George Harvey S-Curve Leaders 601. Gary Borger’s S-Curve Drag-Free Ideas 602. Bottoms-Up Tactic for Finicky Feeders 603. Choke-Up for Short, Tough Casts 604. Make Dropper Rigs Your Wintertime Project 605. Joe Humphrey’s Best Nymph Tactic 606. Joe Humphrey’s Trout Tactics 607. Taking the Temperature for Trout 608. The Right Temperatures for Trout 609. Setting the Hook on Nymph Strikes 610. Trout on the Edge of Town 611. Special Tactics for Giant Trout 612. My Crazy Giant-Trout Morning 613. Use a Glove to Fish the Tangles 614. Three High-Desert Trout Destinations 615. Snake River Triple Play 616. B.C. Wilderness Adventures Fishing 617. Fishing the Housatonic 618. Fit for a King 619. Winter’s Gift: The Secret Spring 620. A Mistake-Proof Fly 621. Have You Got The Touch? 622. The Upper Missouri: Fly Fishing’s True Paradise 623. Fishing the Upper Missouri from Wolf Creek 624. Headhunters on the Missouri 625. The Upper Missouri’s Trout Shop 626. Flyway Ranch Missouri Access 627. Schwiebert on Jackson Hole Cutthroats 628. Schwiebert on Jackson Hole Cutthroats, Part Two 629. The Secret Weapon for Green Drake Hatches 630. Alaska Tactics Come to New York 631. That West Yellowstone Pose 632. The Trout Stream You Cherish Most 633. Rookie Error: He Missed It! 634. The Approaching Cold Front: It’s Hot Stuff 635. The Cold Front Has Passed. What Next? 636. The Catch-and-Release Code

CHAPTER 10 - Spinning and Bait Tips: You’ll Catch More Trout

637. Guaranteed: More Trout Spinning Small Streams 638. The Strong Pull of Bait Fishing 639. Best Bait for Early-Season Spinning 640. Small Spinners for Small-Stream Trout 641. The Downstream Swing: Your Spinner’s Strike Zone 642. Small-Stream Spinning: The Real Art 643. What Color Spinner Blades? 644. Adding Weight to Your Spinner 645. Fish the Woolly Bugger with Spinning Tackle 646. Fishing the Big, Slow Pools 647. Keep it Simple and Fun 648. Try a Different Spinner Lure 649. Spinning with a B-17 650. Small Spinners Reveal Trout Locations 651. The Deadliest Trout Spinner? 652. Spinning With Small Jigs Takes More Trout 653. Matukas and Spinners: A Deadly Combo 654. Sweeten Your Trout Spinnerbait 655. Spinning Tricks for Trout

CHAPTER 11 - Steelhead, The Ultimate Trout Challenge: Beating the Odds

656. Experts Only Need Apply 657. No Beginner’s Luck Here 658. Fishing Out the Swing 659. Find and Fish the Holding Water 660. When You Can’t Move That Fish 661. Where the Fish Are Lying 662. Pool Etiquette: It Makes Sense 663. Great Lakes Steelhead Fighting Qualities 664. Low and Slow for Winter Steelhead

CHAPTER 12 - Salmon and Shad, Home from the Seas: Be Ready for Them

665. The Truth About Atlantic Salmon Fishing 666. Those Mysterious Landlocks 667. Landlocked Salmon: The Source 668. Best Landlock Salmon Flies? 669. A Good Day on Black Salmon 670. The Truth About Grilse 671. How to Get More Salmon Strikes 672. The Leonard Wright Salmon Cast 673. The Hardest Fish to Predict 674. Facing Atlantic Salmon Disappointment 675. Why Salmon Hit Flies 676. A Salmon Remembers 677. Check Out Newfoundland and Labrador 678. Hook a Salmon, Break a Rod 679. When the Bite Is On 680. When Salmon Strike 681. Two Salmon Strikes 682. Ernie Schwiebert’s Salmon-Fishing Advice 683. Landlock Fever: A Springtime Malady 684. The Perfect Landlocked Salmon Fly 685. Focusing on Landlocks 686. Buck Or Roe? You’ll Feel the Difference 687. She’s Quite a Lady! 688. The Landlock Salmon Fly Retrieve 689. Same Spot, Same Lures, Different Results 690. A “Must-Read” Shad Book 691. Fluttering, Flashing Shad Lures 692. A Clever Way to Troll for Shad

PART FOUR - ON THE WATER

CHAPTER 13 - Ultimate Walleye Tactics: Tips to Master Heartland’s Finest Fishing

693. White-Water Walleye Holes 694. A Deadly Summer Walleye Lure 695. Field & Stream’s Walleye “Ultimate Lure” Survey Winners 696. The Rig That Worked Magic—And Still Does 697. Northland Tackle Free Booklet 698. Walleyes for the Frying Pan: Beware the Cholesterol Police 699. Putting Flasher Spoons to Work 700. A Trick for Cold-Water Fishing 701. Live-Bait Rig for Taking More Walleyes 702. Try This Rig and Presentation 703. Focusing on River Walleyes 704. Overlooked Walleye River Hotspots 705. Reading Walleye River Currents

PART FIVE - ON THE WATER

CHAPTER 14 - Mixed Bag Panfishing: Tips for More Action Every Time You Fish!

706. Springtime Fun Guaranteed 707. Watch Those Spinner Blades 708. When the Big Bluegills Spawn 709. Look to Deep Water for Big Bluegills 710. Finding the Beds of Bull Bluegills 711. Ever Hold a True Bull Bluegill? 712. The Biggest Bluegill Ever! 713. A Deadly Sliver of Plastic Worm 714. A Super-Star Panfishing Tactic 715. Field & Stream’s Panfish “Ultimate Lure” Survey Winners 716. Which Crappie Is That? 717. Fly-Fishing Bonus: Bluegills on the Bed 718. Don’t Lose That Fish 719. Catching Slab-Sided Bluegills in Midsummer 720. Fishing the Deadly Lau Loop 721. Go Deep With Sponge-Rubber Spiders 722. Catching Big, Summer Yellow Perch 723. Try Crankbaits for Summer Crappies 724. Turn a Bad Day Into a Great One 725. Tribute to a Very Special Panfish 726. Redbreast vs. Brim 727. Where to Find Redbreast 728. Count on the Catalpa Worm 729. Cricket Know-How 730. Hooks for Bream: When You Want Them to Straighten Out 731. Use Slip Bobbers for Crappies 732. Bait-Keeper Hooks Do a Better Job 733. Fry ’Em Up—Southern Style

CHAPTER 15 - How Catfish Experts Fish: Follow the Masters to More Success

734. Giant Catfish: You Need Help 735. Finding and Catching More and Bigger Catfish 736. Chum Them Up With Dog Food 737. Favorite Baits for Blue Cats 738. A Good Basic Catfish Rig 739. Fish the Mussel Beds 740. Use Dog Food in Small Ponds 741. Switch to Catfish for More Fun 742. Best Water for Small-Stream Catfish 743. Baiting Up for Small-Stream Catfish 744. The Deadliest Bait for TrotLine Catfish 745. Technique of a World-Record Catfisher 746. Baits of a World-Record Catfisher 747. Best Time to Fish for Giant Catfish

CHAPTER 16 - Carp Secrets: The Mysterious Ways of a Great Gamefish

748. Don’t Forget Carp Fishing 749. Fishing for Carp: Stop Missing Out! 750. Carp on a Fly: A Supreme Challenge 751. To Catch Carp, Pass the Dough 752. Essentials for Catching More Carp 753. Bubbles That Betray Carp 754. Scent Sweeteners for Carp Baits 755. Divide and Conquer Carp Tactics 756. You Have to be Ready for Carp 757. Fly-Fishing the Great Carp Unknown 758. On the Hunt for Carp 759. The Carp as a Fighter

PART SIX - ON THE WATER

CHAPTER 17 - Pike Action Guaranteed: These Tips Won’t Let You Down

760. On the Hunt for Pike 761. When Pike Attack 762. A Fish of Wildness 763. Playing Those Pike 764. Pike and Pickerel for the Frying Pan 765. Hang On to Your Hat 766. Northern Pike: Here, There, Everywhere! 767. Fly Rod Pike? Go Right Ahead 768. They Love Their Pike in Great Britain 769. The Perfect Pike Spoon or Spinner 770. Give the Devil a Chance 771. Sound Off for Northerns 772. Team a Rapala with a Dardevle

CHAPTER 18 - Cutting the Odds on Muskies: Catching the Wolves of Fresh Water

773. The Fish of 10,000 Casts 774. The Oldest Muskie Story Out There 775. Why Those Big Mossback Muskies Are Different 776. Muskies Prowling for Prey

PART SEVEN - ON THE WATER

CHAPTER 19 - Special Section: Stu Apte’s Best Fishing Tips

777. Describe your basic fish-fighting technique. 778. Is “being smooth” the key? 779. What are some dos and don’ts for playing big fish with a fly rod? 780. Do you have any special tips on playing bonefish? 781. What about a leaping fish? 782. When playing fish, do you hold the rod high or low? 783. What happens when the fish is closer? 784. So you’ve turned the fish. What next? 785. Describe the critical final stages of the fight. 786. What are the best moon phases for flats fishing? 787. The best flats-fishing weather is . . . ? 788. For tarpon in winter, how do you cope with cold snaps? 789. You’ve had a lot of success with early season tarpon. Is that your formula? 790. Why is your favorite flat down by Key West so good? 791. What makes saltwater casting so special? 792. In tarpon fishing, the cast is critical, is it not? 793. Is there anything special about your casting that could help a serious angler practice and learn to cast better? 794. What are your preferences in sunglasses for fishing the flats? In fresh water? 795. In bonefishing, opportunities do exist for anglers to wade the flats alone. What flies do you recommend they carry? What would be your first fly tied on? 796. When a bonefish seems to be near your fly, do you see anything special that makes the fish strike? 797. What’s your “go-to” snook fly? 798. What’s your choice fly to get a permit to strike? 799. Describe the “Stu Apte Method” of presenting a fly or lure to a tarpon. 800. Do you keep stripping, or do you stop sometimes? 801. What about a fly in front of the bonefish? What are the key things to remember for success? 802. What else do you do to get a bonefish strike? 803. You’ve now caught 200 or more sailfish on a fly. Any special tips on presenting the fly or playing them? 804. Is the presentation like that on any other fish? 805. Then, when he hits it, when do you make your strike? 806. Are streamers better than popping bugs? 807. What kind of popping bugs are those? They must be very special. 808. Do you sell them on the marketplace? 809. In regard to the sailfish tips we discussed, do the lure presentations and other info apply to using spinning gear? 810. What are some of the best destinations for sailfish on a fly? 811. Is it true tarpon live to be thirty or forty years old? If that’s so, there are tarpon still swimming around now that you hooked back at Big Pine in your early guiding days. It’s hard to imagine. 812. If I have the means (read, money) to fish anywhere I want, but had a problem with time, what would be the best time to go for big tarpon with a good guide? 813. You wouldn’t go during the worm hatch in May? 814. When would be the best time to go fish the backcountry and get a mixed bag—snook, redfish, and small tarpon? And get a lot of action? 815. So here at Thanksgiving, the big tarpon are in the backcountry? 816. Can you tell us something about tarpon migration habits? 817. Is it a temperature thing? 818. Do the tarpon go from the Gulf side to the ocean side, back and forth? 819. What if I can only go to the Keys in July and August? What are my chances for good fishing? 820. Are some sharks worse than others about getting after your fish? 821. What do you do when a shark is after your bonefish? 822. What was Joe Brooks like? In my magazine editing years, I never had the chance to meet him before he passed on. I’ve read everything he wrote and I’ve seen him in the video you guys did way back. 823. I wanted to talk about tipping. What do you tip flats guides these days? 824. Can you describe a particularly good guide? 825. When you go out at daybreak, do you come in earlier in the afternoon? Well before 5 o’clock? 826. Even in the long, long days of daylight in midsummer, you stay out all day? 827. Do the guides bring lunch? 828. Are there any important differences between fishing the Keys and the Bahamas that you can point out? 829. Where were you? 830. Where are the biggest bonefish in the Bahamas? 831. What’s your favorite way to go after redfish? 832. What happened with your partner to make you feel bad? 833. You’ve done a lot of redfishing through Louisiana and the Gulf States, haven’t you? 834. Are fly lines so good today that you don’t have to dress them anymore? 835. How do you make sure your backing is up to the job? 836. What determines your fly rod and line choices? 837. You’ve done quite a bit of light-tackle striper fishing in the Northeast. What were some of your impressions of the fish and the fishing? 838. Generally speaking, if we head for a tarpon pass where you expect prime action, and we stake out and not much happens, how long do you give it before we go to your first backup spot? 839. Setting the drag is something many anglers wonder about getting right. What’s your advice on setting drag for different fish? 840. In trout fishing, when you’re out in the high country on rivers like the Missouri or Yellowstone, what’s your favorite fly and rig when there are no rises to help you decide? And . . . do you ever use any of the nymph dropper lines, tied to a big dry fly or strike indicator? 841. What’s your favorite forms of freshwater fishing? 842. Any special tips? 843. There are some big bonefish down there in the Keys. Just how big do you think they might go? 844. With a good guide, can a complete novice catch bonefish on spinning gear and baits, like shrimp? 845. Is it possible to catch bonefish without a guide in the Keys and the Bahamas? 846. In that regard, can you give me a for-instance place in the Keys where I could go bonefishing on my own? 847. If you went out with unlimited funds to find new, undiscovered waters for giant tarpon, where are the areas you would likely want to search? 848. As a kid, you went fishing with sewing thread and a pin. After many casts, many fish, and almost eighty years, does the idea of going fishing still excite you?

CHAPTER 20 - Catching the Saltwater Superstars: Techniques for Striped Bass, Bluefish, Weakfish, Redfish, and Flounder

849. The Saltwater Challenge 850. Head Boats Can Be Great Fun 851. Seasickness Can Hit Anybody 852. Saltwater Savage: The Bluefish 853. The Bluefish Frenzy: You’ve Got to Be There 854. Chumming: The Saltwater Action Creator 855. Keep It Quiet! 856. You Know the Fishing’s Really Lousy When . . . 857. If It Ain’t Chartreuse . . . 858. Great Easy-Chair Fishing 859. More Great Easy-Chair Fishing 860. Focus on Saltwater Fly Fishing 861. Storing Leaders and Pre-Tied Fly Rigs 862. Bluefish Seeing Red 863. When the Blues Are Running 864. An Extra Bluefish Danger 865. Great Autumn Surf Fishing 866. When the Mackerel Run 867. Surf Fishing’s Scouting Report 868. Fish the Ebb-Tide at Night 869. Two Critical Rules for Stripers in the Surf 870. The Joys of Full-Moon Fishing 871. Heed the Call of the Surf 872. Lefty Kreh’s “Miracle” Saltwater Fly 873. The Standard Fly Casting Method Doesn’t Work 874. The Lefty Kreh Fly Casting Technique 875. Lefty Kreh’s Fly Casting Revolution 876. The Importance of Casting Lefty’s Way 877. Mystery of the Galloping Bass 878. A Pocket Full of Good Fishing Luck 879. Bluefish: Power X Two 880. Fantastic on the Table 881. Why Focus on Snook? 882. Fighting Qualities of Snook 883. Those Special Boat Shoes 884. Beware Those Teeth! 885. Hit Those Points—Hard 886. Surf’s Up, Fly Fishing’s Down 887. Favorite Place to Fish 888. Fishing the Right Place at the Wrong Time 889. Striper Book Destined to Become a Classic 890. Summer Stripers Are Night Feeders 891. Go Slow for Stripers at Night 892. Bluefish and Striper Migration Differences 893. The Fall Striper Migration Run 894. Misjudging Late-Fall Fishing 895. The Good Old Chum Line 896. You’ll Need a Gaff on the Jetties 897. Sand Fleas: The Kind You Like 898. Great Surf Fishing Starts Right Here 899. Rigging Up to Bottom Fish Live Bait 900. Spring Means Mackerel 901. Stripers in the Surf: Six Top Lure Choices 902. Give Sea Trout Your Best Shot 903. The Tides Are the Key 904. Gulls and Terns Taking It Easy

CHAPTER 21 - Fishing the Big Deep: Experiences with Monster Fish

905. Fishing with Zane Grey 906. Beyond Crunch and Des 907. Hemingway’s Best Marlin 908. A Big Marlin Remembered 909. Hemingway Movie Marlin 910. IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum 911. Don’t Miss S. Kip Farrington, Jr. 912. Hemingway on Using the Boat 913. For Those Dull Days Offshore 914. Don’t Miss the IGFA’s Web Site 915. Your Friendly Flying Fish

CHAPTER 22 - Flat-Out Great: Tips for Taking Tarpon and Bonefish on the Flats

916. Flats Fishing: Seeing Is Believing 917. A Fly So Secret . . . 918. When Tarpon Strike 919. The Bahamas Everything Fishing Book 920. Florida Keys Fishing Guide 921. Nothing Wrong with Teamwork 922. Good Casts Are the Key to Success 923. Sun Protection: It’s Critical on the Flats 924. You Can Count on Shrimp for Bonefish 925. Fish the Muds for Bonefish Action 926. Destination: Small Tarpon, Big Action 927. Spinning for Bonefish 928. Sorting Out the Bonefish Pods 929. Bow to the King! 930. You Play Fish, but You Jump Tarpon 931. The Biggest Bonefish Are Loners 932. Bonefish Over 10 Pounds Are Loners 933. Targeting That Bonefish Pod 934. Fish On! Rod Up! 935. Another Florida Flats-Fishing Guide 936. Where to Catch the Biggest Bonefish 937. Chico’s Bonefishing Book 938. Florida Keys Kayak Fishing

PART EIGHT - ON THE WATER

CHAPTER 23 - Wilderness Fishing That Calls to the Bold: Tips for Canoe-, Backpack-, and Float-Trip Success

939. Wilderness Canoe Fishing’s Top Information Source 940. Backcountry Trout in the High Rockies 941. Canoe Trip Fishing: Base Camps Are Better 942. How to Shorten Canoe-Trip Portages 943. Boundary Waters/Quetico: Wilderness Canoe Fishing at Its Finest 944. Mapping Out Your Wilderness River Trip 945. Three Best Maps for the B.W.C.A./Quetico 946. Those Very Special Mountain Brookies 947. Beaver Pond Brook Trout 948. Finding Backcountry Hot spots 949. Your Secret Backcountry Treasure 950. Low Water Can Mean Canoe-Trip Nightmares 951. Canoe Trip’s “Necessary” Extra 952. Trolling for Your Supper 953. Those Great Duluth Packs: Still With Us 954. Trout Along the Appalachian Backbone 955. Brook Trout Salvation 956. Brook Trout Salvation: Part Two 957. The Smallmouth Transition 958. Don’t Let the Bugs Win the Fight 959. Fly Rod Posturing 960. Sweet Dreams Guaranteed! 961. Curly-Tailed Grubs: The Backcountry Go-To Lure 962. Don’t Forget Alaska’s Grayling 963. Where the Salmon and Halibut Play Together 964. An Instant Fishing Guide 965. The Coho: Alaska’s Super Salmon 966. Those Big Alaska Rainbows 967. Chum Salmon Get No Respect 968. Where Alaska Gets Crowded 969. Semi-Wild Smallmouth Fishing 970. Semi-Wild Smallmouth Fishing, Part Two 971. Wilderness Police and Fire-Starter Paper 972. The Perfect Base Camp 973. The Burlap Bag Fish Cooler 974. On-Target Wilderness Casting 975. When The Plane Does Not Come 976. Last Cast . . .

PART NINE - ON THE WATER

CHAPTER 24 - Surefire Hard-Water Tactics: Fishing the Ice for Fun and Food

977. The Truth About Ice Fishing 978. Where the Fish Are 979. Ice Fishing’s Biggest Mistake 980. When Panfish Move Deeper 981. Keeping Those Precious Smelt Alive 982. Modern Ice-Fishing Gear: The Key to Having Fun 983. Check Those Traps Frequently 984. The Key to Taking Landlocks 985. Catching Lake Trout Through the Ice 986. Setting Drag on Ice-Fishing Reels 987. Best Ice-Fishing Rigs 988. Using Smelt as Bait 989. Better Lure Action Under the Ice 990. Early-Ice Walleye Spots to Set Up 991. Working the Jig 992. Making Your Jig Even More Deadly 993. Better Way to Fish Jigging Spoons 994. Don’t Let Those Fish Freeze 995. Tackle for Hard-Water Bluegills 996. Lures and Rig for Hard-Water Bluegills 997. Moving On to Better Things 998. Ice Fishing with Gander Mountain 999. Find the Fish with Sonar 1000. The Yellow Perch Challenge 1001. Yellow Perch Lures of an Expert

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