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May 2005 features
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Fishing

Fishes of the Minnesota Region
by Gary L. Phillips, William D. Schmid and James C. Underhill

597.09776 Phi
An authoritative guide to the 148 kinds of fishes found in Minnesota's waters.  This book gives essential information in words and pictures.

Trout: an Illustrated History
by James Prosek

597.55 Pro
Unable to find a catalogue of trout, the author began painting trout, inspired by Audubon's bird portraits.  This book is the dazzling, beautiful result, with more than seventy original watercolors.  Including trout from all of North America, no other book pictures all of the popular varieties, much less the rare, exotic, and in some cases extinct species, subspecies, and strains included in this comprehensive collection.

Fishing Lure Collectibles: an Identification and Value Guide to the Most Collectible Antique Fishing Lures
by Dudley Murphy and Rick Edmisten

688.7912 Mur
A comprehensive guide to antique fishing lures, with color photographs.

Old Fishing Lures and Tackle: Identification and Value Guide
by Carl F. Luckey

688.7912075 Luc
With more prices, more lures, more color photos, and more stories, insight and advice on collecting, this sixth edition is a must-have resource book for any serious collector.

Net Results: Great Fishing Spots in Southern Wisconsin
by Bob Riepenhoff

799.11 Rie
Whether you want to hang a trophy bass or musky on your wall or just spend a few quiet hours catching panfish with your kids, this book is the essential guide to fishing in Southern Wisconsin.  The author describes his fishing experiences and methods and provides information about the fish species of each lake, fish stocking, management, special regulations and public access.

All Fishermen are Liars: True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar
by Linda Greenlaw

799.16 Gre
Linda Greenlaw is a liar.  After all, she's a fisherman.  When she meets up with her best friend, Alden Leeman, a 70-year-old Mainer who still makes his living hauling lobster traps, she knows that fish tales will figure prominently.  Between the yarns that Linda and Leeman trade, about the strangest crew member, the most terrifying shipwreck, and the biggest fish that ever got away, Linda must try to convince Alden to consider the unwelcome possibility that his recent heart surgery means that his commercial fishing days should be drawing to a close.

Fishing for Catfish
by Keith B. Sutton

799.17492 Sut
For years, catfish have taken a backseat to other species such as bass and walleyes.  Today, nearly 10 million anglers wet a line hoping to do battle with a monster catfish.  This books will help you learn how to locate, hook and land more and bigger catfish than you ever dreamed you could.  Includes over 200 color photographs.

Covered Waters
by Joseph Heywood

799.1757 Hey
A collection of the authors wanderings and wonderings about fishing and life, and how the two are connected.  The book begins just after the author has had a stroke. As he lies in his hospital bed, he looks back on his life and reminisces about, among other topics, his international fishing adventures.

The Orvis Guide to Prospecting for Trout
by Tom Rosenbauer

799.1757 Ros
In this comprehensive and readable guide, the author shares his vast knowledge of fly fishing when there is no hatch.  Written for both the novice and seasoned angler, this book explores how trout live and feed, and how to make them strike.  There is expert advice on how to fish with dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, and streamers.

The Orvis Guide to Reading Trout Streams
by Tom Rosenbauer

799.1757 Ros
A complete guide to where trout live and feed in a stream.  By learning how to predict where trout will be, fly fishers can cast effectively and wade confidently without spooking trout into cover.  Graced with dozens of helpful drawings and more than seventy-five photographs, this book will give all trout fishermen a more coherent understanding of the waters they wish.

Lone Voyager: the Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn, Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
by Joseph E. Garland

921 Blackburn
Like countless fishermen before and since, Howard Backburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them from the mother ship.  Alone on the empty North Atlantic, they battled towering waves and frozen spray to stay afloat.  Welch soon succumbed to exposure, and Blackburn did the only thing he could - row for shore.  He rowed for five days, with his hands frozen to the oars, until he spied the coast of Newfoundland.

Fly Fishing the River of Second Chances
by Jennifer Olsson

921 Ols
Jennifer Olsson had a busy life in Bozeman, Montana. Mother to a young son and running a tackle shop alongside her husband, she was also much in demand as a fly-fishing guide. Then a letter arrived from a Swedish river-keeper named Lars. He had found Jennifer's name in a brochure and thought that inviting this well-known American fishing guide to visit his stretch of river---once nearly ruined by logging and now making a comeback---might be a terrific public relations coup.  This wonderful memoir provides us with a true "and then . . ." story. Jennifer went to Sweden and fell in love---with the country, the river, and with its keeper. Jennifer and Lars Olsson venture into a cross-cultural fly-fishing life, beginning with an attempt on Jennifer's part to wade the chilling but bracing currents of rural Sweden.

 


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