Record details

• ISBN: 1616284870
• ISBN: 1616286296
• ISBN: 168188223X
• ISBN: 9781616284879
• ISBN: 9781616286293
• ISBN: 9781681882239
• Physical Description: print
  1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
• Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Weldon Owen, [2013]
• Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:

"317 essential fishing skills : tools, techniques, tactics"--Cover.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

[pt. I.] Tools. Use the 15 greatest lures of all time ; Meet 15 new classics ; Make over lures with toothpaste ; Do DIY custom lure colors ; Secure your lure ; Tune a crankbait ; Keep lures from hanging up ; Build a budget lure ; Make your own trout spinners ; Catch big bass with bunny fur ; Rig me softly ; Make spooks spookier ; Use an irresistible jig ; Soft-sell a muskie -- Give new life to old bass lures -- Fish the top 10 freshwater baits ; Harvest nature's bait bounty ; Buzz a worm ; Become a worm farmer ; Let some livies loose ; Score minnows with bubble gum ; Throw chum a long way ; Catch big fish with big lures ; Make your own catfish candy ; Go dark and deep ; Make a double-sided worm can ; Sweep for 'eyes ; Pick the best reel for the job ; Get some guidance ; Fish to live ; Perform emergency guide repairs ; Let the rod do the work ; Have a cane-do attitude -- Know your: bluegill : Put on the brakes ; Unravel backlashed line ; Feather a spinning reel 50 feet ; Overhaul your reel in 15 minutes ; Choose the right line ; Lead the way ; Match your fluorocarbon to your fish ; Tie a palomar knot ; Get into heavy metal ; Change hooks for better fishing ; Shake your head ; Adjust your bobber to the fish ; Play the baiting game ; Gain some weight ; Tie a clinch knot ; Make it snappy ; Properly sharpen a fishhook ; Rig a slip bobber ; Use the best trout fly for the job ; Tie a five-minute fly ; Make a seine ; Know your bugs ; Make the most of a springtime pond ; Practice animal magnetism ; Jig your buck ; Catch a trout's attention ; Tie a Clouser minnow ; Make flies, not bugs ; Join the bass bug revolution ; Experience fatal attraction ; Get the inside scoop on fly reels ; Understand your fly reel ; Get in line ; Buck the wind ; Master shorter casts ; Cast about ; Lose the tailing loop ; Control your wrist ; Point your shots ; Keep flies in mint condition ; Fish the cycle ; Make a beer-box stripping basket ; Accessorize your tackle box ; Make an essential repair kit ; Make the ultimate ice-fishing bucket ; Pick the most important tool ; Hit the ice two ways -- Know your: northern pike : Mind your monitor ; Get better sonar reception ; Pick a rod with reach ; Drift on -- Know your: blue catfish : Grub a spinner ; Net a hellgrammite ; Wade after your bass ; Drift a hellgrammite ; Release your anchor quickly -- Know your: rainbow trout : Cast from a kayak ; Tie a trucker's hitch knot ; Avoid river obstacles ; Pack and paddle for power ; Tie a canoe to your racks ; Get up the creek ; Be sneaky ; Go, speed racer (safely) ; Keep your footing ; Diagnose and cure a sick motor ; Avoid fouled outboards ; Save gas ; Back your trailer easily ; Protect your trailer lights -- Know your: steelhead : Fight corrosion ; Give 'em the slip bobber ; Belly up to a bass ; Drag a worm ; Have a g'day, mate.

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