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Kids look up to their dads. Dads have to be able to break in a new baseball glove (and to know which glove is age-appropriate), to answer every question imaginable (why is a football called a pigskin?), to teach their child how to throw a knuckleball, skate backwards on hockey skates, or spin a basketball on one fingertip. When it comes to sports, dads are expected to know and do everything. Such an amazing dad is rare. For the rest of us, there's Cool Sports Dad.Cool Sports Dad is packed full of mini essays about sports by the world's most knowledgeable experts. The contributors to Cool Sports Dad range from instantly recognizable All-Star names like Jerome Bettis and David Wright to the next generation of extreme athletes like BMX biker and 2005 X Games silver medalist Scotty Cranmer and Bassmasters fishing champion Kevin Van Dam. All have been chosen for inclusion because they are at the very top of their profession, be it baseball, basketball, football, BMX racing, or even fishing.

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781602399655
Format:
Size: 5.5x8.25
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Discountable Products
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Are you or someone you know an avid fisherman? Have you been looking for a one-stop guide for all your fishing knot needs? Then look no further. Practical Fishing Knots illustrates how to tie more than seventy-five knots for use in all forms of fishing, including: angler's loop, basic snell, crawford knot, palomar knot, and many, many more!Written by an international knotting expert and including easy-to-follow, step-by-step illustrations and instructions, this is an easy, accessible, and essential reference for any fisherman.

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781602399938
Format:
Size: 7x9
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Discountable Products
Sub Category: Fishing

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Roland Martin, the most successful bass fisherman in history in terms of tournaments won, is a prolific source of bass fishing wisdom and sure-fire bassing tips. Both practical and discursive, Martin not only discusses why bass strike, how to use live bait, plugs, and spinners, tricks for night fishing, and how to fish logs, weeds, rocks, and trees; he also recounts how he once fished five rods at once during a school feeding frenzy, and how fellow legend Bill Dance charmed him out of a spinnerbait and beat him with it in a tournament. Full of information and great stories, Roland Martin's 101 Bass-Catching Secrets is the best guide available to help fishermen land more bass, and a revealing look at the exciting world of professional fishing.Roland Martin is at the forefront of most fishing innovations--either as the inventor, the angler who helped refine it, or a pro who quickly adapted its potential to the bass fishing scene.--Bassmaster

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781602392076
Format:
Size: 7.5x9.2
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Discountable Products
Sub Category: Fishing

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Whether you're fly-fishing, trolling, spinning, or surf casting, your knots must hold well, be easy to remember, and help the lure to wriggle. The Complete Book of Fishing Knots, Leaders, and Linesteaches anglers the best way to tie reliable, workable knots. Knots you already know and unusual special-purpose knots are depicted in color photographs tied with thick monofilament, so you don't have to guess what each knot is really supposed to look like. There are descriptions of fifty knots, and tips to improve your tackle and simplify life for yourself--because the fish make fishing hard enough! The Complete Book of Fishing Knots, Leaders, and Linesalso offers clear instructions for tying winning leaders, tips for selecting lines, and up-to-date information from the field that will bring you the quickest, slickest, and best catch ever.

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781602392243
Format: paperback
Size: 5.1 x 7.52
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Discountable Products
Sub Category: Fishing

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Fishing from beach or rocky coastline presents challenges not faced by anglers who head out to sea. Written to open new frontiers to the old hand and provide advice to novice surf fishermen, The Complete Book of Surf Fishingwill be a boon to all coastline anglers. Author and licensed charter captain Al Ristori covers the basics of traditional surf casting, with well-illustrated instruction on casting big rods in big water. He covers the gamut of tackle that does duty in the surf--conventional gear, spinning gear, fly tackle, and light tackle--and discusses the full range of bait, lures, and flies. Most importantly, he tells you how to find fish. Whether you are casting on the East Coast, GulfCoast, or West Coast, with Ristori's tips and tricks and decades of know-how, you will know where the fish are when they are most likely to bite. Everyone needs advice from an experienced fisherman once in awhile, and now no angler plying the surf will have to do without.

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781602392472
Format:
Size: 6x9
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Discountable Products
Sub Category: Fishing

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The Last Best Day is a book about fly-fishing. Not so much about fly-fishing as a sport, but fly-fishing as a way of life, an experience so intricately woven into the fabric of being as to be foundational to other less sublime realities or mere physical existence. It is about a perception which transcends the day-to-day and elevates the essence of living to a higher place. This is not a book about how to fly-fish, but instead about what fly-fishing means and how it feels and where in can lead, both in body and in spirit. These stories come from the creeks and rivers of the Appalachians, to the high country and desert streams of the American Southwest, to the great salmon, rainbow, and grayling waters of Alaska. The Last Best Day also features more than 40 drypoint etchings by renowned sporting artist Brett Smith.

Condition: new
ISBN: 9780977855155
Format:
Size: 6.4x9.3
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Discountable Products
Sub Category: Fishing

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This book, by America's oldest fishing tackle business, offers beginners a chance to learn the fundamentals of the great sport of fly fishing quickly and easily. The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing can be the start of a lifetime journey of discovery that will increase your intimacy with the natural world and allow you to gain skill and finesse in your fly fishing techniques. Proven teaching methods and bright, helpful illustrations will enable new fly fishers to: * Find fish in streams, lakes, and salt water. * Select and assemble proper, balanced tackle. * Cast a fly line with authority. * Recognize and simulate natural fish foods. * Tie effective knots. Orvis concisely explains fishing ethics, offers helpful safety advice, defines basic angling terms, and convinces the new angler that fly fishing couldn't be simpler or more fun. The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing is a crisp, helpful, and finely illustrated primer of the highest rank.

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781602393233
Format:
Size: 6.3x9.3
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Discountable Products
Sub Category: Fishing

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This is the only guide that the serious trout fisherman needs in his library. The book's goal is simple - to help each and every reader make the most of his time on the water. What to fish with; where, when and how. Dave Whitlock has taken out the guesswork, passing on the wisdom of his many years of trout fishing experience. Fly tying is broken down into simple steps, and Whitlock stays grounded in the practical importance and relevance of every fly in the book. These are flies that catch fish, from the man who does it best. Anew book by Dave Whitlock, author of some of the best books on fly fishing ever written, is a reason for fly fishermen to celebrate--and the aim of this book is simple. Whitlock wants to take the guesswork out of fly fishing and pass on the wisdom he's accumulated over decades on the water. Fly tying is broken down into simple steps, and Whitlock stays grounded in the practical importance and relevance of every fly in the book.Anchored by Whitlock's own beautiful

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781602396937
Format:
Size: 6x9
Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Discountable Products
Sub Category: Fishing