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Bill Dance is one of America’s best-known fishermen and has more than fifty years of on-water experience. Bill Dance’s Fishing Wisdom combines his years of experience, knowledge, and wit into 101 tips that are sure to help any freshwater angler catch more and even bigger fish! Bill offers advice that might surprise even the most experienced fisherman, including:the importance of matching your line size to your lure when topwater fishinghow to prevent 75 percent of line failures with better knotswhich lure to use to achieve the greatest depthwhy a “deadhead” is a great spot to locate bassthe importance of underwater springsknowing when to move to deeper water to catch bigger fishwhy water temperature will affect the amount of fish you catchand much moreComplete with drawings by Rob Walinchus and color photographs, Bill Dance’s Fishing Wisdom is key for any fisherman to have in his tackle box, boat, or lake cabin.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Updated in full color with the latest info Enhanced with video QR codes--link to video segments teaching basic techniques All the basics--on gear, lines, leaders and knots, and casting Covers both freshwater and saltwater fishing and fly selection New chapter on trip preparation and traveling to fish Illustrations by Rod Walinchus"

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An invaluable manual for beginners and experts alike.A licensed fly-fishing guide’s observations on the common mistakes made by anglers, A Guide’s Guide to Fly-Fishing Mistakes provides practical tips on how to improve fly-fishing techniques and break bad habits. Licensed fishing guide and instructor Sara Low offers remedies for freshwater anglers on topics that include correctly approaching fish, improving fly selection, proper presentation, consistent and accurate casting, and efficient hooking and landing of fish, as well as pointers for fishing in spring, summer, fall, and winter.Although written for anglers with experience, the notes will be just as helpful for anglers who have not had time to develop bad habits. Low elaborates on how to fix the mistakes many experienced fly-fishers make. Supplementing her methods are tales that illustrate different mistakes made on the water with her suggested correction for each mistake. Taking these suggestions to heart will provide you with that “ah-ha!” moment you’ve been waiting for.As a guide, Low sees the same mistakes being made over and over again. Now you can see them too with this must-have resource. More fish, bigger fish, better fish—whatever the goal, the experienced and novice angler will find meaningful advice for greater fishing success.

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