• Strategies for selective trout in clear water • New patterns designed for spring creeks and how to fish them • Simple explanations of the major hatches on spring creeks across the country Spring creeks, those rare waters that flow right out of the earth-in whole or in part-are both a blessing and a curse for anglers. They are a blessing because the clear, cold, nutrient-rich waters grow abundant insects, which in turn grow and sustain large...

Captains Courageous is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic. The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on businessmen as the new adventurers,...

All beginning fly fisherman are bound to have lots of questions. What equipment do I need to get started? What are the best ways to learn how to cast? How do I best fight a fish? By answering the 101 questions most frequently asked by fly-fishing neophytes, veteran fly fisherman and teacher Tom Rosenbauer helps readers obtain the knowledge and skills they need to get on the water as soon as possible and start catching fish with a fly.

In 1970s Arkansas, Nona Conrad finds herself attracted to the owner of a fishing camp, but is wary of his potential connections to several local crimes and fears their relationship may endanger herself and her younger sister.

Mado has been adrift for too long. After ten years in Paris, she returns to the small island of Le Devin, the home that has haunted her since she left. Le Devin is shaped somewhat like a sleeping woman. At her head is the village of Les Salants, while its more prosperous rival, La Houssinière, lies at her feet. Yet even though you can walk from one to the other in an hour, they are worlds apart. And now Mado is back in Les Salants hoping to reconcile...