Random House New Releases - Sports & Recreation - Fishing

Bass Fisherman's Bible by Erwin A. Bauer

2011-01-26T00:30:00-05:00

Bass Fisherman's Bible
Written by Erwin A. Bauer

eBook, 224 pages | Main Street Books | Sports & Recreation - Fishing | $9.99 | 978-0-307-77805-5 (0-307-77805-3)

One of the most recognized names in publications for outdoor enthusiasts, Outdoor Bibles offer expert, informatively illustrated guidance for novices and experienced sportsmen alike.

B & W photographs and illustrations throughout.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Something Fishy This Way Comes by Ray Troll

2010-09-14T00:30:00-05:00

Something Fishy This Way Comes The Artwork of Ray Troll
Written by Ray Troll

Trade Paperback, 128 pages | Sasquatch Books | Sports & Recreation - Fishing | $19.95 | 978-1-57061-682-2 (1-57061-682-5)

Artist Ray Troll has developed a huge cult following for his humorous and scientifically accurate paintings of fish and fossils. He has successfully carved out his own category of artwork using colorful pen and ink to create drawings about fish, fish worship, evolution, and dinosaurs, all humorously captioned and technically accurate. Over a three-decade career, he has exhibited in all major scientific museums in America and managed to sell over 2 million t-shirts along the way. This collection of the artist's most popular t-shirt art features captions such as "Spawn Till You Die," "Cowasockeye," "The Baitful Dead," "Fish Worship: Is It Wrong," and "Tortured Sole," Ray Troll's appeal is both funky and funny.

Upriver and Downstream by Verlyn Klinkenborg

2010-03-16T00:30:00-05:00

Upriver and Downstream The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times
Written by New York Times
Edited by Stephen Sautner
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Broadway | Sports & Recreation - Fishing | $15.00 | 978-0-307-38259-7 (0-307-38259-1)

Upriver and Downstream gathers seventy columns about fishing—from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia—written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times.

Contributors include such celebrated names as Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, Nelson Bryant, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, and Robert H. Boyle. Short, evocative, informative, and entertaining, here are pieces about fly-fishing for wild brook trout, bait-fishing for striped bass, casting into tailwaters, or angling in midwinter. The settings range from Hudson River piers to the Florida Everglades, from Iceland to the Amazon, and the fish include everything from the common sunfish to the esoteric paddlefish. These engaging essays remind us of what fishing is all about: companionship and solitude, challenge and relaxation, nature and technology, from coast-to-coast to around the globe.

Rich with the particulars of water, light, and air, as well as a keen awareness of, as Verlyn Klinkenborg puts it in his introduction, “what is happening out there—in the deep, in the shallows, at the end of the line,” these reflections and recollections beautifully capture the natural world and one of life’s most challenging, perennial pursuits.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Fishing Hall of Shame by Allan Zullo

2009-10-21T00:30:00-05:00

The Fishing Hall of Shame
Written by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo

eBook, 256 pages | Dell | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Sports & Recreation - History; Humor - Topic - Sports | $13.99 | 978-0-307-57343-8 (0-307-57343-5)

Sportswriters and celebrity fishing guides, expert anglers, and Hall of Shamers themselves spill the whole truth--hook, line and sinker-- in this wacky collection of the funniest incidents in sport fishing. Compiled by the creators of the bestselling Sports Hall of Shame series.

Casting a Spell by George Black

2009-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

Casting a Spell The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection
Written by George Black

eBook, 272 pages | Random House | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Sports & Recreation - History; Sports & Recreation - Equipment & Supplies | $14.99 | 978-0-307-49436-8 (0-307-49436-5)

Thirty-five million Americans–one in eight–like to go fishing. Fly fishers have always considered themselves the aristocracy of the sport, and a small number of those devotees, a few thousand at most, insist upon using one device in the pursuit of their obsession: a handcrafted split-bamboo fly rod. Meeting this demand for perfection are the inheritors of a splendid art, one that reveres tradition while flouting obvious economic sense and reaches back through time to touch the hands of such figures as Theodore Roosevelt and Henry David Thoreau.

In Casting a Spell, George Black introduces readers to rapt artisans and the ultimate talismans of their uncompromising fascination: handmade bamboo fly rods. But this narrative is more than a story of obscure objects of desire. It opens a new vista onto a century and a half of modern American cultural history. With bold strokes and deft touches, Black explains how the ingenuity of craftsmen created a singular implement of leisure–and how geopolitics, economics, technology, and outrageous twists of fortune have all come to focus on the exquisitely crafted bamboo rod. We discover that the pastime of fly-fishing intersects with a mind-boggling variety of cultural trends, including conspicuous consumption, environmentalism, industrialization, and even cold war diplomacy.

Black takes us around the world, from the hidden trout streams of western Maine to a remote valley in Guangdong Province, China, where grows the singular species of bamboo known as tea stick–the very stuff of a superior fly rod. He introduces us to the men who created the tools and techniques for crafting exceptional rods and those who continue to carry the torch in the pursuit of the sublime. Never far from the surface are such overarching themes as the tension between mass production and individual excellence, and the evolving ways American society has defined, experienced, and expressed its relationship to the land.

Fly-fishing may seem a rarefied pursuit, and making fly rods might be a quixotic occupation, but this rich, fascinating narrative exposes the soul of an authentic part of America, and the great significance of little things. George Black’s latest expedition into a hidden corner of our culture is an utterly enchanting, illuminating, and enlightening experience.

From the Hardcover edition.

Upriver and Downstream by Verlyn Klinkenborg

2009-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

Upriver and Downstream The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times
Written by New York Times
Edited by Stephen Sautner
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg

eBook, 304 pages | Crown | Sports & Recreation - Fishing | $11.99 | 978-0-307-49851-9 (0-307-49851-4)

Fishing on the Edge by Brian Kamenetzky

2006-05-30T00:30:00-05:00

Fishing on the Edge
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Andrew Kamenetzky and Brian Kamenetzky

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | Delacorte Press | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $16.00 | 978-0-385-34008-3 (0-385-34008-7)

With his colorful tattoos and booming hip-hop sound track, Mike Iaconelli has turned the world of big-money competitive bass fishing upside down. In Fishing on the Edge, Iaconelli tells his own story–and it’s a whopper: a Philly-born, Jersey-bred Yankee who’s been stealing the spotlight from bass fishing’s traditionally all-Southern anglers, attracting fans and dominating one of the fastest-growing sports in America.

How did Mike Iaconelli, a college-educated kid from New Jersey, come blasting into a sport
dominated by old-school stars like Gary Klein, Kevin VanDam, and Denny Brauer? How did Mike, aka “Ike,” take a secret childhood passion and turn it into a profession, earning million-dollar sponsorships and a storm of media attention, ranging from ESPN’s SportsCenter to profiles in The New York Times and Esquire? While Mike has attracted both fans and foes on the tour,
his success speaks for itself, especially his victory at the 2003 CITGO Bassmaster Classic, the Super Bowl of competitive fishing.

Forty-four million Americans fish, but no one does it quite like Mike Iaconelli. In Fishing on the Edge, he lets you in on the secrets to his extraordinary success–how he developed his “power” fishing style, how he attacks the water, positions the boat, and perseveres through those days when the bass just aren’t biting. With sidebar tips that can be used by any fisherman–from using spinner baits to picking out the right rod to his no-fail “secret weapons”–this is an intensive, informative, and often raucous journey through the life of a brash young man destined to do for fishing what Tony Hawk did for the X Games: take the sport to a whole new level. At the same time, it’s the compelling first-person story of a man who prepared carefully every step of the way, kept notes on every fish he ever caught, and executed the perfect plan to get to the top.

A tale of passion, competition, and extreme personality, Fishing on the Edge is a book for anyone who loves the sport of fishing, wants to turn a hobby into a career, or is simply fascinated by a man’s unstoppable drive to succeed.

From the Hardcover edition.

Fishing on the Edge by Mike Iaconelli

2005-05-17T00:30:00-05:00

Fishing on the Edge The Mike Iaconelli Story
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky
Read by Mike Iaconelli

Abridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Sports & Recreation - Fishing | $13.75 | 978-0-7393-2061-7 (0-7393-2061-0)

Fishing on the Edge by Andrew Kamenetzky

2005-05-17T00:30:00-05:00

Fishing on the Edge
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky

eBook | Delacorte Press | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $11.99 | 978-0-440-33542-9 (0-440-33542-6)

The Longest Silence by Thomas McGuane

2001-06-26T00:30:00-05:00

The Longest Silence A Life in Fishing
Written by Thomas McGuane

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Vintage | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Sports & Recreation - Essays | $16.00 | 978-0-679-77757-1 (0-679-77757-1)

From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-Two in the Shade and Nothing but Blue Skies comes this collection of breathtakingly exquisite essays borne of a lifetime spent fishing.

The thirty-three essays in The Longest Silence take us from the tarpon of Florida to the salmon of Iceland, from the bonefish of Mexico to the trout of Montana. They bring us characters as varied as a highly literate Canadian frontiersman and a devoutly Mormon river guide and address issues ranging from the esoteric art of tying flies to the enduring philosophy of a seventeenth-century angler. Infused with a deep experience of wildlife and the outdoors, both reverent and hilarious by turns, The Longest Silence sets the heart pounding for a glimpse of moving water and demonstrates what dedication to sport reveals about life.

The Compleat Angler by Charles Cotton

2000-11-01T00:30:00-05:00

The Compleat Angler Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation (A Modern Library E-Book)
Written by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton

eBook | Modern Library | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Sports & Recreation - Essays; Sports & Recreation | $11.99 | 978-0-679-64206-0 (0-679-64206-4)

An immediate success when if was first published in 1653, Walton's classic celebrtion of the joys of fishing continues to captivate anglers and nature lovers with its timeless advice and instruction. Originally cast in the form of a dialogue between an experienced angler named Piscator and his pupil Viator, the book details methods for catching, eating, and savoring all varieties of fish, from the common chub to the lordly salmon. More than an engaging guide to the subtle intricacies of the sport, Walton's reflective treatise is a graceful portrait of rural England that extols the pleasures of country life.

'The Compleat Angler is not about how to fish but about how to be,' said novelist Thomas McGuane. '[Walton] spoke of an amiable mortality and rightness on the earth that has been envied by his readers for three hundred years.'

Faithful Travelers by James Dodson

2000-07-05T00:30:00-05:00

Faithful Travelers
Written by James Dodson
Read by James Dodson

Abridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Sports & Recreation - Fishing | $11.48 | 978-0-553-75069-0 (0-553-75069-0)

In Final Rounds, James Dodson told the poignant story of the golf trip of a lifetime with his terminally ill father. Now, armed with a fly-fishing rod and reel, he embarks with his seven-year-old daughter on an equally memorable journey across America in search of clear-running streams, swift elusive fish, and the eternal truths that only nature can provide.

It has been said that life is what happens while you're waiting to go fishing. Only weeks after his eleven-year marriage abruptly ended in an amicable divorce, James Dodson decided to go on a fly-fishing pilgrimage west. His goal: to heal his wounded spirit and explain as best he could the vagaries of life and love to his beautiful, precocious seven-year-old daughter, Maggie.

With his beat-up truck, Old Blue, and his aging retriever, Amos, Dodson and Maggie travel without plans or reservations, following where the spirit--and the lure of America's mighty rivers--leads them, on their way to one of America's grandest treasures: Yellowstone National Park. On the way, Dodson discovers a great deal about fishing, about America, and about the special relationship that exists only between a father and daughter.

They travel from the Adirondacks, once a fly-angler's haven, to the mist-shrouded Niagara Falls. From the Michigan lakes where Ernest Hemingway roamed as a boy to small-town county fairs. From the majesty of Mount Rushmore to the mysticism of Harney's Peak, where Black Elk had his legendary visions, to finally the fly-fisherman's paradise of the San Juan River. Together father and daughter are bound by a tie as resilient and unpredictable as a fly-fisherman's line. For as the emotional waters in which they fish become ever more turbulent, Maggie's unspoken feelings of grief, anger, and blame begin to surface--a depth of hurt that forces Dodson to face his own unacknowledged pain and, worse, leaves him feeling helpless to make everything all right in his daughter's life again.

Yet if fly-fishing has taught James Dodson anything, it is the rewards of patience, of following the wisdom of the course of the stream, the unexpected revelations reflected in still pools, and, of course, an abiding belief in plain dumb luck. With a little of each, these faithful travelers will find their way home again.

Literate, honest, and deeply observant, Faithful Travelers is a beautiful meditation on the bond between parent and child and the nature of love and loss. In Faithful Travelers, James Dodson proves that sometimes life isn't what happens while you're waiting to go fishing: sometimes it happens while you're there.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Compleat Angler by Howell Raines

1998-05-26T00:30:00-05:00

The Compleat Angler or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation
Written by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton
Introduction by Howell Raines

Trade Paperback, 464 pages | Modern Library | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Sports & Recreation - Essays; Sports & Recreation | $15.00 | 978-0-375-75148-6 (0-375-75148-3)

Old Fishing Tackle by Nigel Dowden

1995-04-27T00:30:00-05:00

Old Fishing Tackle
Written by Nigel Dowden

Trade Paperback, 32 pages | Shire | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Antiques & Collectibles | $11.95 | 978-0-7478-0278-5 (0-7478-0278-5)

The Traveling Angler by Ernest Schwiebert

1991-08-01T00:30:00-05:00

The Traveling Angler 20 Five-Star Angling Vacations/1991-92
Written by Ernest Schwiebert

Trade Paperback, 384 pages | Main Street Books | Sports & Recreation - Fishing | $19.00 | 978-0-385-26682-6 (0-385-26682-0)

The Fishing Hall of Shame by Allan Zullo

1991-05-01T00:30:00-05:00

The Fishing Hall of Shame
Written by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Dell | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Sports & Recreation - History; Humor - Topic - Sports | $19.00 | 978-0-440-50318-7 (0-440-50318-3)

The Classic Guide to Fly-Fishing for Trout by Charles Jardine

1991-03-13T00:30:00-05:00

The Classic Guide to Fly-Fishing for Trout The Fly-Fisher's Book of Quarry, Tackle, & Techniques
Written by Charles Jardine

Hardcover, 288 pages | Random House | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Sports & Recreation - History; Sports & Recreation - Equipment & Supplies | $49.95 | 978-0-394-58719-6 (0-394-58719-7)

Here is the complete history of angling, as well as a comprehensive guide to every aspect of the sport: advice on tackle and accessories, instructions on casting and fly-tying, tips on locating likely trout spots, and more. Full-color photos.

Blues by John Hersey

1988-02-12T00:30:00-05:00

Blues
Written by John Hersey

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | Vintage | Sports & Recreation - Fishing | $15.00 | 978-0-394-75702-5 (0-394-75702-5)

Random House New Releases - Sports & Recreation - Fishing

Bass Fisherman's Bible by Erwin A. Bauer

Bass Fisherman's Bible Written by Erwin A. Bauer

Something Fishy This Way Comes by Ray Troll

Something Fishy This Way Comes The Artwork of Ray TrollWritten by Ray Troll

Upriver and Downstream by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Upriver and Downstream The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York TimesWritten by New York Times Edited by Stephen Sautner Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg

The Fishing Hall of Shame by Allan Zullo

The Fishing Hall of Shame Written by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo

Casting a Spell by George Black

Casting a Spell The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of PerfectionWritten by George Black

Upriver and Downstream by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Upriver and Downstream The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York TimesWritten by New York Times Edited by Stephen Sautner Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Fishing on the Edge by Brian Kamenetzky

Fishing on the Edge Written by Mike Iaconelli, Andrew Kamenetzky and Brian Kamenetzky

Fishing on the Edge by Mike Iaconelli

Fishing on the Edge The Mike Iaconelli StoryWritten by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky Read by Mike Iaconelli

Fishing on the Edge by Andrew Kamenetzky

Fishing on the Edge Written by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky

The Longest Silence by Thomas McGuane

The Longest Silence A Life in FishingWritten by Thomas McGuane

The Compleat Angler by Charles Cotton

The Compleat Angler Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation (A Modern Library E-Book)Written by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton

Faithful Travelers by James Dodson

Faithful Travelers Written by James Dodson Read by James Dodson

The Compleat Angler by Howell Raines

The Compleat Angler or, The Contemplative Man's RecreationWritten by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton Introduction by Howell Raines

Old Fishing Tackle by Nigel Dowden

Old Fishing Tackle Written by Nigel Dowden

The Traveling Angler by Ernest Schwiebert

The Traveling Angler 20 Five-Star Angling Vacations/1991-92Written by Ernest Schwiebert

The Fishing Hall of Shame by Allan Zullo

The Fishing Hall of Shame Written by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo

The Classic Guide to Fly-Fishing for Trout by Charles Jardine

The Classic Guide to Fly-Fishing for Trout The Fly-Fisher's Book of Quarry, Tackle, & TechniquesWritten by Charles Jardine

Blues by John Hersey

Blues Written by John Hersey

Bass Fisherman's Bible
Written by Erwin A. Bauer

Something Fishy This Way Comes The Artwork of Ray Troll
Written by Ray Troll

Upriver and Downstream The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times
Written by New York Times
Edited by Stephen Sautner
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg

The Fishing Hall of Shame
Written by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo

Casting a Spell The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection
Written by George Black

Upriver and Downstream The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times
Written by New York Times
Edited by Stephen Sautner
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Fishing on the Edge
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Andrew Kamenetzky and Brian Kamenetzky

Fishing on the Edge The Mike Iaconelli Story
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky
Read by Mike Iaconelli

Fishing on the Edge
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky

The Longest Silence A Life in Fishing
Written by Thomas McGuane

The Compleat Angler Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation (A Modern Library E-Book)
Written by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton

Faithful Travelers
Written by James Dodson
Read by James Dodson

The Compleat Angler or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation
Written by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton
Introduction by Howell Raines

Old Fishing Tackle
Written by Nigel Dowden

The Traveling Angler 20 Five-Star Angling Vacations/1991-92
Written by Ernest Schwiebert

The Fishing Hall of Shame
Written by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo

The Classic Guide to Fly-Fishing for Trout The Fly-Fisher's Book of Quarry, Tackle, & Techniques
Written by Charles Jardine

Blues
Written by John Hersey