Author: Frank Holan
Publisher: Alan C. Hood Company, Dec 1999
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 0-911469-15-X
Synopsis
A tacklebox reference for anglers: gear, bait, lures, techniques, fish id, fish behavior, & much more. Foreword by Jerry Gibbs, Fishing Editor, "Outdoor Life." Illustrator: Villarejo. B&W sketches & line drawings; 5x9 inches, 150 pgs.
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The Fisherman's Companion has found its way into thousands of tackleboxes across North America and this new improved edition is even better. Read it before you leave home, and keep it with you while fishing to get the most from the handy resource.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
"...Along with helping you select the tackle best for your purposes and learn to use it, you'll begin to understand why fish do what they do, and how to exploit that knowledge to catch them with every kind of equipment from lures to natural baits." --From the Foreword by Jerry Gibbs
"A publication EVERY angler should own." --Anglers News
"Holan really covers the fishing waterfront from fresh to salt water, including the kinds of fish available, the tackle and lures, as well as the methods to be used for each kind of fishing...And there is a lot of information in the book which even the veteran angler can use to his profit." --The Rutland Herald
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Frank Holan, a life-long fisherman, earned a Ph.B at Marquette University and an M.A. at the University of Wisconsin. During 20 years of service in the Armed Forces, mostly in the Air Force, he had access to a variety of waters, fishing fresh- and salt-water from British Columbia to the Gulf of Mexico and from Idaho to New England. He currently lives and fishes in Vermont.