Caddisflies - Thomas Ames Every fall, Thomas Ames and friends come and fish the Connecticut River in Pittsburg and they always stop in and chat. You will recognize some photos in his book taken of the Connecticut River here in Pittsburg.
This book offers valuable tips on how to fish the hatch. Also fly patterns for caddisfly pupae, larvae, nymph, and adults. In the first major work on caddisflies in three decades, it presents the most complete pictorial survey of Trichoptera published to date. Author, angler and photographer Thomas Ames Jr. traveled from the southern Appalachian highlands to the Canadian Maritimes to collect, study, and photograph more than 100 species in 55 genera and 20 families of the caddisflies that fly fishers are most likely to encounter on the lakes and streams of the eastern United States. Based on thoughtful analysis, sound science, and many hours on the water collecting live insects and testing artificial flies, Caddisflies takes the myth and the mystery out of matching the hatch. Learn how you can use the ways in which these amazing insects have adapted to a wide range of aquatic habitats to predict which flies to choose. And learn how to present your flies when fish are feeding on caddisflies. Detailed descriptions and vivid photographs help identify the caddisflies on your favorite trout waters. This all-inclusive book includes advice on tackle and technique and a comprehensive catalog of 80 pattern recipes.
Price: $49.95
Field Guide to Trout Ponds of New Hampshire -Paul Vanderwende This invaluable new guide for anglers covers over 85 easily accessible ponds across the state. For each water body there are driving directions, info on boat launches & access, a depth map, and data on size, water clarity and fish species. Interspersed throughout are dozens of useful fishing tips from the author. 192 pp, 6" x 9".
Price: $16.95
Fish Bugs - Thomas Ames This book of spectacular full-color photographs of common eastern aquatic insects is a fly tyer's dream.
For centuries anglers have struggled with their peculiar dependency on the aquatic insects that put the word "fly" in fly fishing, discoursing obsessively on how to replicate them with fur and feathers, and even about what to call them. Volumes have been written on the subject, but until now there has never been a book like Fishbugs.
Following the success of his first book, hailed as "the most useful book for eastern fly fishers since Art Flick's Streamside Guide," author Thomas Ames Jr. lets his photographic skills take center stage. His bigger-than-life studies of mayflies, caddisflies, and other waterborne insects, captured in extraordinary detail, allow you see them as never before. Fly tyers will appreciate them as models for their imitations, while naturalists and other lovers of nature photography admire them for their intrinsic beauty. His thoughtful prose examines the special characteristics that keep these fascinating insects at the heart of the angler's gentle art and underscores their value as indicators of the health of our inland waters. Full-color throughout.
Price: $45.00
Guide Flies: How to Tie and Fish the Killer Flies from America's Greatest Guides and Fly Shops - Davis Klausmeyer This ultimate fly book from the editor of Fly Tyer magazine showcases the favorite flies of the nation's best fly fishing guides and shops. From the streams and rivers of Montana and Michigan, to the flats of Key West, to the coast of California, the professional fishing guides who spend hundreds of days a year on the waters of a specific place or region know those waters and the food the fish are feeding on. Now, for the first time, Dave Klausmeyer brings you a selection of the killer flies each of these guides have developed for their local waters. Guide Flies shows you the flies in beautiful, close-up color photographs. It gives you detailed recipes and tying tips so you can duplicate these flies at your own vise. And, through an extensive questionnaire and interviews, Dave has solicited the details from each guide of how they developed their flies and how they fish them. Guide Flies includes the latest patterns for catching trout, bass, pike, striped bass, bonefish, tarpon, and bluefish—all of your favorite gamefish. Look out, fish. The word is out! Full-color throughout, index.
Price: $35.00 Retail: $40.00 You Save: $5.00
Orvis Fly Fishing Guide - Tom Rosenbauer Now for the first time in full color, The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide appears in a completely revised and updated edition that solidifies its place as the flagship title of the Orvis books. A best-selling, fully illustrated, and comprehensive book, this large-format volume has been required reading for every angler for the past two decades.
In her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write about their lives. We Took to the Woods is an adventure story, written with humor, but it also portrays a cherished dream awakened into full life. First published 1942.
Price: $16.95
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Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants - Davis Foster and Bradford Angier This illustrated guide to North American wild edibles has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable foraging handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for modern-day foragers.
Price: $21.95
Indian Stream Republic - Daniel Doan This study of a backwoods community on the Canadian border, written from 1965 to 1967, depicts an era of uncertain international boundaries, loose law enforcement, rampant land speculation and public and private events lubricated with whiskey and rum. In 1796, the Native American chief, King Phillip, placed his mark on a paper deeding his land to three New Hampshire wheeler-dealers. Debtors, adventurers, farmers and woodsmen moved in, and in 1832, the inhabitants proclaimed their settlement the Indian Stream Republic, with a constitution guaranteeing the right to religious freedom, life, liberty, property and happiness. Cruel and unusual punishment was banned, and the "necessities of life" (including books) were exempt from attachment for nonpayment of taxes. The republic's golden age ended in 1835, when the state of New Hampshire sent in the militia, and in 1840 the territory was incorporated as the town of Pittsburg, N.H. Scholars will appreciate the abundant specifics about laws, taxation, land use, terrain and material conditions of life, but a stronger theoretical framework would have made the narrative more compelling.
In his second novel, Lost Nation, Jeffrey Lent follows Blood, a mysterious rogue attempting to make a new life for himself in Indian Stream, an ungoverned territory in 19th-century northern New Hampshire. Intending to start a trading business, Blood brings with him rum, supplies, and Sally, a 16-year-old girl he won in a card game from the madam of a brothel. A rugged "man of contradictions," Blood is learned and occasionally kind, yet capable of considerable cruelty and violence. Rumors quickly circulate in Indian Stream regarding his troubled past, and Blood is made a scapegoat when conflicts escalate in the area following his arrival. As Blood's history is gradually revealed, it becomes clear that his only chance at redemption is through confrontation.
Price: $25.00
NH's Connecticut Lakes Region - Donna Jordan The Connecticut Lakes region is the last great frontier of the North Country. Forming the extreme northern tip of the state, it offers the only port of entry from Canada into New Hampshire. It includes Pittsburg, the most sizable township in the countryóthree hundred thousand acres in allóand the beautiful and wild Connecticut Lakes. Its fascinating history glistens in the two-hundred-plus images of New Hampshireís Connecticut Lakes Region. Pictured are rich logging lands, a mecca for sportsmen for more than a hundred years, and waterfront camps, cabins, and lodges. From 1832 to 1836, Pittsburg was known as the Indian Stream Republic, maintaining independence from both the United States and Canada.
Delectable fish and wild game recipes for any occasion.
Price: $29.95
Uses for Mooses - Bill Silliker Gathered here are nearly 60 color images of moose at their wackiest, each accompanied by a silly caption from the human mind. These amusing and enlightening photographs provide a surprising insight into the character of moose. People of all ages will be delighted by this hilarious look at moose and their mannerisms.
In her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write about their lives. We Took to the Woods is an adventure story, written with humor, but it also portrays a cherished dream awakened into full life. First published 1942.
A Field Guide to New Hampshire's Wildflowers, from Valley to Summit. This pack-pocket-sized (about 4" x 6.5") guide by John Hession and Valerie Michaud is a great reference for those who wish to identify and learn more about flowers of the White Mountain region. The flowers are organized by color for quick identification. There is a brief introduction, and some helpful end-notes, but the bulk of the book's 290 pages is devoted to flower photos and descriptions - one species per page. The large color photos are quite helpful for field identification. (The emphasis is definitely on the flowers - leaves or other features are described, but irregularly appear in the photographs.) At about 10 ounces, not unreasonable to take along on a hike.
In his second novel, Lost Nation, Jeffrey Lent follows Blood, a mysterious rogue attempting to make a new life for himself in Indian Stream, an ungoverned territory in 19th-century northern New Hampshire. Intending to start a trading business, Blood brings with him rum, supplies, and Sally, a 16-year-old girl he won in a card game from the madam of a brothel. A rugged "man of contradictions," Blood is learned and occasionally kind, yet capable of considerable cruelty and violence. Rumors quickly circulate in Indian Stream regarding his troubled past, and Blood is made a scapegoat when conflicts escalate in the area following his arrival. As Blood's history is gradually revealed, it becomes clear that his only chance at redemption is through confrontation.
Price: $25.00
Uses for Mooses - Bill Silliker Gathered here are nearly 60 color images of moose at their wackiest, each accompanied by a silly caption from the human mind. These amusing and enlightening photographs provide a surprising insight into the character of moose. People of all ages will be delighted by this hilarious look at moose and their mannerisms.
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