The Atlantic Salmon Handbook: An Atlantic Salmon Federation Book [Paperback]

Peter Bodo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1997

From gearing up to angler ethics, with anecdotes.

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From the Back Cover

Every year, thousands of dedicated fly fishers join the salmon-fishing tradition. This book is both an introduction to and an overview of salmon fishing. All aspects of angling, from equipment to ethics, are covered in this handbook. Chapters include: the biology of the Atlantic salmon; salmon country; when to go; gearing up; the flies, including a color section of the most popular salmon flies; the river; hooking and landing salmon; techniques for dour fish; and the ethics of salmon fishing. Peter Bodo liberally sprinkles the text with interesting and helpful anecdotes. With a valuable appendix listing public fishing opportunities and river-by-river catch statistics, The Atlantic Salmon Handbook provides enough knowledge so beginning and even advanced fly fishers can go out and fish effectively and confidently. (7 X 10 1/4, 224 pages, color photos, b&w photos, diagrams, charts)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558215115
• ISBN-13: 978-1558215115
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,171,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Enough for Government Work, April 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Atlantic Salmon Handbook: An Atlantic Salmon Federation Book (Paperback)

The Atlantic Salmon Handbook seems to cover most of the basics reasonably well, although I was still left with some questions after reading it. Also, the author's chatty style leads to numerous digressions that distract the reader and make the book less organized and more difficult to read. I would suggest checking into alternatives to the Atlantic Salmon Handbook, but if none is available, this book is "good enough for government work."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the most complete book on the subject, October 20, 1999

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Guy Rouleau (Montreal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Atlantic Salmon Handbook: An Atlantic Salmon Federation Book : A Compact Guide to All Aspects of Fly Fishing for the King of Game Fish (Hardcover)

This book covers all aspects of Atlantic Salmon fishing with clear and experienced explanations .

A must for advanced and beginners !

5.0 out of 5 stars Bodo's Complete Salmon handbook, April 19, 2011

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Ann McIntosh (Monkton, MD, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Atlantic Salmon Handbook: An Atlantic Salmon Federation Book (Paperback)

I have fished for Atlantic salmon on and off for the last 20 years. Every time I decide to renew my interest in hunting this most exquisite of species, I take along a friend new to the salmon fishing sport. Without question, Bodo's book is the best primer I've read, although no substitute for Lee Wulff's or other salmon devotees' and experts' treatises, most of which are written for the non-beginners amongst us.

Ann McIntosh
Monkton, MD
April 20, 2011
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