Veteran fisherman Gord “The Old Guy” Deval and his star pupil, Paul Quarrington, do what they do best in this book: talk and write about trout. Each section is devoted to one of three species of trout: brook, brown, and rainbow. Descriptions are given on where to find each fish, everything you need to know about live bait, what lures work best, and how to use them. This is the definitive guide for catching trout, mixing anecdote with practical advice and having a very good time with it all.
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great practical and enjoyable book,
By Jouni Pieniniemi (Brooklin, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fishing for Brookies, Browns, and Bows: The Old Guy's Complete Guide to Catching Trout (Paperback)
Just happened to pick this book up out of the blue. Little did I know I was buying what is my favourite fishing book, but some very relevant information on some of my local fishing areas.Although Canadians living in the Toronto area may most relate to the references to fishing in the area, this book should appeal to most fishermen and friends of fishermen with its very humourous and profound portrayal of (this is the best term I can think of) the "fishing lifestyle." Now what is particularly endearing about the "lifestyle" is that it is not the bass boat rock and roll we associate with those sponsor-laden infomericials we call fishing shows. Nor is this is about elitist fly fishing club types. This is about the obsessive bush-whacker who can't help but stop by a local conservation area on the way back from work to explore some obscure trickle of a stream which might hold aquatic life. Anyone into stream fishing for trout will be entertained by this book, and learn some valuable techniques. Gord Deval is generous in sharing his "secrets" that so many river anglers jealously guard. Highly recommended!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fishing for Brookies, Browns and Bows,
By
This review is from: Fishing for Brookies, Browns, and Bows: The Old Guy's Complete Guide to Catching Trout (Paperback)
This is a nice, readable book on fishing for trout. It is written as a narrative and is not a good reference book because you really can't find anything. Lots of fun anecdotes and you learn a good bit as you read. It also covers techniques other than fly fishing, which is an added plus. For those situations where fly fishing is difficult or impossible there are some very good tips on using other methods. Fly fishing elitists probably won't like this, but for those of us who adapt our methods to the conditions at hand the book offers some good insights. For winter reading when we are dreaming about the coming season, this will get the fires burning.
5.0 out of 5 stars
best kept secret,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Fishing for Brookies, Browns, and Bows: The Old Guy's Complete Guide to Catching Trout (Paperback)
If your are a fly snob don't buy this book. If you are a real trout fishperson who is open to all methods, here you go. The Old Guy holds nothing back here, revealing stuff I thought I had learned trout fishing over the years, confirmed to me in this book. Because with trout you just never know. I have a shelf full of books on trout fishing. Several rate a second reading. This is one of the few that will get read twice and then some. Reads even better if you read Fishing With My Old Guy first.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Resplendent in their lavishly coloured regal coats, brookies must be considered the aristocrats of the trout world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fishing for brookies, roe bags, summer bows, tournament caster, dew worm, angling world, spinning lures, deer body hair, spinning tackle, snap swivel, terminal tackle, leader tippet, larger flies, rod tip, pickling salt, split shot, fly books, live bait, land yacht, spinning reel, fishing vest, brown trout, fly line, brook trout, spinning rod Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Guy, Lee Wulff, Great Lakes, Rick Matusiak, United States, Ganaraska River, Royal Coachman, Royal Wulff, Muddler Minnow, Georgian Bay, Izaak Walton, Jack Wilkings, North America, Sheldon Creek, Gary Benson, Gord Deval Crocodile, Blue Lake, Elusive Brown Trout, Fly Distance, Jack Sutton, The Reclusive, Uncle Bob New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Resplendent in their lavishly coloured regal coats, brookies must be considered the aristocrats of the trout world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fishing for brookies, roe bags, summer bows, tournament caster, dew worm, angling world, spinning lures, deer body hair, spinning tackle, snap swivel, terminal tackle, leader tippet, larger flies, rod tip, pickling salt, split shot, fly books, live bait, land yacht, spinning reel, fishing vest, brown trout, fly line, brook trout, spinning rod Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Guy, Lee Wulff, Great Lakes, Rick Matusiak, United States, Ganaraska River, Royal Coachman, Royal Wulff, Muddler Minnow, Georgian Bay, Izaak Walton, Jack Wilkings, North America, Sheldon Creek, Gary Benson, Gord Deval Crocodile, Blue Lake, Elusive Brown Trout, Fly Distance, Jack Sutton, The Reclusive, Uncle Bob New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 6
books:
See all 6 books this book cites
- The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton on page 39, and page 129
- Fly Fishing by David Lee on page 163
- My Moby Dick by William Humphrey on page 138
- Fly Fishing by Lord of Fallodon Grey on page 163
- Fishing with My Old Guy by Paul Quarrington in Front Matter
See all 6 books this book cites
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
