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Ingenious Angler: Hundreds of  Do-It-Yourself Projects and Tips to Improve Your Fishing Boat and Tackle
 
 
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Ingenious Angler: Hundreds of Do-It-Yourself Projects and Tips to Improve Your Fishing Boat and Tackle [Paperback]

Keith Walters (Author)
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September 21, 2001

"A book full of things to do to get ready to fish or to make it easier and more fun."­­USA Today

From optimizing a boat for fishing, to maintaining rods and reels, to improving store-bought lures or creating lures from scratch, here are 101 ingenious money-saving projects and do-it-yourself tips guaranteed to help small-boat anglers save money, catch more fish, and have more fun.


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"* "Highly recommended. Walters' book is a delightful companion that would have paid for itself in one project it helped me with... This book is good for every angler of every stripe who likes to tinker or fix things up" The Washington Times * "This information-packed book includes hundreds of ideas and projects for small-boat and shore-bound anglers" Salt Water Sportsman * "A book full of things to do to get ready to fish or to make it easier or more fun" USA Today * "Keith Walter's new book shares 50 years of his boating and tackle tinkering skills... [It] is jam packed with hundreds of ideas and projects for anglers who fish small boats or for shore-bound anglers" The Fisherman

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"Highly recommended. . . . Paid for itself in one project."--Washington Times

A bad day fishing is better than a good day working, right? Keith Walters has been fishing for over fifty years, and he knows that even a good day fishing can be made better by simple, do-it-yourself projects that will improve your boat, your tackle, and your temper. His priorities are safety, comfort, and "fishability," and he's gathered more than a hundred tips on everything from handy rod rests and space-saving tackle storage lockers to modifying or making your own lures and rigs.

The Ingenious Angler will help you catch more fish, have more fun, and save money at the same time! You'll learn to

  • optimize your boat for fishing
  • maintain and repair your rods and reels
  • create your own rigs and lures and tie the best angling knots
  • make anchoring, docking, and trailering easier and more comfortable

"Keith has put the best of the tips, projects, and ideas he has developed, found, tried, and used though the years into this book. . . . It will save you money while making fishing more fun."--from the foreword by C. Boyd Pfeiffer

"Full of things to do to get ready to fish or make it easier or more fun."--USA Today

"Good for every angler of every stripe who likes to tinker or fix things up."--Washington Times

"This information-packed book includes hundreds of ideas and projects for small-boat and shore-bound anglers."--Salt Water Sportsman


Product Details

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (September 21, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 007137793X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071377935
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Learn to think outside the box..., August 26, 2005
This review is from: Ingenious Angler: Hundreds of Do-It-Yourself Projects and Tips to Improve Your Fishing Boat and Tackle (Paperback)
This book covers a large gamut of things of interest to fishermen and contains many useful tips for rigging your boat/gear. As a long-time fisherman but new boat owner, I found this book encourages you to think outside the box in how you use your boat and tackle. I found a lot of value in the author's many years of experience fishing the Chesapeake (my area), and the fishing tips that come across in his descriptions of the projects. I would point out that a few of the projects are homemade versions of things that are now available in your local boating store or tackle shop (ex. pvc rod holders, built-in tackle box storage, tool holders, etc), and a few are perhaps even a little hokey--something you might only do with an older boat or to save a few bucks. However, the gamut of material this book covers from aluminum to fiberglass boats, rigs to rod repairs, etc. should appeal to all kinds of anglers. Some projects are great for those who are looking to make some of their own accessories; other projects feature practical tips that would be helpful to even the experienced angler.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ingenious angler, September 3, 2005
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good book. lots of great ideas. book sent quickly and was in great shape as promised.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Read, Nothing Ground Breaking, November 18, 2008
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I enjoy reading this book to see his many interesting ideas. Having said this, the book doesn't contain any ground breaking idea or any "must have" idea. Still, it is an interesting book that I don't mind reading.
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winding lathe, double buoy, winch stand, bucktail hair, plug holder, drag washers, side planer, jig mold, jig hook, egg sinker, snap swivel, rod holders, bucktail jigs, cam cleat, lamp pipe, spinner blade, reel foot, lead substitute, tin boat, bottom rig, bow cleat, doubled line, treble hooks, bass anglers, rod guides
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Chesapeake Bay, Boyd Pfeiffer, Jack Stovall, West System, Sherman Baynard, Bob Meushaw, Bob Pond, Boston Whaler, Jim Walker, William Boschen
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