{"title":"Outdoor Activities: Fishing","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"river-songs-moments-of-wild-wonder-in-fly-fishing","title":"River Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003eSteve Duda, with illustrations by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003eMatthew DeLorme, 2024. Hardcover, 192 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIndependent Publisher Book Award Silver Winner in Nature\u003cbr\u003eForeword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist in Essays\u003cbr\u003eBanff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRiver Songs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is rich with bracing, authentic, generous stories--writing that revels in language and spirit. Avoiding most of fly fishing’s clichés\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003ethe romantic elegies, the Moby-Dick-like conquests, the play-by-play detailing a \"victory\" over a fish\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eSteve Duda instead offers pieces that breathe lived experience, reveal vulnerabilities, and convey a broad perspective of what it means to have \"a long run with a tight crew.\" Duda is interested in what has been learned out there on the river: what is it about this \"ridiculous activity\" that connects us to this planet, makes us human, gives us hope?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRiver Songs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e focuses on the in-between moments and the unexpected revelations\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eawe, fear, frustration, doubt, joy\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003ethat are as much a part of fishing as tying knots and chucking flies. Readers ride along with Duda in battered pickup trucks, fish \"between jobs,\" look longingly at unfished famous rivers while touring with a country-punk band, and wonder how a fishing trip led to getting a tooth pulled while being surrounded by trash-talking friends. They will find beauty, discovery, heartbreak, good dogs, and the wonder of nature within the expanse of Northwest landscapes and beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The ForestWatch Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45619091964044,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/5275\/3292\/files\/River-Songs_FrontSquare.png?v=1767946472"},{"product_id":"tenkara-radically-simple-ultralight-fly-fishing","title":"Tenkara: Radically Simple, Ultralight Fly Fishing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eKevin Kelleher\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eMisako Ishimura, 2021. Paperback, 160 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFly fishing is complex and costly with too much cumbersome gear, right? Well, tenkara is different. Long overlooked in the West, tenkara is economical and simple, productive, and pleasurable This Eastern approach is today taking the fly-fishing world in North America and Europe by storm. Its tool kit is simple: a long, collapsible rod; a length of line tied to the end of the rod; and a fly. Without a reel, casting techniques become easy and intuitive. The gear is inexpensive and easily portable, perfect for hiking and camping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis pioneering book is an ideal guide to tenkara, covering the essentials of gear and rigging, the roots of tenkara, fishing dry flies as well as subsurface fishing and casting--as well as tenkara backpacking and tenkara for women. Tenkara has been the subject of features in \u003cem\u003eField \u0026amp; Stream\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Angler\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFly, Rod \u0026amp; Reel\u003c\/em\u003e magazines, and has been endorsed by the likes of Patagonia CEO and environmentalist Yvon Chouinard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The ForestWatch Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45854057824396,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/5275\/3292\/files\/Tenkara-Radically-Simple-Ultralight-Fly-Fishing_FrontSquare.png?v=1768814610"},{"product_id":"fishing-wisdom-a-miscellany-of-angling-anecdotes-facts-and-folklore","title":"Fishing Wisdom: A Miscellany of Angling Anecdotes, Facts and Folklore","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Dominick Garnett, 2026. 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Offering plenty of tips and expert advice on the craft of fishing, expert tips on the craft of fishing and even a few tall tales about the one who got away!  This new title is sure to provide hours of fun reading the the fishing enthusiasts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The ForestWatch Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48398910914700,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/5275\/3292\/files\/Fishing-Wisdom_FrontSquare.png?v=1777611358"},{"product_id":"simple-fly-fishing","title":"Simple Fly Fishing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"164\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eby Yvon Chouinard\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"157\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eCraig Mathews\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"144\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eMauro Mazzo\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e with paintings by James Prosek, 2019. Paperback, 144 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhen it comes to fly fishing, simpler is better.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModern-day fly fishing, like much in life, has become exceedingly complex, with high-tech gear, a confusing array of flies and terminal tackle, accompanied by high-priced fishing guides. This book reveals that the best way to catch trout is simply, with a rod and a fly and not much else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe wisdom in this book comes from a simpler time, when the premise was: the more you know, the less you need. It teaches the reader how to discover where the fish are, at what depth, and what they are feeding on. Then it describes the techniques needed to present a fly at that depth, make it look lifelike, and hook the fish. With chapters on wet flies, nymphs, and dry flies, its authors employ both the tenkara rod as well as regular fly fishing gear to cover all the bases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrated by renowned fish artist James Prosek, with inspiring photographs and stories throughout, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSimple Fly Fishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals the secrets and the soul of this captivating sport. 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Hardcover, 176 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethe award-winning, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebest-selling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSalt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTo Catch a Fish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ean entertaining and beautifully written illustrated collection of essays that explore a lifetime fascination with fishing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor as long as there have been humans, there have been humans trying to catch fish. The two species—fish and man—live in constant tension. One chases the other. One tries to get away. Some of us—author Mark Kurlansky included—are hard-wired for that chase. Guiding readers through the waters and into the mind of the fish, Kurlansky considers who fish are and why they behave the way they do, and along the way delves into the many approaches to catching a fish, their ecology, and the ins and outs of cooking and eating your catch. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you’re a seasoned angler or a novice, or simply want to explore the world of fish, the forty short essays in this collection and the dazzling illustrations by Bri Dostie, shed new light on these creatures and our relationship to them.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The ForestWatch Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566626115724,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/5275\/3292\/files\/To-Catch-Fish_FrontSquare.png?v=1781072791"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.forestwatch.org\/collections\/outdoor-activities-fishing.oembed","provider":"The ForestWatch Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}