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1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Meet your average fish. FIGURE 1-2: Spincast (a), spinning (b), baitcast (c), and flycasting (d) gear. FIGURE 1-3: Two anglers, well equipped for most fishing trips.

2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Fish staging outside a marsh during a falling tide. FIGURE 3-2: Anglers bottom-fishing from a pier.

3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Notice the subtle differences between the black (a) and white (b) c...FIGURE 4-2: The mouth of the smallmouth isn’t that small, but its upper jaw is ...FIGURE 4-3: Notice the broad, muscled body of the blue catfish, which is built ...FIGURE 4-4: The flathead catfish is all mouth. FIGURE 4-5: The adaptive channel cat is one of the most popular gamefish. FIGURE 4-6: Bullheads aren’t big, but they sure are tough. FIGURE 4-7: The finger-preserving way to land a pike, muskie, or pickerel. FIGURE 4-8: The chain pickerel, shown here, looks similar to a miniature pike. FIGURE 4-9: Not as big as striped bass, white bass are still great sport. FIGURE 4-10: Hybrid or wiper bass, a cross between a white bass and a striped b...FIGURE 4-11: The common carp is a big, deep-bodied fish, capable of testing eve...FIGURE 4-12: The brown trout is a wily and rewarding fish when taken on rod and...FIGURE 4-13: The brook trout is universally admired for its gorgeous coloring. FIGURE 4-14: The cutthroat trout is most easily identified by red and orange sl...FIGURE 4-15: The lake trout looks like a giant brook trout with a forked tail. FIGURE 4-16: The coho (a) and chinook (b) salmon present fun big-water challeng...FIGURE 4-17: The Atlantic salmon is prized for both food and sport.

4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: The bluefish has extremely sharp teeth, a white belly, and usually ...FIGURE 5-2: The winter flounder is right-eyed and right-mouthed. FIGURE 5-3: Opposite of the winter flounder, the fluke’s mouth and eyes are loc...FIGURE 5-4: The seatrout has a torpedo shape and spotted skin. FIGURE 5-5: The weakfish has telltale coffee-bean-like spots. FIGURE 5-6: Like other members of its family, the Atlantic cod has a goatee-lik...FIGURE 5-7: The goliath grouper can weigh up to 1,000 pounds. FIGURE 5-8: The yellowtail snapper has canine teeth. FIGURE 5-9: The bonefish has a large eye and downturned mouth. FIGURE 5-10: The snook has bright silver sides and a clearly defined lateral li...FIGURE 5-11: Like all members of the shark family, the mako shark is highly str...FIGURE 5-12: The distinguishing feature of all marlin is their sword, a dangero...

5 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: A range of modern life jackets. FIGURE 6-2: This fishing boat carries the necessary safety gear.

6 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: Rod anatomy. FIGURE 7-2: Fast, medium, and slow rod action. FIGURE 7-3: Anatomy of a reel. FIGURE 7-4: The spincasting reel is good for kids and beginners because there’s...FIGURE 7-5: A standard spinning reel with the reel mounted under the rod. FIGURE 7-6: A low-profile baitcasting reel. FIGURE 7-7: The fly reel is a very simple machine.

7 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Your rod and reel will tell you what kind of line to buy. FIGURE 8-2: The arbor knot. FIGURE 8-3: If you double over the heavy fly line, stringing up your rod is eas...FIGURE 8-4: A typical leader.

8 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: The standard J hook (a) and circle hook (b). FIGURE 9-2: The anatomy of a hook. FIGURE 9-3: A typical range of hooks the general-species angler should carry at...FIGURE 9-4: Getting a J hook out. FIGURE 9-5: Several sinkers. FIGURE 9-6: Examples of a swivel (a) and a snap (b). FIGURE 9-7: Examples of a variety of floats, including slip floats and popping ...

9 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: Popular non-motorized boats: Kayak (a) and the float tube (b). FIGURE 10-2: The jonboat is a common motorized boat. FIGURE 10-3: The deep-V is suited to bigger water. FIGURE 10-4: The bay boat is a good choice for fishing calm water, such as shal...FIGURE 10-5: A center console boat is suited for big water and big fish.

10 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: Four ways to hook a nightcrawler. FIGURE 12-2: Two ways to hook a minnow or small baitfish. FIGURE 12-3: A hooked crayfish. FIGURE 12-4: Hooking a grasshopper. FIGURE 12-5: A leech hooked below the sucker. FIGURE 12-6: Hooking a salmon egg. FIGURE 12-7: Hooking a grass shrimp. FIGURE 12-8: Hooking an eel.

11 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: The Hula Popper is great in freshwater. FIGURE 13-2: The Arbogast Jitterbug, a great American wobbler. FIGURE 13-3: The Devil’s Horse is a stickbait with fore and aft propellers. FIGURE 13-4: The Big O (a), Rat-L-Trap (b), Rebel Wee-R (c), and Berkley Flicke...FIGURE 13-5: The Norman Deep Diver 22 (a) and Bomber Model A (b)have long lips ...FIGURE 13-6: Worden’s Rooster Tail: good for nearly any fish that swims. FIGURE 13-7: A spinnerbait attracts fish by creating flash and vibration. FIGURE 13-8: A buzzbait has turbine-like blades. FIGURE 13-9: The Hammertail, a typical bucktail jig, and a Z-Man Finesse TRD. FIGURE 13-10: Spoon-like jigs: A Hopkins (a), a Kastmaster (b), and a Diamond j...FIGURE 13-11: A range of soft plastics. FIGURE 13-12: Strike King Shadalicious: a great soft jerkbait. FIGURE 13-13: The amazingly detailed LIVETARGET swimbait.

12 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: The mayfly begins at the nymph stage and then becomes an emerger, ...FIGURE 14-2: The classic dry fly. FIGURE 14-3: An old-time wet fly. FIGURE 14-4: A typical artificial nymph. FIGURE 14-5: A Gray Ghost streamer fly (a) and a Muddler Minnow streamer fly (b...FIGURE 14-6: Two stonefly patterns: the Montana nymph (a) and the salmonfly (b)...FIGURE 14-7: Get a bunch of Clouser Minnows in a bunch of sizes.

13 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: The Arbor knot is one of the best and easiest ways to attach line ...FIGURE 15-2: The Trilene knot. FIGURE 15-3: The Palomar knot. FIGURE 15-4: The Blood knot. FIGURE 15-5: The Albright knot. FIGURE 15-6: How to snell a hook. FIGURE 15-7: Use the Texas rig for weighted, weedless maneuvering. FIGURE 15-8: Use the Carolina rig to stay above trouble. FIGURE 15-9: Hooking up plastics: exposed (a) and rigged (b). FIGURE 15-10: Rigging a standard float rig. FIGURE 15-11: Rigging a slip-float rig. FIGURE 15-12: Rigging bottom rigs: a three-way rig (a) and a standard sliding r...FIGURE 15-13: Rigging a river rig.

14 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: A spincast reel makes use of simple features. FIGURE 16-2: The overhead cast with spincast gear. FIGURE 16-3: Getting ready to cast a spinning reel by gripping the line (a) and...FIGURE 16-4: Your forefinger releases the line as you cast. FIGURE 16-5: The sidearm cast is all a matter of touch and finesse. FIGURE 16-6: Baitcasting gear calls for thumb control. FIGURE 16-7: A fly rodder with a nice tight loop (a) and one with a sloppy back...FIGURE 16-8: The proper way to hold your fly rod to deliver the most power, mos...FIGURE 16-9: Master the forward cast and you can fly fish right away.

15 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: Fan casting allows you to cover a lot of water from one spot. FIGURE 17-2: Cast your lures upstream and bring them downstream past likely hau...FIGURE 17-3: An angler anchored above a hole, fishing river rigs. FIGURE 17-4: A boat drift fishing multiple lines with livebait presented at dif...

16 Chapter 18FIGURE 18-1: To set a J hook, start by pointing your rod at the fish. FIGURE 18-2: Jerk the rod back sharply to set the J hook in the fish’s mouth. FIGURE 18-3: To set a circle hook, start by holding the rod still. FIGURE 18-4: The fish hooks itself on a circle hook against the bend of the rod...FIGURE 18-5: A variety of rod holders. FIGURE 18-6: The classic landing net position.

17 Chapter 19FIGURE 19-1: Take the background into account when capturing your subject.

18 Chapter 20FIGURE 20-1: Try this technique for filleting fish. FIGURE 20-2: Laying the skin flat on the cutting board, carefully work the knif...FIGURE 20-3: Cutting a fish into steaks.