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Skipjack Joe
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Your favorite non-fiction literature on fishing
Has anyone ever read Ray Bergman "Trout"?
This is perhaps the most influential book on fishing I ever read. It's the book that made a kid growing up in central LA determined to be a
flyfisherman.
I came across it by accident at the Pickwick book store on Hollywood Blvd. Not being able to afford it at the time I read it from cover to cover in
the aisle between the book racks. I found it fascinating.
Well, it's been 50 years now and I decided to open it again. It's really dated. Bergman got it wrong on so many things. So it really doesn't stand up
well with the test of time but there will always be a special place in my heart for it.
Please add your favorite books, as will I.
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Skipjack Joe
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How many nomads have read this book?
Before the Walt Peterson wrote his adventure book. Before the 'Baja Catch' was even an idea. There was Klink's book on fishing mostly the East Cape.
This is one of the few pieces of literature describing fishing during the 'golden age', before the transpeninsular hwy was paved. The Pulmo reef
hadn't been protected yet and they caught marlin off the edge of the reef.
It's a collection of stories.
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Some classics I have and reread whenever the mood hits me.
Zane Grey, Hemmingway, A.J. McClane, Ernie Schwiebert, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and others.. "The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told"
Ernest Hemmiway's .."The Old Man and the Sea"
Multiple authors..."Chicken Soup For The Fisherman's Soul".. a lighthearted look at serious fishing. Like my Uncle Herb always said, 'Sport... Life
is way too serious to be taken seriously."
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Gypsy Jan
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Log from the Sea of Cortez
By John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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baitcast
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Neither Igor but name a Zane Grey book or Hemingway and Ive read it,every book report in school was either and for a kid who lived inland it was a
real big deal,I dreamed of far away places and giant fish,I prowled the beachs looking for huge drum and Stripers.
I hooked Broadbill Swordfish and Bluefins with Grey,I lived in trout country so I knew about them already having spent a great deal
of time with Dad.
Who by the way was the Northwests finest poacher but we did eat them all.
Rob
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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tripledigitken
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great thread Igor
A gift from my mother years ago , published in 1919. Filled with photographs. Stories of him fishing from Avalon and San Clemente Is. to Cuba,
Yucatan.......
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Skipjack Joe
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You got it Ken! I have the exact same edition of that book.
There's an interesting story behind that. I couldn't put that Zane Grey book down. It must've been the 9th grade. So I took it to school and read it
on the way.
I was sitting on the bench at the bustop reading and waiting when the bus pulls up, loads everyone, and leaves. I raise my head but it's too late.
It's gone. I'm determined to not let this happen again. The next bus comes a half hour later. Same thing again. By the time I become aware of the bus
all I see is it's backside. Needless to say I was tardy that morning.
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tripledigitken
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When I get ambitious sometime I will scan some of the excellent photos in this book and post in another thread.
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Probably the fishing regs. for the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
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I got a ton of books on fishing, two I learned a lot from are:
1) Fishing for Tuna and Marlin by Capt. Pete Barrett
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2) Sport Fisher for Yellowfin Tuna by Capt. Dave Preble
Good reads if you want info and they're non-fiction..
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
How many nomads have read this book?
Before the Walt Peterson wrote his adventure book. Before the 'Baja Catch' was even an idea. There was Klink's book on fishing mostly the East Cape.
This is one of the few pieces of literature describing fishing during the 'golden age', before the transpeninsular hwy was paved. The Pulmo reef
hadn't been protected yet and they caught marlin off the edge of the reef.
It's a collection of stories. |
I was about to mention the Klink book Igor, then saw you already had  . We ran
into Klink several times at Punta Pescadero and really enjoyed his company.
carpe diem!
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woody with a view
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pretty cool how you guys are so dialed in.... i mean, was it REALLY better then? or is it like how my friends and i look out at the points and reefs
and remember how good the surfing USED to be?
keep the info pumping!
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I was into fishing before I could read (like, 30? OK, 4) But I've always loved any fishing stories by John McPhee.
Who can disregard "The Compleat Angler" from 1653, that still resonates today?
My favorite quote from an author:
"It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming." ~John Steinbeck
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Skipjack, since you ask for our favorite non-fiction literature on fishing, I'll have to beg off selecting only one. My fishing library
consists primarily of books (nearly 200) about freshwater fly-fishing in N. America with a few covering the British Isles, New Zealand, and
continental Europe.
One book does come to mind and I always seem to recommend it to anyone asking about books on trout-fishing, and that is American Trout
Fishing by Theodore Gordon and a Company of Anglers, edited by Arnold Gingrich and containing works of Gordon as well as Lee Wulff, A.J.McClane,
Ernie Schwiebert, Roddy Haig-Brown, and others. The book was a tribute to Gordon and is a great read for those winter evenings in front of the fire
with a glass of port.
I also would like to recommend Valerie Haig-Brown's biography about her parents, Roderick and Ann, Deep Currents. It was published in 1997
and I don't know how widely available it is. We stayed at Roddy and Ann's house, now a B&B, on Vancouver Island a few years ago and I found a copy
there. It's a good read also.
I haven't mentioned any fiction since you didn't ask about that genre of fishing lit.
| Quote: | | Originally posted by vandy... But I've always loved any fishing stories by John McPhee... |
I know of only The Founding Fish by McPhee. Has he written other fishing stories? I thought I'd read everything by him. I enjoy his books.
Allen R
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I'm glad to read about non-fiction fishing from ANY accomplished angler/sportsman. There are quite a few out there.
For me, the only thing better than reading about fishing....is to go fishing.
One of my all-time favorite fishing authors is Zane Grey...for many reasons...not the least of which is his enthusiasm!
Shadow of Zane Grey
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=41676#top
Yup...you guessed it.
Brace yourself, Igor... for another 'fishing story' soon.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bufeo
One book does come to mind and I always seem to recommend it to anyone asking about books on trout-fishing, and that is American Trout
Fishing by Theodore Gordon and a Company of Anglers, edited by Arnold Gingrich and containing works of Gordon as well as Lee Wulff, A.J.McClane,
Ernie Schwiebert, Roddy Haig-Brown, and others. The book was a tribute to Gordon and is a great read for those winter evenings in front of the fire
with a glass of port.
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I don't have that particular book but I have one by Sid Gordon, written in 1955, which I like very much. You probably have that.
To me, it's interesting to compare Bergman's book (1938) to that of Gordon (1955). They are as different as night and day. Whereas Bergman chose his
flies by trial and error Gordon did it by studying the bugs. Somewhere during those 17 years fly fishing in america took a quantum leap forward.
With few exceptions, Gordon's book is as relevant today as when it was written. Bergman's 'Trout' is more beautifully written and illustrated but
seems primitive by what we know now.
The best thing Bergman wrote were the sections on how to read the water. They are first rate. I have seen entire books written on the subject that
merely state what he wrote 80 years ago.
But I was really surprised to read the other day that he didn't know what caused the 'rolling riseform'. The rolling riseform is like 95% of all
hatches in lakes. I can't imagine what sort of dry fly fishing the man ever had. When they're feeding on emergers (most of the time) they won't touch
one of those Catskill flies.
Anyway, I'm just rambling now. Lots of time on my hands now. Not much interest here in that sort of thing.
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Some Fishing/ Boating Baja Books...
A classic!
Great work by a Nomad!
About the classic!
The technical fishing guide by Ray Cannon
My favorite, friendly guide by amigo Tom Miller 'Sr. Baja'.
Another clasic!
Lots of trout fishing in Baja's San Pedro Martir mountains.
Golden guide to boating the Baja coast... from 1971... Aerial photos and maps of all bays, points, islands.
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Hi David. I have all those books and they are good. But one that helped me a lot fishing from shore was "The Baja Catch," by Neil Kelly and Gene Kira.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
.... Lots of time on my hands now. Not much interest here in that sort of thing. |
Good! Come on up to the Snake River Plain and we'll discuss all this after casting a few flies on Silver Ck or the Big Wood River. Nothing like a few
tight lines to stimulate the discussion of writers and writing.
Allen R
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Skipjack Joe
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Thanks, David.
The little book by Scott Sadil is a gem. Scott is a gifted writer and this collection of short stories of personal experiences in baja are a real
pleasure to read. I believe he is now an editor for the California Fly Fisher magazine. I see him as a sort rebel who wanted to live a life on his own
terms. Not unlike many nomads.
But the book cover that really brings a smile to my face is Cannon's "How to Fish the Pacific Coast". I must have reread that thing a dozen times as a
kid. That was my fishing bible. That thing was packed with useful information for those willing to read it. Cannon later published "The Sea of Cortez"
and his other book was soon forgotten.
Kira's biography of Ray Cannon was a disappointment to me. It's his weakest book on baja.
Miller's fishing guide to baja was the only 'how to' book back in the 70's. It sat on our dashboard everywhere we went. It was really just an
introduction to baja's fishing. It was so brief we didn't find it very useful but there was nothing else back then.
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