Mike Toth's second edition on the basics of fishing features expanded coverage of everything anglers need to know, from getting started and choosing and buying tackle to recording the catch hopefully.

You’re no idiot, of course. You know that the joy of fishing comes with skill, patience, and the right equipment. You can get yourself to the water and relax, but when it comes to baiting your hook and casting your cares away, you feel like a minnow swimming with the sharks! Don’t throw back your angling ambitions just yet! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Fishing Basics, Second Edition gives you the essentials for a successful fishing expedition—whether you’re heading for the local creek or the high seas. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • An emergency fishing guide to help get you started immediately • The lowdown on tackle—hooks, lines, sinkers, and more • All the right moves to feel, hook, play, and land your catch • The bottom line on what you’ll need (and need to do) if you want to flyfish, saltwater fish, or fish in still waters

From understanding how to fish to devising strategies for stream, river and dam fishing to creating and casting flies, the updated 'Complete Idiot's Guide to Fly Fishing' offers both beginning and seasoned fishing buffs a comprehensive overview of this specialized sport. Photographs, illustrations and detailed instructions on casting and fly typing technique. Updated coverage of technology and equipment including rods, reels and line materials. TIps on preparing for a fly-fishing trip.

Identifies freshwater and salt water species for fly fishing, describes the best equipment for particular conditions, offers instructions for tying flies, and examines casting styles

Classic Kugach on bait, spin, and flycasting, to fishing rigs and fly tying in an illustrated format.

Featuring a host of new photographs and illustrations, an updated introduction to the art of fly fishing identifies freshwater and salt water species for fly fishing, describes the best equipment for particular conditions, offers instructions for tying flies, and examines casting styles. Original.