Table of Contents

Introduction. PART I: Starting Out. Chapter 1: Some Basic Basics. Chapter 2: The End of Your Line: Bait. Chapter 3: Lures. Chapter 4: Flies. Chapter 5: Hooks, Sinkers, Snaps, Swivels, and Bobbers. Chapter 6: Lines. Chapter 7: Rods. Chapter 8: Reels. PART II: What You're After. Chapter 9: Freshwater Fish. Chapter 10: Saltwater Fish. PART III: Now You're Fishing. Chapter 11: Just a Few Knots. Chapter 12: Bait Casting. Chapter 13: Spinning and Spin Casting. Chapter 14: Fly Casting. Chapter 15: How to Strike, Fight, and Land (And Sometimes Release) Fish. Chapter 16: Where and When to Fish. Chapter 17: Getting There: Walking, Driving, or Floating. Chapter 18: Dress for Success. PART IV: Eating. Chapter 19: Cleaning and Storing Your Catch. Chapter 20: Cooking, Eating (And Sometimes Drinking). Chapter 21: Alternatives to Eating: Photography and Mounting. PART V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 22: Fishing as an Interactive Sport: Ten Stops on the Internet. Chapter 23: Ten Gotta-Have Books. Chapter 24: Ten Gotta Reads. Chapter 25: My Ten Favorite Places. Chapter 26: Ten Shots at Big Fish. Index. Book Registration Information.

About the Author

Peter Kaminsky, a former contributing editor to Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines, is a columnist for The New York Times and New York magazine.