The Compleat Surfcaster

The Compleat Surfcaster has everything the beginning angler needs to know for more productive surfcasting - and even experienced surf fishermen will find an invaluable resource in this concise and authoritative book. Beginning with a thorough review of tackle, rigs, baits, lures, and accessories, The Compleat Surfcaster teaches the fisherman better casting methods for distance and accuracy and 'reading the surf' techniques for finding more fish. There is an invaluable chapter on driving and outfitting beach buggies; and a special table gives essential details on tackle, techniques, and strategies for catching blues, stripers, redfish, as well as other popular gamefish on all coasts. The Compleat Surfcaster will help put fish on the lines of surf fishermen everywhere. (7 X 9 1/4, 208 pages, b&w photos, diagrams)

A guide for writing research papers covers such topics as the differences between research papers and term papers, choosing a topic, research sources, and conforming to MLA standards.

The Field & Stream Baits and Rigs Handbook is devoted to rigging baits and lures for any fishing situation. It includes valuable tips on choosing hooks, sinkers, lines, and floats, plus: useful knots and splices; effective bait and lure rigs; freshwater and saltwater fishing tactics; and bait selection. (6 X 9, 128 pages, b&w photos, diagrams)

Here is a comprehensive guide for the care of rods, reels, lures, lines, and accessories. The helpful step-by-step directions and illustrations show how to repair broken equipment, both in the field and at home. The book will teach you how to: mend broken rods in the field; check and lubricate important reel parts; fix irreplaceable lures; care for lines and other tackle; and avoid common mistakes that ruin valuable equipment.In addition, all the necessary tools are detailed in full. The Field & Stream Tackle Care and Repair Handbook will prove to be an invaluable guide that pays for itself in equipment repaired and equipment that last longer, whether you fish once or one hundred times a year. (6 X 9, 128 pages, b&w photos, diagrams)