LEARN TO FLY FISH IN 24 HOURS

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-07-147793-2
Verlag: INTL MARINE PUBL

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

Master fly-fishing in a dayHere is a simple, hour-by-hour handbookfor learning fly-fishing fundamentals and beginninga lifetime passion. Bob Sousa masterfully reduces this complex sport to its simplicity, as he covers such subjects as equipment selection and assembly, knot-tying, recommended flies, casting techniques, fly-fishing etiquette, and much more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sousa, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Fischerei, Jagd, Schießsport

Über Autor(innen)

Sousa, Robert
Robert J. Sousa (Shutesbury, MA) holds a Ph.D. in fisheries science from the University of Rhode Island. He is a Certified Fisheries Scientist for the American Fisheries Society and worked in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for more than 30 years. A fly fisher for 50 years, he has fished extensively in Alaska, Argentina, the Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, the Caribbean, Japan, and New Zealand. He is certified as an angling instructor by the International Game Fishing Association and endorsed as a fly fishing instructor by the fly tackle industry. He is a pro-team member of several fly-fishing tackle companies, a board member of the Alliance of Fly Fishing Educators, a founding member of Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited, a charter member of the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, and a board member and secretary of the Future Fisherman Foundation. Mr. Sousa developed the Fly Fishing Merit Badge for the Boy Scouts of America and wrote the manual that accompanies that badge. He is Vice Chair, National Jamboree and Venturing Fly Fishing Committee, Boy Scouts of America, and was the director of the 2005 National Boy Scout Jamboree Fly Fishing Venue.

Robert J. Sousa, a fly fisher for 50 years, iscertified as an angling instructor by the International Game Fishing Association. He developed the Fly Fishing Merit Badge for the Boy Scouts of America and wrote the manual that accompanies that badge.