Anglers are always fascinated with fly fishing's golden age, and nothing brings back those years as vividly as a fine old rod and reel bearing the honorable scars of a lifetime afield. Classic & Antique Fly-Fishing Tackle features in-depth coverage of traditional gear from the 1860s to the 1920s, and affordable production tackle from the 1930s to the 1960s.Campbell discusses the history, design, construction, fishing characteristics, and identification of gear, and offers tips on future collectibles; he adds specific instructions for the care and repair of antique and classic tackle. (8 1/2 x 11, 368 pages, color photos, b&w photos, illustrations)A. J. Campbell has been collecting, restoring, dealing in, and fishing with antique and classic tackle most of his life. He a contributing editor for Saltwater Sportsman and lives in Maine.

Traditional Angling celebrates the ultimate form of pleasure fishing, where the angler relaxes at the waterside to become, as Izaak Walton would say, 'compleat'. It wears its heart on its sleeve and a wildflower in its lapel. It's written for those who appreciate the aesthetics of angling and uphold its sporting traditions.

John A. Kolbeck, a.k.a. 'Capt.John, ' has been in the online fishing business for over 10 years and has sold over 30,000 items on the Internet. 'Captain John' still spends up to 70 hours each week online buying and selling. His diligent record keeping has produced an amazing database of items and their actual selling prices that he has compiled into this handy reference guide. The guide contains results of online auctions, live auctions, and sales from lists and at shows. Each listing in the book contains the name, model, description, maker, condition, selling price, and date of sale. Selling prices are real, not the Captain's opinion! There are over 15,000 listings, of which over 10,000 are lures. There are also rods, reels, tackle boxes, catalogs and vintage advertisements, and over 1,000 miscellaneous items. All this data in one easy-to-use guide allows readers to see sales trends and compare lure makes, models, and conditions. Representative photographs of each category are also provided. Dates of actual selling transactions along with precise selling prices make this book an invaluable tool for fishing collectors.

A complete guide to the techniques, gear, history and philosophy of tenkara, the Japanese method of fly-fishing.

A history, identification, and value guide of fishing lure collectibles from 1940 until the mid 1980s, including lures, reels, rods, decoys, and miscellaneous items.