Paul Schullery
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“A Fish Come True” celebrates the enduring joys, mysteries, and miseries of fishing through a series of "what-if" stories:
What if someone discovered a fly that worked on every cast?
What if we could fish anywhere, any time in the distant past?
What if we could explore fishing on a different planet?
What if our sport's leading thinkers suddenly decided that an infamous trash fish was really cool and a great sporting trophy after all?
“A...
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What is real wilderness? During a weeklong visit to the Brooks River in Alaska's Katmai National Park, noted naturalist and master storyteller Paul Schullery strives to answer that question. His wise and aware description of misadventure along the dream-perfect waterway-where anglers, hikers, and photographers share the landscape with Alaskan brown bears-examines our deeply felt need to connect with something really, wild, in Alaska and in the rest...
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Lewis and Clark's expedition was full of adventures, but few were as exhilarating as their moments with grizzly bears. The author has combed the journals to provide readers with Lewis and Clark's own words on the Ursus horribles and offers new insight into the role of the grizzly bear in this tale of Western exploration and discovery.
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It is June, 1897, the eve of the greatest celebration in the history of London-the Diamond Jubilee of Her Royal Highness Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India. At 221B Baker Street, happy anticipation of the event is shattered when an alarmed Samuel Clemens bursts in and informs Holmes and Watson that his life is threatened by a bizarre international conspiracy. Holmes, Watson, and Clemens spend the frantic final days before the...
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The Fishing Life is an entertaining anthology of fishing anecdotes and well-researched articles from across Paul Schullery's research and fishing career. The author offers up stories, essays, farces, daydreams, and ruminations that will engage readers of all kinds.
Of course, being a fisherman and living the fishing life goes beyond just those days spent with rod and reel in hand. It is something that occupies your mind and your heart, not just your...
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Distills five centuries' worth of angling lore and wisdom about trout feeding behavior. Photographic sequence shows in detail how trout take a fly. Examination of flies includes the importance of wings and what they are made of, hooks, soft-hackled flies, and skipping, dapping, and dry-fly techniques.