Fly Fishing and Running
Bury Me With My Fly Rod
The unvarnished truth about fly fishing
By Dennis Dauble
Nonfiction, 214 pages, 5.5″ x 8.5″ softcover
ISBN-10: 1096465965
ISBN-13: 978-1096465966
Retired fishery scientist and award-winning author Dennis Dauble shares his lifelong love for fly fishing and the great outdoors in his newest book “Bury Me With My Fly Rod: The unvarnished truth about fly fishing.” Dauble, of Richland, Wash., relates a host of stories from his experiences fishing the streams and rivers of northeastern Oregon.
Fishes of the Columbia Basin – 2nd Edition
A guide to their natural history and identification
By Dennis Dauble
Nonfiction, 212 pages, 6″ x 9″ softcover, 147 illustrations, glossary, list of fish species, index and 16 pages of color plates
ISBN 978-1-879628-50-2
For anyone who has a natural curiosity about the abundant variety of fish species in the Columbia Basin, fisheries biologist and author Dennis Dauble answers familiar questions and delves into a variety of factors related to 60-plus species in the second edition of his guidebook, Fishes of the Columbia Basin. If you’re on a quest for fishes and the places they live, Fishes of the Columbia Basin is an indispensable guide.
Pavlov’s Trout: The Incompleat Psychology of Fishing
By Paul Quinnett
Nonfiction, 224 pages, 5.5″ x 8.5″
In this widely acclaimed book – the first ever to probe the psychology of fishing – Paul Quinnett, Ph.D., takes an entertaining look at just what it is people go fishing for – and it’s not always the fish, he finds.
Darwin’s Bass: The Evolutionary Psychology of Fishing Man
By Paul Quinnett
Nonfiction, 254 pages, 5.5″ x 8.5″
In this sequel to his widely acclaimed Pavlov’s Trout – the first book ever about the psychology of fishing – psychologist and fisherman Paul Quinnett, Ph.D., returns with Darwin’s Bass to explore the evolutionary foundations of fishing, and why so many people devote so much passion to this sport.
Go East Old Man
By Paul Reese with Joe Henderson
Nonfiction, 276 pages, 6″ x 9″ softcover
ISBN 1-879628-15-5
In Go East Old Man, marathon runner Paul Reese shares his journeys as he fulfills a quest to run across 14 Western states over five summers while in his 70s.
The Old Man and the Road
By Paul Reese with Joe Henderson
Nonfiction, 300 pages, 6″ x 9″ softcover
ISBN 1-879628-20-1
In this, his third book, author Paul Reese pens reflections while completing a crossing of all 50 states on foot at age 80. The joy of simply moving through the final states flows through the third book in Reese’s country-crossing trilogy, The Old Man and the Road.
Fish of a Lifetime
Memories and Reflections Spawned by a Life List of Fish
By Al Van Vooren
Nonfiction, 256 pages, 9″x 6″ softcover
ISBN-10: 1074585496
ISBN-13: 978-1074585495
Join author and angler Al Van Vooren as he highlights and reflects on 70 years of fishing with friends and family – and describes how he caught more than 140 different kinds of fish in those seven decades. Through vignettes, short stories and photos, the reader can come along to the creeks, muddy rivers and lakes of the Midwest to the trout streams, whitewater rivers and mountain lakes of the far West; from the blue waters of Hawaii and Costa Rica to the brackish waters of the Everglades; and from the Alaskan tundra to the Amazon jungle. Anglers will find familiar experiences they can relate to, as well as new experiences which may appeal to their sense of adventure. The collected stories are likely to elicit personal reflections and bring some laughs … and maybe even a tear, for anglers and non-anglers alike.
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Flying Over Rainbows
Dwayne Parsons
Nonfiction, 128 pages, 6″ x 9″ hardcover, photos
ISBN 1-879628-19-8
The memoir Flying Over Rainbows charts the lifetime of a remarkable Northwest personality: Buzz Fiorini, founder of an outdoor sports chain whose adventures in fishing, flying and fly fishing covered the continent and brought him friendships with such luminaries as John Wayne, Bing Crosby and others.
one more LAST CAST: On the Addictive Nature of Fishing
By Dennis D. Dauble
Nonfiction, 178 pages, 5.5″ x 8.5″
ISBN-13: 978-1537185309
What do tiny bars of complimentary soap, spam sandwiches and pillow hogs have to do with fishing? When does one more “last cast” beget another? How can some people confuse fishing with … sex? This collection of short stories answers those questions, and more. Dennis Dauble – biologist, fisherman and author previously of “The Barbless Hook” and “Fishes of the Columbia Basin” – returns with more wry and humorous tales gleaned from a lifetime of fishing experiences and insights.
The Barbless Hook: Inner Sanctum of Angling Revealed
By Dennis D. Dauble
Nonfiction, 160 pages, 8.5″ x 5.5″
ISBN 978-1-879628-41-0
These stories, drawn from a lifetime of fishing experiences, explore a range of topics anglers often don’t discuss – trespassing, giving up a secret hole, losing fish at the net, competition between buddies and taking turns when on guided trips. While sometimes exposing what might be considered the “dark side of angling,” author Dennis Dauble manages to both entertain and inspire anglers in The Barbless Hook.
Reading the Water
By Mallory Burton
Fiction, 256 pages, 5.5″ x 8.5″ softcover
ISBN 1-879628-10-4
Joining a handful of angling books written by women, Reading the Water: Stories and Essays of Flyfishing and Life is a collection of short stories featuring men and women who are affected by or swept away in the strong current of fishing’s allure. As Uncommon Waters editor Holly Morris writes in the introduction, “Teeming with new insights, and chock-full of fishing finesse, Mallory Burton’s work has entertained angling devotees for years and added dimension and humor to flyfishing’s trade magazines. Reading the Water is a choice compendium of essays and stories and a wonderful addition to the literature of flyfishing.”
