<li>Migrations of fish, rise and fall of tides, and weather changes through the year in the Keys</li>
<li>Both how-to tips for each season of the year and firsthand experiences recounted in detail</li>
<li>Northern species that arrive in winter, sailfish offshore, and Spanish mackerel in Florida Bay and the gulf</li>
<li>Silver tarpon cruise transparent waters in spring</li>
<li>Black-tailed permit return from offshore spawning in summer, and fishermen aim for the Grand Slam--catching a permit, tarpon, and bonefish on the same day</li>
<li>Cooler fall weather puts big bonefish on the flats and gives you one last chance for laid-up tarpon</li>
<li>Keys' color and history, geology, ecology, and seasonal foods</li>

Seasons on the Flats: An Angler's Year in the Florida Keys

Sports & Outdoors

Horn, Bill

Hunting & Fishing

Stackpole/Headwater

Product Description 
Veteran saltwater angler and Keys resident Bill Horn shares his years of experience pursuing tarpon, permit, and bonefish and captures the magic and mystery of flats fishing around the world. Not only are biology, behavior, and tactics for the fish covered, but Horn also discusses famous destinations and profiles legendary guides. Guide interviews, fly pattern recommendations, and the latest research round out the instructional information. 
 Review 
Bill Horn has a style of writing that is so informative, it puts you on the bow of the boat and you can almost feel every movement of the fish. He paints the picture of the area and the happening very much like Ernest Hemingway did. On the Bow is almost an instant way to be transported from your armchair to the thrills and excitement of being there fishing. You will not only learn a lot about the important rudiments of great angling, you will feel as though you have been doing it throughout the length of this whole fantastic book. -- Stu Apte, author of Stu Apte’s Fishing in the Florida Keys and Flamingo and Of Wind and Tides\nBill Horn steps to the fore with On the Bow, sharing insights and entertaining stories about a flats fishery that first captured his imagination as a child. Spooled onto these pages is remarkable collection of information about the prized flats species, those who chase them, and the remarkable, yet fragile, habitats that form a backdrop for the stunning fishery—all well-salted with tips, reflections by fishing guides, and an unwavering conservation ethic. -- Jim McDuffie, president of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust\nWhether you’re new at the game or a grizzled expert, this work contains all the stuff you’ll need to know when you take your turn on the bow. The good stuff! Of particular interest are in-depth interviews with experienced flats guides from some of the great saltwater destinations across the globe. For me, On the Bow is a must have addition to my fly fishing library. -- Mike Lawson, author of Spring Creeks and Fly-Fishing Guide to the Henry’s Fork 
 About the Author 
Bill Horn is a mostly retired natural resources/wildlife law attorney whose career focused on natural resource management and law as well as fish and wildlife conservation. As Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks in the Regan Administration, he played an active role in the early stages of the Everglades restoration program and elevated fishery programs within FWS. 
As a private attorney, his clients included the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, and Trout Unlimited, among others. Horn has long been active in private sector conservation. He has served on the board of directors for the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and Trout Unlimited. 
He has chased bonefish, tarpon, and permit for over forty years in the Keys, Bahamas, Hawaii, and Mexico. His articles have appeared in American Angler, Florida Sportsman, the Angling Report, the BTT Journal, Fly Rod & Reel, and the Pointing Dog Journal. His first book, Seasons on the Flats, was published by Headwater Books/Stackpole in 2012. Horn lives in the Florida Keys (Marathon) and Teton Valley, Idaho.

On the Bow: Love, Fear, and Fascination in the Pursuit of Bonefish, Tarpon, and Permit

Stackpole Books

The word “Alaska” conjures visions of jagged icy peaks, smoking volcanoes, vast crimson tundra, sweeping blue rivers and lakes, shaggy brown bears, bush airplanes and pilots, remote Native villages, flashing rainbow trout, and rivers teeming with crimson salmon. These visions are realized, on a stupendous scale, in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. Each year 60 million or more wild salmon pour into the Bay to fight their way upstream past nets, anglers, bears, swirling rapids, and cascading waterfalls in lake and river systems with magical names—Iliamna, Kvichak, Naknek, Alagnak, Becharof, Egegik, Nushagak, Togiak, and Ugashik. 
Sport anglers travel to the region to pursue all five species of Pacific salmon, dolly varden and arctic char, grayling and giant rainbow trout that provide unmatched thrills on the end of a line with their explosive runs and twisting leaps. This unparalleled fishing—driven by the salmon—makes Bristol Bay the place of fly fisher’s dreams. 
In this book, author Bill Horn provides a detailed and compelling account of the natural history and life cycle of these fish as well as a glimpse into the culture, management, and politics that are part of the sockeye salmon story. It also offers essential information for anglers planning a trip to the region, including best times of the year for fishing, strategies and fly choices, and planning your trip.

The Crimson Wave: Sockeye Salmon, Rainbow Trout, and Alaska's Bristol Bay

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Hunting, grouse dogs, and the great outdoorsLike many of his contemporaries, Dennis LaBare's parents moved to a big-city suburb to live a modest life as a result of the Great Depression and World War II.Along with the new landscape, his parents of rural origins introduced to him an appreciation of outdoor living like farming, hunting, wandering through the forest, reading outdoor magazines, and spending summer vacations visiting the folks "back home."In spite of the enormous cultural changes that came from the loud, roaring post-WWII era, the voices and traditions of those quiet country origins made their way into LaBare's consciousness and that of his generation.Appalachian Grouse Dog: A Boomer's Memoir is an ode to boomers and the pursuits of the traditional outdoors. Here in clear-eyed prose is the life-changing story of one boy and one dog who made it through the cacophony of modern America to a life of appreciation and outdoor living. It is a celebration of the deep roots of another time and place-of a dog, a gun, and time enough.

Appalachian Grouse Dog: A Boomer’s Memoir

Labare, Dennis

Labare, Helen Stacy

Biographies & Memoirs

Catamount Press

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