River fishing expert Bill Plantan never leaves home without ‘em; that is a full complement of prerigged rods and reels.

The world’s a harmonious place when Bill Plantan inconspicuously slides his canoe into the flow. A morning fog masks his craft, its intentions, and most of the river panorama. Unseen riffles trickle. Something crunches in the dried leaf litter, likely a squirrel, maybe a deer. In the distance an aroused turkey gobbles; it’s that time of the year.

Running a River, Lane by Lane
By Noel Vick

Within walking distance of my childhood home was a modest and antiquated bowling alley. Its décor was reminiscent of the television show Happy Days and bowling’s heyday. In retrospect, I can’t recall if the establishment – which has since been supplanted by a 300 or so screen multiplex – featured eight, ten, or twelve lanes. It matters not, though, because for its relation to Bill Plantan’s fishing analogy, it’ll go down as a 10-laner.

Economizing Scope and Improving Results
By Noel Vick

Bill Plantan, an impassioned river buff, often speaks about this guy who owned a big boat – the fast and glass sort – and nearly exclusively launched it on big water. One day, for whatever reason, he bought a canoe, a River Ridge Custom Canoe, and thus began a new chapter in his fishing career. As it turns out, that chapter evolved into a book, because once he learned how to fish moving water, well, that big boat never saw big water again. (Click to read article)

Seventy-Five Percent More And Better Fishing Waters For Free
by John E. Phillips