God knows (and so do all of you) that I am not a great writer. Heck, I am not even good, never mind great. But what I try to be is honest. I figured if I am , you will see past my misspelled words and all the “zenoisam” and understand what I am getting at.
I don’t give out praise that easily either. Most of the equipment and lures that I use are good. There are only few items in my surfcasting arsenal that I consider great. Sometimes my rigged eels are great and sometimes they look like they were rigged by an 8 year old. My SS darters are great..when fish want them.
I’ve read many books on surf fishing and many are good. I doubt there is a book that I’ve read that I haven’t picked up a thing or two. What would I call a “great” book? Shinning Tides by Brooks published sometimes in the 50’s. It captured my imagination. It made me dream while I read it. It is hard to do this in a how-to book. Very hard. Presenting the facts in entertaining manner can be a daunting job. I know all of you have read The Art of Surfcasting With Lures. I still ship 5 to 1 of The Art of Surfcasting to any other book I published for me or for others. It is your vote on its usefulness, not me telling you what is good. And that is the way its suppose to be.
But I got news for you. There is new sheriff in town and his name is John Skinner.
John has a book being printed as we speak ” Fishing the Bucktail” that I will call “great” book without reservations. All I am going to say is this, I have never read anything like it. I never wanted the book to end and all I could think is how am I going to stick a lojack device under John’s truck so I can follow him around. Yes, the book will be considered a how-to more than his previous bestseller A Season on the Edge.
What did I get out of it? After all, I have been fishing for few years now. I wrote few books. I should know my shit. Let me tell you something, I am reconsidering most of the stuff I do with my bucktails and modifying many things in particular places after reading this book. Look, I don’t want to tell you that you need this. What I am telling you is that you going to want to have this book.
Doc Muller wrote a bucktail book awhile ago and you might wonder are they alike. They are not even close. They might be two books on same subject but written from two totally different angles. John is a inlet junkie, a guy as comfortable with a 5 ounce bucktail as he is with a small one on the yak. Once you start reading the book and start to get into his head, thinking along the lines he does you are going to step back and say, whoa, this dude is intense…lmao
Anyway, that is all for now. The book is expected to be printed in about ten days and in stores for Thanksgiving. The retail price on this 130 page book is $17.95 and like I said should be in stores by Thanksgiving.
John is make limited number of signed copies available only to SJ Blog readers.If you need info on address to mail a check please contact us at info@surfcastersjournal.com
Here is the link you can follow to reserve your signed copy (or you can just click on the picture) and when the book is printed, John will sign it and it will be mailed to you. This is limited time offer. We will. Iftake this link down in few days http://surfcastersgear.com/Reserve-autographed-copy-Fishing-the-Bucktail-by-John-Skinner-Fishing-the-Bucktail-Skinner.htm
CHAPTERS
1. A BUCKTAIL PRIMER……………………………………………. 7
2. BUCKTAIL CHARACTERISTICS ………………………… 15
3. NUTS AND BOLTS ……………………………………………… 27
4. OCEAN SAND BEACHES …………………………………….. 31
5. OCEAN INLET JETTIES ………………………………………. 41
6. BACK BAY SHORELINES …………………………………….. 55
7. ROCKY SOUND BEACHES …………………………………… 63
8. MONTAUK SURF …………………………………………………. 75
9. SHALLOW INSHORE WATERS……………………………… 83
10. THREE-WAY RIGS IN DEEP RIPS ………………………… 91
11. LIGHT TACKLE FLUKE BUCKTAILING…………….. 101
12. MAKING YOUR OWN BUCKTAILS …………………… 111
13. FINAL THOUGHTS ……………………………………………. 121
