Tight Lines

Great fishermen aren’t made alone.

For seventy-five years, Larry Olson has fished Northwest water, from trout lakes and steelhead rivers to the salmon grounds of Puget Sound, Alaska, and British Columbia.

In Tight Lines, he tells you where to find the fish and what to put in front of them, and he gives you the reasoning behind every choice, so you understand why it works and can adapt when the water changes.

Then he goes a step further. Larry’s strategy rests on something most fishing books leave out: community. He and his fishing partners have traded spots, rigs, and hard lessons for over fifty years, and he’ll tell you how that habit of sharing makes you a better fisherman.

Keep a log, join a club, take a newcomer out on the boat, and you learn faster than you ever could alone.

It’s part field guide, part family story, and part invitation. It was written for the friends and family who kept asking how he does it.

Use what works. Share what you learn.

About the author

Larry Olson, known to his fishing friends as “Captain Larry O,” retired from Boeing in 2001 after a 41-year career. He has fished the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Alaska, Mexico, and New Zealand. He and his wife, Dian, live in Covington, Washington.

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