Tap's Tips: Practical Advice for All Outdoorsmen

by H.G. Tapply, William G. Tapply (Introduction)

A real veteran of the outdoors, H. G. Tapply writes from the direct, down-to-earth viewpoint of one who has "been there, done it". He denies being an expert in any sense of the word, but he is nevertheless a walking encyclopedia on virtually every phase of outdoor sport and writes with the true ring of authority on all aspects of fishing, hunting, camping, dog training, fly tying, and woodcraft.

With a new introduction written by his son, William G. Tapply, Tap's Tips thoroughly spans the tricks experts use, such
o hooking trout with flies.
o catching bass, pike, salmon, and panfish with lures and bait.
o selecting the right tackle.
o cleaning and cooking fish.
o getting more pleasure from a day on the water.
o hunting upland game birds, ducks, small game, big game, and varmints.
o handling guns (with a shooting tip practically guaranteed to make you a better wingshot).
o boating.
o choosing the companions that can make or break a trip into the woods.

Tapply's narrative skill makes reading this book almost as enjoyable as actually hooking a good-sized trout or watching a bird dog stiffen to a solid point on a cornered pheasant.

Genres: Outdoors

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2004

Reviews

[RAH · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tap’s Tips: Packed with info, but not a bore!

Tapply really delivered with this book! He put his wide array of knowledge and outdoor skills into text to create a fast flowing nonfiction piece.

I find this book to be just as enjoyable of a read as any novel. He puts certain characteristics that you don’t mostly find in non fiction. He adds in passages of his own success or lack of. For example at the start of one subtitled page on Where to catch trout on opening day, he starts off by saying “If your last opening day was anything like mine you found the water much to high....” This is a nice change to the usual “trout fishing is hard” or another blunt and obvious statement. The only other books I have read like this are ones that I collect that are from early and mid 1900’s that have passages from personal nature journals and field guides.

The amount of information in a simple to understand and humorous (in some cases) fashion on the topics of fishing, hunting, packing, and anything outdoors is fantastic. If you want a good read to brush up on your wilderness knowledge with out reading Latin names all day this is your kinda book!