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BOOKS
- by John A. Vance
written primarily for other pros/semi pros and the extremely ardent sportfishers!


DRIFTERS
( a whole series)

  Exclusive 'pro' - not found in stores - for 'gills, slab/crappie,
walleye/smallmouth,pike, trout/salmon & musky!


RIG HOLDERS


WEIGHT STACKERS!
NEW EXCLUSIVE, not found in stores - cheap, easy - get as deep as you need to: specialized
TROLLING  RIGS!
including;
TROLLING RUDDER SYSTEM!

BIG WATER
HARNESSES & MORE!

pro stuff - not the crap you're used to!


SLIP BOBBERS 
& Easy ON/OFF slip bobbers!


SLIDER WEIGHTS
especially for 'gill & crappie fishers - who need a 'fine feel'!


SCENT INJECTOR
heavy duty, specialty!

ICE FISHING JIGS & More
and my exclusive specialty ice attractors - better then chum! Return clientele will squeal with delight at all the new colors!


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Most items now have a simple and cost effective $8.00 flat rate for shipping. The trouble with this is that it is past slow as it is regular post. To use any courier, they charge a brokerage fee, often worth way more than any given product/book. But, you'll see that we can use a 'priority' post, too, which gets items to you MUCH more quickly, and relatively cost effectively.  This is what the 'shipping option' buttons are all about, below. You will be given that option when you are actually purchasing an item, and is at your discretion!
Notice also, that there is a slight discrepancy between printed matter and actual 'items', this is because, while the post office did away with the printed matter only rate ( which was less expensive) we still have that as an option, but it gives you much quicker status, over that of what are regarded as 'hard goods' which are not written books/material, as per se...., but it costs the extra amount, over the flat rate.
If you need further clarification about ANY of the products, don't hesitate to contact me - that's what I'm here for! You  will be dialoguing DIRECTLY with me as the author of the books or manufacturer of most of the unique products at this site. I DO NOT have the same 'bottom line' as a store, as per se., and I'm primarily an outdoor writer and 'expert in my field', and ALWAYS give FAR MORE value than just an ordered product. I DO NOT CONDUCT MYSELF in the usual manner of a store or usual business, and why you get such great service - and respect! Try me! John A. Vance

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5 BUSINESS DAY shipping option
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This will add $6.00 USD to your order.
PRIORITY 2 WEEK shipping option
(for orders that are not printed material, or also include printed material)
This will add $7.00 USD to your order.

"Just 'Feeding Minnow Flash' Attracting Rigs for Ice Fishing"

The book of  extremely detailed instructions on how to use them.  
ISBN 0-9734739-5-9     (NEW Release 2006!)

      This book is nearly 50 pages in length, and gives you the 'intimate' detail on how to get the most out of these rigs. Over four years of research/use has gone into this, and it's only the beginning! 
As more and more people use these feeding minnow flash attractors - and get creative, they'll push them far beyond where I have gone with them, over time!

 1 Book "Just 'Feeding Minnow Flash' Attracting Rigs For Ice Fishing"
$15.99 US
plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination
2 Books  "Just 'Feeding Minnow Flash' Attracting Rigs For Ice Fishing"
$ 28.99 US,
plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination

1 Book 
"Just 'Feeding Minnow Flash' Attracting Rigs For Ice Fishing"
+ your choice of  one single hook or no hooked attractor rig
 
only $19.49 US!
  plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination
Please choose which fish species you want to use it for PRIMARILY, and I'll send you the most appropriate attractor. Choose, with hook, without hook: choose species you fish for primarily, All panfish, bluegill, crappie, perch, walleye, pike, speckled trout, lake trout/splake, largemouth/smallmouth bass.

Size
Fish Type




Just Crappie Book
"Just Crappie"
ISBN:  0-9734739-4-0
     (Released, May 2004)

Specially written for the DEDICATED and HARD-CORE crappie fishers of
the NORTHERN, CENTRAL US and Canada - north of the Mason-Dixon Line
.

     This is not the 'same old, same old' stuff - nor words re-arranged form someone else. It contains the needed info for both the accomplished crappie fishers; and fundamental knowledge for novices too, and lacking by even many pros and semi pros!  The information tells you where crappie are at any season of the year, why they're there, and then how to catch 'em!  Included is info and strategy - so you can find crappie in any sized water body at any time of the year - or day or night!   There is a great chapter on Ice Fishing Crappie too!  This is an 'economy' edition, non glossy but lightly covered cover to resist atmospheric humidity and to lock colors in.  It has a plastic comb - better and more costly to produce than the typical 'glue bound' books - to lie flat and last for years as a reference book! Indeed, most pros will take the info from this book and "make it their own".
$19.99 US  plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination




Ice Fishing Basics Book
"Ice Fishing Basics" 
ISBN: 0-9734739-3-2     (Released September 2003)

     A  144 page, wire spiral bound ( to last years - far better life expectancy than traditional glue bound books) book that lies flat - take and read it anywhere - in the ice hut, in bed, at the office or while in the bathroom sitting on the - well - toilet!
    This book will be 'the industry standard'.  It's not the author bragging about all the fish he catches, nor hard to understand stuff - it's what fishers need and want to know - order with confidence.  And it's riveting - once a fisher starts to read it he can't put it down - and finally, when they do put it down - they'll return to it at every chance they get - then they'll re-read it!

$18.99 US (was $22.00)  plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination

5 BUSINESS DAY shipping option
(for orders including printed material ONLY)
This will add $6.00 USD to your order.
PRIORITY 2 WEEK shipping option
(for orders that are not printed material, or also include printed material)
This will add $7.00 USD to your order.



Planer Boards Book
"How to Set Up and Operate Planer Boards"
ISBN: 0-9734739-0-8

    A plastic spiral bound book - written in handbook style gives MINUTE DETAIL needed to set up and operate planer boards.  Many fishers simply give up because they just can't get everything together to run boards properly - this book's for you!  The instructions given are suitable for home made boards and store bought boards alike!  If you need instruction or are new to planer board fishing - give yourself a break and order this book to-day! 
$12.99 US  
plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination




Planer Board 101 Book
"Planer Board Fishing - The 101 Techniques"
ISBN:  0-9734739-1-6

     A plastic spiral bound book written for everyone who uses planer boards. This book outlines actual planer board fishing strategy so you'll catch nearly any fish in any sized water. Covers walleye, crappie, perch trout and salmon and how to find fish using planer boards - then how to catch 'em! This book is the 'sequel' to the set up and operation book and continues where it leaves off so planer board fishers are successful and get the most from this superlative and efficient method of fishing!  
$12.99 US   plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination




Walleye Book
"Walleye Biology and Behavior
...From a Fisherman's Point of View"
ISBN: 0-9734739-2-4


Finally - it's been updated and printed ( second edition) - and is ready to go!

     If you're an extremely ardent or a pro fisher - you're gonna want this book!  It has 'insight' from my 40 year 'as a pro'  career, plus much info from hundreds of pages of walleye biology from research papers of both government and university levels - put in 'layman' terminology and with explanations of the 'scientific terms' so you can  understand and USE the info - and enjoy/appreciate the walleye much more fully at an extremely advanced level!
This book'll give you the foundational basic info you need to formulate fishing strategy - and FIND WALLEYE in ALL North AMERICAN water AT ANY SEASON!

     Make no mistake - the information found in this book isn't the 'same old, same old' info just re-written in my own words.  As with ALL of my books - you'll garner ( and understand) far more info after a second/third 'read' - it's that jam-packed full of almost pure knowledge!
     Too, as with all of my books when sent out - I invite further comment/discussion - from you ( I'm a grassroots writer - part of the fishing community - not above you, but WITH you) if you need it.  It takes me a few hours of my time daily to reply to emails sent from my readership - but that's one of the 'things' I do in my semi retirement - and enjoy every second of it!  Indeed, I'm your 'pro' resource person - and invite all my clientele to write me with discussion/dialogue - and all this - for free - with the purchase of any of my products.  I'm gonna bet none of any of the other 'pro's of which you have their books/products of are offering this service!
     This book is not the 'glossy' version, but has a light water resistant coating to resist atmospheric humidity, is fully lazer printed, included color pics of 'cancerous' growths to watch for, is plastic comb bound so it lies flat and will last far longer than conventional 'hot glue' bound books!

In fact - you may as well order two - because when your fishing bud borrows it - you'll be lucky to get it back!

1 'Walleye Biology and Behavior' book
$15.99 US
 
  plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination

2 'Walleye Biology and Behavior' books
$27.00 US
 
  plus $8.00 shipping to any North American destination


5 BUSINESS DAY shipping option

(for orders including printed material ONLY)
This will add $6.00 USD to your order.
PRIORITY 2 WEEK shipping option
(for orders that are not printed material, or also include printed material)
This will add $7.00 USD to your order.