There are thousands of books about all facets of fishing available to the consumer — if you know where to look. Here are some places to start your search.

If you’re looking for a quick and clear book on where and when to fish the Pacific side of Central America, Ray Rychnovsky’s “Fishing Guide to Central America’s Prolific Pacific” is a good place to start.

The lede to Monte Burke’s “Lords of the Fly” is that tarpon are a fish that have befuddled everyone from Hall of Fame ballpayers to gangsters to business titans to dilletantes since the time of Michelangelo, if not earlier. The more significant message, however, is that the fish don’t give a fuck who you are. If they had middle fingers to give, they’d shoot two of them in all of their suitors’ directions.