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If you've not angled the world running waters before reading Dan's book, you soon will after the books completion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style='box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"PT Sans\", sans-serif, google !important;'\u003eTo those who've read the original River Fishing book by Dan D. Gapen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\"; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(48, 56, 71);'\u003eThere's a treat in this completely revised and updated edition. Withinits covers are more diagrams, more explanations, more how-to with 26 new chapters, and more newly discovered techniques by the \"Head River Rat,\" Dan D. Gapen Sr. It is a book all would-be and expert angler alike must have.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px; color: rgb(48, 56, 71); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eDan Gapen Sr's \"Head River Rat\" \u003c\/span\u003e-  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(48, 56, 71);\"\u003eDVD Series #1\u003cbr\u003eHigh Water River Fishing Tips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style='box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"PT Sans\", sans-serif, google !important;'\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gapen-dvd-head-river-rat-1\"\u003eHead River Rat DVD #1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eDan Gapen Sr's \"Head River Rat\" \u003c\/span\u003e -  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eDVD Series #2\u003cbr\u003eSummer River Fishing Tips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gapen-dvd-head-river-rat-2\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eHead River Rat DVD #2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eDan Gapen Sr's \"Fishing the Wild World\" \u003c\/span\u003e-  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eDVD Series Fishing The World - fishing rivers around the World. 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His books on rivers over the years have exposed the angler to a vast array of how-to tips, which have enriched and increased their catch. In their TV show, \"Fishing the World with The Ol' Man and Bobber Anne,\" Dan and \"Bobber\" Anne have brought viewers to rivers throughout the world where they learn how to fish the multitude of river fish available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e In this River Rat waterway series of DVDs, Dan once again opens the door and educates its viewers to this world where soft flowing and rapid exploding rivers give up their trophies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003eWe hope these DVDs become a platform from which you can reap the harvest of rivers. 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