Collins New Encyclopedia of Fishing in Britain and Ireland

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Within these pages lie enough experience, advice and instruction to enable the angler to catch any fish in and around the waters of Britain and Ireland.
The contributors, led by general editor Michael Prichard, are all experts in their chosen areas of angling. They include world champion Tom Pickering who reveals his mastery of matchfishing. Allen Edwards writes about the pleasures and techniques of modern coarse fishing. Bob Carnill shows how he fly-fishes stillwaters, streams and rivers for trout. Crawford Little shares his encyclopedic knowledge of landing the salmon. Alan Yates explains in detail the tackles and techniques for sea angling from the shore. And Michael Prichard himself takes the reader aboard to go boat-fishing for sharks, rays, cod and other marine species.
Compared with almost every other sport, angling offers the greatest diversity of action. There is of course the unpredictability of the catch. Far more, there is the enormous... Tovább

Fülszöveg

''¦M!' II


i.i.il

Within these pages lie enough experience, advice and instruction to enable the angler to catch any fish in and around the waters of Britain and Ireland.
The contributors, led by general editor Michael Prichard, are all experts in their chosen areas of angling. They include world champion Tom Pickering who reveals his mastery of matchfishing. Allen Edwards writes about the pleasures and techniques of modern coarse fishing. Bob Carnill shows how he fly-fishes stillwaters, streams and rivers for trout. Crawford Little shares his encyclopedic knowledge of landing the salmon. Alan Yates explains in detail the tackles and techniques for sea angling from the shore. And Michael Prichard himself takes the reader aboard to go boat-fishing for sharks, rays, cod and other marine species.
Compared with almost every other sport, angling offers the greatest diversity of action. There is of course the unpredictability of the catch. Far more, there is the enormous variety of places, situations, techniques, tackles and skills that make this the most popular of active leisure pastimes.
It is the great achievement of this book that it provides a thorough description of all the kinds of angling available in and around the British Isles. It explains how to 'read the water' and how to understand the natural environment of the fish.
All the fish species likely to be sought in salt or freshwater are shown accurately illustrated in full colour, each brilliantly painted by Dr Dietrich Burkel, vkdth full descriptions of type, habitat and bait. There are also numerous annotated diagrams of rigs and tackles, each showing clearly how they should be used; specially prepared water 'profiles' of rivers, lakes, shores and coastlines where the various species are to be found; and scores of superb action photographs. Vissza