The Complete Guide to Coarse Fishing

Hardback. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Tiny piece of D/J. missing from top edge of spine. Crease to corner front D/J. The subjects covered range over all aspects of the sport, from equipment and methods, match fishing, and boat handling to the care of tackle and fly-fishing for coarse fish. A complete section is devoted to fishing for the sixteen primary species encountered in British waters, while chapters on the history of coarse fishing, fish biology, tackle development and fishery management provide the essential background to the practical art of fishing in fresh water. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this companion volume to The Complete Guide to Sea Angling is a book both for reference and enjoyable reading, and its text is admirably complemented by 32 pages of outstanding photographs, as well as numerous drawings by David Carl Forbes, himself a master angler. Illustrated. 216 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).