Barrie Rickards (276 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Angling: Fundamental Principles This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Best of Pikelines This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Ppxvi,318. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Preface by Martin Gay. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Ex-library copy, usual faults. Good working copy in dust-wrapper. "Barrie Rickards' name is a byword among anglers, and this book is his personal manifesto - the sum of almost forty years' experience." Contents include:- A history of angling in the UK; Hooks; Fishing lines; Rods; Reels; Ledger and float fishing; Casting; Playing and landing fish; Recording and records; Coarse fishing; Game fishing; Sea fishing; Baits; Hunting and food; Cooking; Conservation and ecology; Sport and cruelty; Pollution and common law; Drainage and abstraction; Liaison committees and water sharing; Clubs and societies; National bodies; Licences; Species and stocking; Management; Waters; Fairy stories; Miscellany - Cliches and charlatans, Magazines and books, Angling 'careers', Future angling, Blueprint for clean rivers. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Ppxvi,318. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Preface by Martin Gay. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Slightly cocked, stained and used. Good in torn dust-wrapper. "Barrie Rickards' name is a byword among anglers, and this book is his personal manifesto - the sum of almost forty years' experience." Contents include:- A history of angling in the UK; Hooks; Fishing lines; Rods; Reels; Ledger and float fishing; Casting; Playing and landing fish; Recording and records; Coarse fishing; Game fishing; Sea fishing; Baits; Hunting and food; Cooking; Conservation and ecology; Sport and cruelty; Pollution and common law; Drainage and abstraction; Liaison committees and water sharing; Clubs and societies; National bodies; Licences; Species and stocking; Management; Waters; Fairy stories; Miscellany - Cliches and charlatans, Magazines and books, Angling 'careers', Future angling, Blueprint for clean rivers. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). (1976) 1979 reprint. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Ppx,165. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use and fading to boards, tanning to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. This is a very detailed and practical discussion of plugs and plug fishing, drawing heavily on the practical experience and experiments undertaken by Barrie Rickards and Ken Whitehead. The book is divided into three sections. Part one - The plugs themselves: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Some good plugs; Making and maintaining plugs; Plugs in history. Part two - Tackle for plug fishermen and general techniques: Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Casting; Boat fishing and echo-sounding; Clothing; History of tackle. Part three - Plug fishing: Plugs and pike - time of year, plugs versus spinners, the complete (travelling) plug fisherman, approach to a swim, size of plugs, plugs for different circumstances, speed and depth of retrieve, treble hooks; Plugs and perch; Plugs and zander; Plugs and chub - surface lures, deep-diving and sinking lures, weather and water-temperature; Plugs and other fish. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp158. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations by Rebecca Lyne. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Smells musty, spotting to end-paper, damp marks to boards and rear of dust-wrapper but very good. This book "provides you with all the information you are likely to need. Covers the lures themselves, tackle and techniques. Contains chapters on using lures to catch pike, zander, chub, perch and other coarse fish species, as well as salmon, trout and sea trout. Considers boat fishing, advanced big-water trolling, sea fishing and big game fishing. Discusses jerkbait fishing, rubber jigs and lures, lightweight lure fishing the use of hybrid lures". Contributions by James Holgate and Gord Burton on lure-fishing for pike in large waters, Dave Steuart on spinning for salmon, particularly in South Country rivers, Fred J.Taylor on spinning for trout, and David Bird on lure fishing for big-game species. Very strong on pike fishing but with good sections on light-tackle spinning for other species, and with much on Barrie's fishing adventures abroad, especially on Lake Nasser and in Australia and South America. The foreword is by John Wilson. . Lyne, Rebecca (illustrator).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (162 x 240mm). Ppx,165. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt with black spine label. Some browning and use but a good-plus first edition copy in chipped and torn dust-wrapper. This is a very detailed and practical discussion of plugs and plug fishing, drawing heavily on the practical experience and experiments undertaken by Barrie Rickards and Ken Whitehead. The book is divided into three sections. Part one - The plugs themselves: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Some good plugs; Making and maintaining plugs; Plugs in history. Part two - Tackle for plug fishermen and general techniques: Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Casting; Boat fishing and echo-sounding; Clothing; History of tackle. Part three - Plug fishing: Plugs and pike - time of year, plugs versus spinners, the complete (travelling) plug fisherman, approach to a swim, size of plugs, plugs for different circumstances, speed and depth of retrieve, treble hooks; Plugs and perch; Plugs and zander; Plugs and chub - surface lures, deep-diving and sinking lures, weather and water-temperature; Plugs and other fish. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 4to paperback (210 x 295mm). Pp72,ad. B/w illustrations by David Lumb. Minor faults. Quite used but solidly intact, second-hand paperback. A good and well-explained introduction to all pike fishing techniques, lucidly illustrated by (an unacknowledged) David Lumb. Contents include: Rods; Reels; Line and trace wire attachment; Hooks; Leads; Bite indicators; Floats; Rigs - ledgering, paternosters, various, deadbaits; Covering the water; Ballooning; Vaned float drifting in practice; Techniques (three sections); Fishing snaggy swims; Water coverage, river and drain; Shallow-fished paternoster over deep water; Bait trolling; Rising float sub-surface paternoster; sunken float paternoster; Storing livebaits; Pre-baiting and groundbaiting; Lure function chart; Spinners and spoons, basic patterns; Carrying lures; Boat fishing; Protective clothing; Echo sounders and fish locators; Playing, unhooking and returning; Landing pike; Keeping angling club records; The Pike Anglers' Club of Great Britain. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Ppxvi,318. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Preface by Martin Gay. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Barrie Rickards' name is a byword among anglers, and this book is his personal manifesto - the sum of almost forty years' experience." Contents include: A history of angling in the UK; Hooks; Fishing lines; Rods; Reels; Ledger and float fishing; Casting; Playing and landing fish; Recording and records; Coarse fishing; Game fishing; Sea fishing; Baits; Hunting and food; Cooking; Conservation and ecology; Sport and cruelty; Pollution and common law; Drainage and abstraction; Liaison committees and water sharing; Clubs and societies; National bodies; Licences; Species and stocking; Management; Waters; Fairy stories; Miscellany - Cliches and charlatans, Magazines and books, Angling 'careers', Future angling, Blueprint for clean rivers. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). (1976) 1979 reprint. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Ppx,165. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Dust-wrapper torn with loss else good-plus. This is a very detailed and practical discussion of plugs and plug fishing, drawing heavily on the practical experience and experiments undertaken by Barrie Rickards and Ken Whitehead. The book is divided into three sections. Part one - The plugs themselves: Introducing plugs; Classification of plugs; Some good plugs; Making and maintaining plugs; Plugs in history. Part two - Tackle for plug fishermen and general techniques: Rods; Reels; Lines; Terminal tackle; Miscellaneous tackle; Casting; Boat fishing and echo-sounding; Clothing; History of tackle. Part three - Plug fishing: Plugs and pike - time of year, plugs versus spinners, the complete (travelling) plug fisherman, approach to a swim, size of plugs, plugs for different circumstances, speed and depth of retrieve, treble hooks; Plugs and perch; Plugs and zander; Plugs and chub - surface lures, deep-diving and sinking lures, weather and water-temperature; Plugs and other fish. .…