The complete fishing manual
Book - 2021
"The ultimate guide to every aspect of freshwater, game, and sea fishing"--Back cover.
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- Published
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing
2021.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- American edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
"Content previously published in Eyewitness companion fishing." - Physical Description
- 352 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744034165
- Foreword
- Fishing Basics
- Chapter 1. Getting Started
- Fishing today
- Fishing for the first time
- Fishing clubs and tackle shops
- Fishing licenses
- Developing your fishing
- Chapter 2. Fishing Tackle
- Rod basics
- Types of rods
- Reel basics
- Types of reels
- Hooks and weights
- Additional terminal tackle
- Floats
- Lines and knots
- Freshwater baits
- Saltwater baits
- Lures
- Fly basics
- Types of flies
- Cold-weather clothing
- Warm-weather clothing
- Fly-fishing clothing
- Shelters
- Carrying your equipment
- Chapter 3. Essential Skills
- Simple casting
- Roll casting
- Overhead casting
- Double-hauling
- Spey casting
- Striking, playing, and landing fish
- Unhooking and releasing fish
- Freshwater watercraft
- Saltwater watercraft
- Fishing Strategies
- Chapter 4. Freshwater Bait and Lure
- Drop-shot fishing for perch
- Lure- and fly-fishing for pike
- Lake-fishing for Largemouth bass
- Lake bottom-fishing
- Float-fishing lake margins
- Pole-fishing
- Lake-fishing for carp
- Stalking for carp
- Freelining and light bottom-fishing
- River-fishing for giant catfish
- Chapter 5. Saltwater Bait and Lure
- Estuary fishing for mullet
- Shore-fishing for sea trout
- Kayak fishing
- Pier fishing
- Long-range beach-fishing
- Beach-fishing for sharks
- Surf-fishing for European sea bass
- Lure-fishing for European sea bass
- Shore-fishing for striped bass
- Rock-edge fishing for pollack
- Lure-fishing for wrasse
- Inshore boat-fishing for striped bass
- Inshore saltwater fishing
- Boat-fishing for tarpon
- Slow trolling for salmon
- Lure-fishing for tuna
- Wreck-fishing
- Boat-fishing for sharks
- Vertical jigging
- Big-game fishing
- Chapter 6. Fly-Fishing
- Reservoir and lake fly-fishing
- Fly-fishing on small rivers
- Wet fly-fishing on lakes
- Czech nymphing
- Sight-fishing for wild brown trout
- Fly-fishing for Atlantic salmon
- Fly-fishing for steelhead
- River-fishing for tiger fish
- Fly-fishing for carp
- Fly-fishing for pike
- Loch-style fly-fishing
- Fly-fishing for bonefish
- Fly-fishing for milkfish
- Fly-fishing for giant trevally
- Fly-fishing from a flats boat
- Fly-fishing for European sea bass
- Ultra deep-water fly-fishing
- Fish Species
- Chapter 7. Freshwater Fish
- Chapter 8. Saltwater Fish
- World of Fishing
- British Columbia
- Alaska
- Ontario
- Montana
- Long Island, New York
- South Carolina
- Bahamas
- Florida Keys
- Yucatan Peninsula
- Coasts of Costa Rica
- Los Roques
- Fierra del Fuego
- Southern England
- Scotland
- County Clare
- Wexford Coast
- Norwegian Sea
- Northwest Norway
- Western Baltic Coast
- Kalmar region
- Andalucia
- Ebro River
- Limousin region
- Switzerland
- Northern Italy
- Austria
- Kola Peninsula
- Kamchatka
- Mongolia
- Japan
- Kaveri River
- Iguela Lagoon
- Southern Angolan Coast
- Skeleton Coast
- Vaal and Orange Rivers
- Bazaruto Archipelago
- Caprivi Strip
- Murchison Falls
- Kenyan Coast
- Seychelles
- Northern Territory
- Cairns
- Tasmania
- New Zealand
- Hawaii
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments