Rhyming text and illustrations describe the ways fish are caught in various locations around the world.

Perfect gift book for anglers Entertaining to veterans and newcomers who fish saltwater and fresh Many who catch fish and fish in a variety of foreign and problematic habitats have developed a panoply of interesting, innovative, and oftentimes weird ways of outwitting them. These 90 essays mix fact, lore, and anecdotes in a humorous compilation describing the great lengths to which fishermen are willing to go to extract these relatively dimwitted yet challenging creatures from lakes, rivers, and the sea. On the cover, a retired school bus driver in Washington rigged a giant slingshot to the side of an ancient Volkswagen Beetle. By rearing back about twenty feet on the rubber sling, he could fire his railroad spike sinker and bait well out into the Columbia River to catch sturgeon.

If you think fishing is a simple matter of casting off from a river bank with a rod and reel then you are about to find out it is much more than that. Obsessive fisherman Kevin Ireland recounts how the sport is a passionate love affair with the natural world. Since getting hooked as a boy, Ireland has punted on wild Irish lakes, clambered over medieval abbeys, trawled through old texts, and spent several thousand hours actually fishing. This book he says, is the sum total of all he now knows, or will ever know about catching a fish.

The indispensable guide to catching fish. Author Mike Rendle draws on more than four decades of experience as a professional and recreational fisherman, as a fishing magazine editor and as an author, to teach you the fundamentals of fishing in New Zealand. This is a book for everyone who wants to know how to fish. It will teach you the basics, explain the equipment, introduce you to the techniques, but most of all it will inspire you to learn more and begin your own fishing career.