Fishing, A Very Peculiar History电子书

Cover

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Dedication

Fishing

Quotes

British record list

Quotes (2)

Introduction: First Casts

Early evidence

Species profile: The bleak

Here comes the hook

Easter Island

Aelfric’s Colloquy

Fishing in the 15th century

The history of fish and chips

Barker’s Delight or The Art of Angling

Species profile: The bream

Alien invasion – Top five threats to the UK’s waters

Izaak Walton: The Compleat Angler, 1653

The coming of the railway

Tom’s day ticket

Angling gets organised

CHAPTER ONE: Coarse or game?

Coarse fishing in brief

Game fishing in brief

A note on salmon fishing

No thanks, I’m not hungry

How much? – The relative cost of tackle explored

Species profile: The carp

The fish themselves

The fishing club

The angling syndicate

About the adipose fin

The angler’s attire

Beverages

Types of water

Species profile: The barbel

The work party

How to stuff a fish

The angler’s transport

Why aren’t whales fish, again?

Species profile: The catfish

Recipe: Pan-fried catfish

Sea angling

CHAPTER TWO: Tackle

The rod, the reel and the end tackle

The beginner’s basic kit

Tickling trout

The Avon/quiver rod

Feeder rod

Poles

Fly rods

Five household items you can use for tackle

Species profile: The char

Carp and pike rods

Reels

Fishing lines

Floats

The 7 deadly fish

Ledgers and feeders

Bait boats

Species profile: The chub

Hooks and knots

Places you must fish

Some extras

Species profile: The dace

CHAPTER THREE: Baits, lures and flies

Nasty baits

5 ways to disguise maggots in the fridge*

Slugs, grasshoppers and moths

Species profile: The eel

Nice baits

Izaak Walton’s paste recipe

New baits

Make your own boilie

Gudgeon-fishing parties

Lures, spinners & plugs

Species profile: The grayling

Deadbaits

Top ingredients for groundbait

Chum

Dry and wet flies

10 flies you must own

Salmon flies

Species profile: The gudgeon

Species profile: The roach

Species profile: The rudd

Tying your own flies

CHAPTER FOUR: Techniques

Float fishing

Shotting techniques

Detecting a bite

Unusual ways to catch fish

Ledgering

A better rig

Using ‘the method’

Detecting ledger bites

Freelining

Lure fishing

Species profile: The gwyniad

The retrieve and the take

How to cast a fly

When to strike

Wet and dry fly fishing

Species profile: The ide

Playing, landing and unhooking

Species profile: The perch

Caring for fish

Duffer’s Fortnight

Where to fish

CHAPTER FIVE: Tradition or technology?

Philosophy versus purpose

Cane vs. carbon fibre

The action of a rod

Centrepin vs. fixed-spool reel

The bird’s nest

Natural baits vs. the boilie

Species profile: The pike

Comparing rigs

Bite detection

Supplementary gear

Dick Walker catches Clarissa

A good read

The close season vs. open all hours

Recipe: Baked pike

Species profile: The zander

CHAPTER SIX: Angling Adventure

Canada: The sturgeon

The piranha myth

The Bahamas: The bonefish

Argentina: The sea trout

Norway: The pike

Russia: The Atlantic salmon

Egypt: The Nile perch

The fish hall of shame

France: The carp

Spain: The catfish

India: The mahseer

Mongolia: The taimen

New Zealand: Brown trout

Five great fishy films

CHAPTER SEVEN: Angling archetypes

Species profile: The salmon

The miserable angler

Homemade mosquito repellent

Fish and country music

Species profile: The shad

Hands off

Species profile: The tench

CHAPTER EIGHT: Fishing legends

Species profile: The trout

Recipe: Fried trout

The missed bite

Timeline

Glossary

End matter

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