50 FISH TO CATCH BEFORE YOU DIE. By John Bailey.

2008 1st edition. 4to (197 x 254mm). Pp224. Colour photographs, colour and b/w illustrations, throughout, decorative end-papers. Decorative green boards.

"A spectacular guide to the greatest catches in world angling". Fifty fish chosen by John Bailey: where to find them, how to catch them, and an account of the author's own experiences catching each. Tench, perch, chub etc., with many more exotic species in many different countries. Taimen, huchen, sturgeon, barramundi, arapaima, black bass, dorado, tigerfish and many others, plus saltwater species such as tarpon, bonefish, giant trevally, halibut, and bass. A wide-ranging and readable book with many good pictures. The sailfish, the rainbow trout, the Pacific salmon, the Nile perch, the catfish-how many of "the 50" have you caught? Angler John Bailey presents this catalogue of 50 of the world's most remarkable and challenging fish, offering insight into each variety and revealing the skills and techniques required to land them in anecdotal fishing tales. With photos of actual catches, the book is as much an inspirational travelogue as a source of advice and covers fishing around the world in still and running freshwater,estuaries, coasts and open sea.