A SPORTING ANGLER: PLACES, PEOPLE AND HAPPENINGS THAT FORM THE "STUFF OF FISHING". By Michael Pritchard.

1987 1st edition. 8vo (162 x 240mm). Pp192. B/w photographs. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.

Much on sea angling, especially in Ireland, but includes tales of fishing travel and journalism all over the world. "His travel has taken him from the misty coasts of Western Ireland, where fact and fable are ever intertwined, to the glacial streams of Greenland and the warm waters of the Arabian Gulf. Many of the habitats and places featured in this book appear among the numerous photographs, taken by the author, which accompany the narrative." Chapters include: The porbeagles of Clare; The prolific waters of Achill; Sesimbra and swordfish; A baptism of fire; Whisky and Driva; Where the ocean meets the sky; The day of the birds; Pike among the chimney tops; Tale of a working man; Halibut, huge skate and Hoy; Wrecks and conger eels; Halibut with a difference; The Tweed; The Corrie Creature; Icebergs, Arctic char and nostalgia; A touch of angling witchcraft; A woman of Mayo; 'Where the hell is the end of Main?'; The cod of Stonehaven; Bream among the windsurfers; Opportunist angling; The hybrids of Derryvony; Return to Kerry.