ANGLING: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. By Barrie Rickards.

1986 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 242mm). Ppxvi,318. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Preface by Martin Gay. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.

"Barrie Rickards' name is a byword among anglers, and this book is his personal manifesto - the sum of almost forty years' experience". Contents include: A history of angling in the UK; Hooks; Fishing lines; Rods; Reels; Ledger and float fishing; Casting; Playing and landing fish; Recording and records; Coarse fishing; Game fishing; Sea fishing; Baits; Hunting and food; Cooking; Conservation and ecology; Sport and cruelty; Pollution and common law; Drainage and abstraction; Liaison committees and water sharing; Clubs and societies; National bodies; Licences; Species and stocking; Management; Waters; Fairy stories; Miscellany - Cliches and charlatans, Magazines and books, Angling 'careers', Future angling, Blueprint for clean rivers.