CASTAWAY. By Clive Gammon.

2005 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp230. B/w line illustrations by John Richardson. Pictorial two-tone cloth. One of the first printing of 650 cloth-bound copies.

The latest offering from one of the best angling writers of the last half century, Clive Gammon. It includes many fine angling stories and tales from all around the world and is beautifully illustrated with drawings by John Richardson. "From the Dingle to Costa Rica, from Orkney to Bermuda to Far East Russia, Clive Gammon's stories of angling off the beaten track never fail to enthral and amuse." Chapters include:- The devil at Yuletide; Dingle days, Dingle nights; In Wales, a sinful sabbath; Zululand is for twitchers; Norway: Trolls and strawberries; Egypt - merry Christmas on the Red Sea; Orkney - a slight delay is announced; The Bahamas - Rudy rules; Bermuda - fishing in slipstream; Mexico and the mackerel mafia; Mexico again - permit not granted; Brazil - the great big snook with the faraway look; Costa Rica - Joe hangs on by a thread; Nevada - fall and rise of the cutthroats; Oregon - only the bold wade; Florida - tarpon by the dollar; USSR - white nights and red faces; New York - America's revenge; Russian far east - the taimen and the terror; Kamchatka - the last frontier. "...fresh, unpretentious and captivating... I enjoyed every line... 'The Great Big Snook with the Faraway Look' [is] simply one of the best, chuckle-rich fishing stories I have ever read... A brilliant book from one of our best angling story-tellers, beautifully published in hardback... unreservedly recommended." (Charles Rangeley-Wilson).