FLOATING ALASKA! PLANNING SELF-GUIDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS. By Don Crane.

2004 1st edition. 8vo paperback (155 x 230mm). Pp80. Colour photographs throughout.

"Alaska is a dream destination for many fishermen, but with this book those dreams can ...come true. Don Crane takes a complicated topic and breaks it down so that anyone can plan a self-guided float trip for an extremely reasonable price. ...[This book] will tell you everything you need to know for a productive, inexpensive, and organised trip." Chapters include; preparation; gear; camping; food; fishing; wildlife; miscellaneous consderations. What the author means by "floating" is an unaccompanied descent of a river over a fortnight or so by rubber dinghy (a "raft"), camping on the bank at night and fishing at every opportunity. The rivers are wild, punctuated by rapids and logjams. By 'wildlife', he means knowing how to avoid being eaten by bears.