IN PURSUIT OF PREDATORY FISH. By Neville Fickling.

1986 1st edition. Small 4to (174 x 240mm). Pp172. Tipped-in colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations by Gordon Chell, colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Fishing around the UK and Ireland for pike, zander, catfish, perch and the odd trout... but mainly pike, with Neville Fickling. Much on the Broads and Fens together with plenty of pits and the odd trip to the great lakes of Scotland and Ireland such as Lomond, Mask and Corrib. Fickling's account of his 41lb 6oz record capture of 1985 appeared for the first time in this book. Chapters include: Days of years past; Whispering reeds; Like a dream; Breaking the boredom barrier; The rise and fall of the pit; The continuing adventures of Dora!; The end of an era; Lomond revisited; A water of your own; In search of the ultimate pike?; Things with spots on!; Lure crazy!; Perch interlude; Magnificent Mask and colossal Corrib; A fist full of slime; Any questions; Once bittern; Good times, bad times.