NEWNES COMPLETE GUIDE TO SEA ANGLING. Edited and compiled by Alan Wrangles. Illustrated by David Carl Forbes.

1965 1st edition. 4to (190 x 254mm). Pp198. B/w photographs, illustrations by David Carl Forbes. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

A large, comprehensive and attractive book on British sea angling". Every facet of the sport is covered, ranging from choosing suitable tackle, identification of species and where to fish, to the intriguing study of life on the foreshore and fish movements and migration. The arts of dinghy fishing, beach casting, the intricacies of boat handling and the fascinating pastime of fly fishing for sea fish are all written about fully by scientists or anglers of great experience". The dust-wrapper illustration is by David Carl Forbes, as are the attractive black and white illustrations within the book. Contents include:- On becoming a sea angler by Alan Wrangles; Life on the shore and offshore by N.S. Jones; This is a fish by James A. Gilmour; The migration of fish by D.J. Garrod; Sea angling tackle by Bruce McMillen; Bait by Jack P. Tupper; Courges and penners by Jack P. Tupper; Beach casting by Leslie Moncrieff; Fishing from a rocky shore by Len Hobbs; Fishing from piers and harbour walls by Alan Wrangles; Safety at sea and weather signs by Jack P. Tupper; Boats and outboards by R.H. Warring; Dinghy fishing by Edward J.F. Wood; Deep water technique by Dutton Everington; Fly fishing for sea fish by F.W. Holiday; Sporting species by Alan Wrangles; Tournament casting by Eric Horsfall Turner; The woman's angle by Mrs. Daphne Connell; Sea fishing around England, Wales and Scotland - The north Somerset, north Devon, and Cornish coastline from Bude to Veryan Bay by Alan Robinson; Lyme Regis to Dodman Point by Len Hobbs; Chesil Beach to Shoreham Harbour by Alan Wrangles; Brighton to Thames estuary by Leslie Moncrieff; East Anglian coastline from Cromer to Clacton by W. Platten; North-east coastline from Eyemouth to Bridlington by G.M. Atkinson; Morecambe Bay to north Wales including the Isle of Man by Bruce McMillen; Aberystwyth to Worm's Head by F.W. Holiday; Scottish sea angling by John R. Fethney; Sea angling organisations; Anglers' knots. Also included are chapters on each of the principal species generally targeted in UK waters.