THE GREAT MODERN PIKE ANGLERS. By Barrie Rickards and Malcolm Bannister.
2006 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp160. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.
The authors' earlier book, The Ten Greatest Pike Anglers, was a history of pike angling up until the nineteen-fifties, discussing Nobbes, Cholmondeley-Pennell, Bickerdyke, Jardine, Senior, Martin, Spence, Sidney Spencer, Norman Hill and C.W.Thurlow-Craig. This new volume looks at modern developments in angling for pike, and especially at the achievements of Fred Buller, Bill Giles, Fred J. Taylor and Ray Webb. Chapters include: The last of the 'old school'; Deadbait fishing; The origins of holistic piking; Lure fishing; Fred Buller and Bill Giles; Big catches; A new breed of pike angler; Big waters; Handling and unhooking pike; Distance fishing; The new millennium.
The authors' earlier book, The Ten Greatest Pike Anglers, was a history of pike angling up until the nineteen-fifties, discussing Nobbes, Cholmondeley-Pennell, Bickerdyke, Jardine, Senior, Martin, Spence, Sidney Spencer, Norman Hill and C.W.Thurlow-Craig. This new volume looks at modern developments in angling for pike, and especially at the achievements of Fred Buller, Bill Giles, Fred J. Taylor and Ray Webb. Chapters include: The last of the 'old school'; Deadbait fishing; The origins of holistic piking; Lure fishing; Fred Buller and Bill Giles; Big catches; A new breed of pike angler; Big waters; Handling and unhooking pike; Distance fishing; The new millennium.
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Book Code
61946
| Author | Rickards (Richard Barrie) (1938-2009) and Bannister (Malcolm). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 61946 |
| ISBN | 1861268769 / 9781861268761. |
| Book Description | Fine copy in dust-wrapper. From the library of the co-author Malcolm Bannister. Not signed, but author's printed errata slip tipped in on front pastedown. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2006 |
| Publisher | The Crowood Press. |
| Place | Marlborough, Wiltshire. |