UNDERWATER ANGLING. Written by Paul Garner. Underwater photography by Stuart Morgan. De luxe leather-bound edition.

2012 1st edition. De luxe issue. Large 8vo (178 x 245mm). Ppii,267. Colour photographs throughout. Fully bound in black leather, upper board and spine titled in silver-gilt, all edges silver-gilt, marbled end-papers, silk marker ribbon. Black cloth-bound slipcase. Edition limited to 7 copies.

This is a superb book from freelance writer, photographer and angling consultant Dr Paul Garner, and twice barbel record-holder and underwater film maker Stuart Morgan. Illustrated with hundreds of full-colour underwater photographs of rigs, baits and fish, showing what really goes on beneath the surface. Advanced tips and techniques from two of the most successful and forward-thinking anglers in the modern specimen angling scene. Chapters include: Stillwaters: How lakes work; Bait colour underwater; The method feeder; Flat method feeder; The open-end feeder; Commercial legering tactics; The helicopter feeder; The baggin' waggler; Zig rigging; Surface fishing; Marker floats and spodding; Basic carp rigs; Chod rigs; All about PVA; Margin float fishing; Waggler fishing; Stillwater pike fishing. Rivers: How rivers work; The open-end feeder; The block-end feeder; Barbel rigs; Legering bread; Stick float fishing; Big river float fishing; River pike fishing. This is a copy of the de luxe leather-bound edition that was limited to only seven numbered copies, handsomely bound by Ludlow Bookbinders.