Steiner Rudolf. The Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia of Fishing

Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1994. — 293 p. — ISBN: 9780751300857.The Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia of Fishing. The complete guide to the fish, tackle, and techniques of fresh and saltwater angling. The most comprehensive single-volume guide to every aspect of freshwater and saltwater fishing. Filled with practical information on fish, tackle, and techniques for both experienced and novice anglers alike. Including a systematic illustrated directory of every type of freshwater and marine fish you are ever likely to catch. Easy-to-follow diagrams and pictures explain the latest expert advice on how to fish in all kinds of conditions and locations. Analyzes every kind of tackle, lure, and fly in color photographs, helping you to choose and buy with confidence. Over 2,000 specially commissioned photographs and artworks show equipment, fish species, and techniques in superb detail.As the amount of leisure time has increased during the 20th century, so has the popularity of fishing, and with good reason: no other sport offers such a wide range of approaches, methodologies, and goals that appeal to so many people. Fishing can mean dunking worms for catfish in a local pond or speed trolling for a half-ton blue marlin 100 miles offshore. It can be a months-long cross-country bass fishing tournament or a quest for ultra-wary brown trout in a transparent mountain stream. Fishing can be a cerebral pursuit, a method of relaxation, a source of food, a contest of strength, or simply a fine way to spend a day outdoors. The choice is up to the angler. There are many of us: more than 65 million in the United States alone, according to most recent surveys, plus millions more throughout the world. If you are joining these ranks, or are already part of them, The Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia of Fishing was published for you.The development of angling techniques and tackle is a story of continuing advance, from the early days of simple fixed-line rods to the invention of the reel, and from then to the ever-improving modern tackle and methods of using it. This book describes typical examples of the latest rods, reels, and other essential items of tackle, tells you what baits to use in fresh­ water and the sea, explains the basics of fly tying, and illustrates typical examples of the major categories of an artificial fly. It also describes the major freshwater and marine fish species - which are depicted in beautiful full-color drawings - tells you how to catch them, and explains the secrets of "reading the water" to find out where the fish are.