CASTING FAR and WIDE. Compiled by John Bailey.

1993 1st edition. 4to (200 x 272mm). Pp160. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Ferox, char, carp, wels and huchen in Europe; various uglies from the Amazon, Asian mahseer, African tigerfish and Nile perch. "...a clever mix of enthralling tales of fishing expeditions around the world, and hard, down-to-earth information on how to arrange the journeys themselves. John Bailey, an experience and well travelled angler, has gathered together a unique team who recount some thrilling fishing adventures from Canada, Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. Great rivers such as the Ganges, the Nile and the Amazon are explored; there are tales of epic battles with some of the most dramatic species - the mahseer, the Norwegian salmon, the porbeagle shark - from the Arctic to the Tropics."