LEGERING: TACKLE and TECHNIQUES. By Gordon Wood.

1989 1st edition. 8vo paperback (138 x 215mm). Pp160. B/w photographs, illustrations.

A good look at legering techniques as they were in the late eighties. The foreword is by Fred J. Taylor. Chapters include: Legering rods; Legering reels; Legering leads; Bite detectors; Supporing the rod; Hook review; Legering lines; The legered bait; The etceteras of legering; Legering techniques and rigs [running leger; paternoster; link-leger; rolling leger; upstream legering; leadless leger; soluble sinkers; bolt-rigs and hair rigs]; The false serenity of summer; Autumn: season of optimism; Legering with the winter wand; Legering in the dark; Using multiple rods; Bites that vary; Three ways with the leger; The carp angler's contribution; The final word: swan deaths vs the angler's lead.