PIKE FISHING ON THE NORFOLK BROADS. By Derrick Amies.

(2010) 2010 revised edition. Large 8vo (180 x 247mm). Pp408. Colour and b/w photographs, map. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Derrick Amies is a long-established, successful Broadland pike angler and an angling protegee of Dennis Pye. In this book, Amies describes his own career as an angler, and describes his own methods and techniques. "Reluctantly, [Amies] has given up valuable space [in this book] to correct those that have seen fit to criticize the reputation of Dennis Pye. It is something he feels is tarnishing the very core of British pike angling, and hopes that the truth will stand tall and credibility [be] restored." Chapters include: Famous Norfolk pike anglers, Jim and Edwin Vincent, Bill Giles, Reg Sandys, Peter Hancock, Frank Wright; Dennis Pye; My comeback, my thoughts, pike fishing foundation; Pike location; Methods - dumbell float, paternostered baits, ledgering, spinning, the Drifter, harling/trolling, sink and draw, wobbled dead-baits, jerk-baits; The moon - weather, air pressure, moon phase, tides; The pike; Habitat and watercraft; Some little points that might help; Friends and family.