TANGLES WITH PIKE. By Dominic Garnett.

2014 1st edition. Large 8vo (174 x 247mm). Pp132. Colour photographs throughout. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

This is a good collection of articles and other pieces of writing by Dominic Garnett". I have been lucky enough to catch some fine pike, but it is the thrill of the experience that grabs me beyond the pounds and ounces. Hence the chapters in this collection are those ...telling ...a decent yarn or ...a little of the magic and excitement of pike fishing, rather than ...'here are a load of big fish and here's how I caught them.'" That said, you'll certainly find the odd monster and articles that might give you some fresh ideas to incorporate into your own angling". Chapters include: A tale of two halves; In the clear; Lost in Somerset; Reinventing a lost art; The monster and the jerk; Of ice and men; The professor and the pike; Chewed off; Murder by night; The ugly duckling; Revenge on the Wye; Tarrant versus teeth; Pike fishing in suspense; Esox and the city; Adventures in Lakeland; The opportunist piker; River pike in the rough; Where there's muck; The usual suspect?