THE MASTER ANGLER: COARSE FISHING SEASON BY SEASON. By John Bailey.

1997 1st edition. 4to (192 x 266mm). Pp160. Colour photographs, colour illustrations by Robert Olsen. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

This is "...a book of refreshing simplicity that strips away the complicated jargon associated with the modern angling world and takes the reader back to the fundamentals of the sport." The contents are divided seasonally, with each season divided between rivers and stillwaters. Chub, roach, carp, tench, barbel, bream, perch and pike. Chapters include: Spring rivers - bridges; Spring stillwaters - lakes, the Monster of the Bay; Summer rivers - the rock, the snags, low-water tactics, chub stalking, roach approach, canals; Summer stillwaters - carp in the reedbeds, the long-stay session, thoughts on tench; Autumn rivers - trotting, nightfall barbel, fishing the floods, move to the mills; Autumn stillwaters - stalking carp, bream days, perch bliss, puddles of gold; Winter rivers - roach on a freezing day, chub tactics, back-end barbel, canals in winter; winter stillwaters - when winter bites, winter carp, pike location.