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THE COMPLETE
Fishing
MANUAL
Henry Gilbey
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DK LONDON
Editorial Lead Stephanie Farrow
Project Editor Abigail Mitchell
Senior Art Editor Gillian Andrews
Managing Editor Gareth Jones
Senior Managing Art Editor Lee Griffiths
Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT
Production Editor George Nimmo
Senior Production Controller Rachel Ng
Art Director Karen Self
Associate Publishing Director Liz Wheeler
Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf
Contents
DK DELHI
Senior Art Editor Ira Sharma
Art Editor Noopur Dalal
Senior Editor Janashree Singha
Foreword 12
Editor Devangana Ojha
Managing Editor Soma B. Chowdhury
Senior Managing Art Editor Arunesh Talapatra
DTP Designers Syed Md Farhan, Vijay Kandwal
Senior DTP Designer Shanker Prasad Fishing Basics 14
Senior Picture Researcher Surya Sankash Sarangi
Picture Research Manager Taiyaba Khatoon
Pre-production Manager Balwant Singh Chapter One
Production Manager Pankaj Sharma GETTING STARTED 18
Editorial Head Glenda Fernandes
Design Head Malavika Talukder
Fishing today 20
This edition published in 2021
Fishing for the first time 22
First published in Great Britain in 2011 by
Dorling Kindersley Limited Fishing clubs and tackle shops 24
DK, One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens,
Fishing licences 26
London, SW11 7BW
Developing your fishing 28
The authorised representative in the EEA is
Dorling Kindersley Verlag GmbH. Arnulfstr. 124,
80636 Munich, Germany Chapter Two
FISHING TACKLE 30
Copyright © 2011, 2021 Dorling Kindersley Limited
A Penguin Random House Company
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001–322623–May/2021 Rod basics 32
Types of rod 34
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into Reel basics 38
a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, Types of reel 40
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permission of the copyright owner. Hooks and weights 42
Additional terminal tackle 44
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN: 978-0-2414-7602-4 Floats 46
Lines and knots 48
Based on content previously published in
Eyewitness Companions: Fishing Freshwater baits 52
Saltwater baits 54
Printed and bound in China
Lures 56
Fly basics 60
www.dk.com Types of fly 62
Cold-weather clothing 66
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Contents
Fishing Stalking for carp 120
Freelining and touch ledgering 122
Strategies 98
River-fishing for giant catfish 124
Chapter Four Chapter Five
FRESHWATER BAIT SALTWATER BAIT
AND LURE 102 AND LURE 126
Drop-shot fishing for perch 104 Estuary fishing for mullet 128
Lure- and fly-fishing for pike 106 Shore-fishing for sea trout 130
Lake-fishing for largemouth bass 110 Kayak fishing 132
Classic lake ledgering 112 Pier fishing 134
Warm-weather clothing 68 Float-fishing lake margins 114 Long-range beach-fishing 136
Fly-fishing clothing 70 Pole-fishing 116 Beach-fishing for sharks 138
Shelters 74 Lake-fishing for carp 118 Surf-fishing for bass 140
Carrying your equipment 76
Chapter Three
ESSENTIAL SKILLS 78
Simple casting 80
Roll casting 82
Overhead casting 84
Double-hauling 86
Spey casting 88
Striking, playing, and
landing fish 90
Unhooking and
releasing fish 92
Freshwater watercraft 94
Saltwater watercraft 96
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Contents (continued)
Lure-fishing for bass 142 Chapter Six Fly-fishing for milkfish 194
Shore-fishing for striped bass 144 FLY-FISHING 168 Fly-fishing for giant trevally 196
Rock-edge fishing Fly-fishing from a flats boat 198
for pollack 146 Reservoir and lake fly-fishing 170 Fly-fishing for bass 200
Lure-fishing for wrasse 148 Fly-fishing on small rivers 172 Ultra deep-water fly-fishing 202
Inshore boat-fishing Wet fly-fishing on lakes 174
for striped bass 150 Czech nymphing 176
Fish Species 204
Inshore saltwater fishing 152 Sight-fishing for wild brown trout 178
Boat-fishing for tarpon 154 Fly-fishing for Atlantic salmon 180
Chapter Seven
Slow trolling for salmon 156 Fly-fishing for steelhead 182
Lure-fishing for tuna 158 River-fishing for tigerfish 184 FRESHWATER FISH 208
Wreck-fishing 160 Fly-fishing for carp 186
Boat-fishing for sharks 162 Fly-fishing for pike 188 Chapter Eight
Vertical jigging 164 Loch-style fly-fishing 190 SALTWATER FISH 234
Big-game fishing 166 Fly-fishing for bonefish 192
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