WEST AFRICA - Angler Walkabout Series Book 5 - Couverture souple

Wicksteed, Mr Julian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 152299565X ISBN 13 : 9781522995654

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

The ULTIMATE COASTAL ADVENTURE
Step into the raw, untamed surf and fishing of the war-torn and wild coastline of West Africa.

Book 5 in the Angler Walkabout Series sees Julian Wicksteed returning to Africa for another fishing travel adventure, ten years after travelling there for his first book, A Catch on Africa. Instead of traveling the length of Africa, though, this time he hits West Africa. Traveling for five months along the coast from Senegal to Cameroon, West Africa quickly proves to be a whole different “kettle of fish”. With severe civil war ransacking the region in recent decades, not only is almost half of the world’s top 10 poorest nations located there, it also proves to offer a smorgasbord of opportunity for over exploitation by Western entities. Not to mention the fact that the world’s worst ever Ebola epidemic is looming just around the corner... At times the travel, fishing and surfing poses almost insurmountable difficulties during this book, but still the author manages to uncover some diamonds in the rough.

During his Walkabout:
• The author travels through eleven different countries, fly fishing, casting lures, and bait-fishing in almost all of them.
• Enters Liberia with the Ebola death toll in West Africa at 36 and rising.
• Encounters a big brother fish species to Australia’s mangrove jack and catches some monsters.
• Experiences some of the most crowded travel conditions he has ever encountered.
• Fly fishes the beaches and rivers, where he catches jack crevalle (common jack) on the fly rod for the first time and releases a number of them.
• When not fly fishing and hurling lures off the beautiful isolated beaches, the author also gets amongst some untouched surf, learning what it’s like to surf before a crowd in the process.
• He finds himself in a vehicle roll over, but comes out on top.
• And he accidentally eats one of the nicest animals in West Africa.
Published by ANGLER WALKABOUT Publications.
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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Julian Wicksteed was born 1976, in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. His passion for the ocean, aquatic eco-systems, the outdoors and all things related to water began at a young age while sailing the North Queensland ‘Coral Coast’ throughout his school years. Swimming lessons from a young age led to competitive swimming, and eventually competitive water polo; this saw him represent Australian schoolboys while completing high school at Townsville Grammar. Surfing and spear fishing are included in his many water-orientated interests. Finishing school in 1994, he joined the Australian Air force as a foot soldier or airfield defence guard in a scheme then known as the Ready Reserve: one year fulltime training followed by a choice of fulltime enlistment or part-time service while involved in university study of his own choice. He highly valued the mate-ship, life experience and personal development encountered in the Australian military, and chose to remain enlisted for four years on a part time basis, while following his lifelong interest in fishing and the environment by enrolling in an applied science degree in Fisheries Management at Deakin University, Warrnambool, in southwest Victoria. Upon completing this degree in 1999, a further higher diploma in education was completed at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in the year 2000. His interest and love of Africa was further grounded during months spent travelling southern and eastern Africa, after finishing university. It was during these travels in 2001 that he got the idea of his first book in Africa and his Angler Walkabout Series began. When Julian isn’t exploring the globe chasing surf and fish, he spends most of his time writing in southwest Victoria in his home country of Australia. He has a science degree in fisheries management, and he hopes to see his Angler Walkabout Books’ help to reveal the natural splendor of the world; its diverse peoples and places, and the precious fisheries we are so fortunate to have. He also hopes that his images and personal stories might help to influence more responsible and sustainable fishing practices, both commercially and recreationally. “Let the children of tomorrow, in all walks of life, experience the beauty and abundance we still have today.”

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 152299565X
• ISBN 13: 9781522995654
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 506
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg