PIKE AND THE PIKE ANGLER. By Fred Buller. 1981 first edition - hardback issue.

Buller (Frederick Henry Ernest). (1926-2016). Fred Buller.

ISBN 10: 0091462606 / ISBN 13: 9780091462604

Edité par Stanley Paul. London. 1981, 1981

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1971) 1981 1st edition thus. 4to (190 x 245mm). Pp288. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Spine slightly cocked, owner's inscription to front paste-down else good-plus in slightly spine-faded and used dust-wrapper. This is the second edition of Fred Buller's classic of 1971, "Pike". Throughout his life Buller has made a particular study of the pike and its pursuit. In this book, he presents the results of decades of research and experience, with much extra material from the years subsequent to the publication of the original edition. The book is divided into three parts, The Fish, Great Pike, Catching Pike. Includes appendices on Norfolk pike fishing by Bill Giles, related forms of pike by E.J. Crossman, and Cooper's Masterpieces. Chapters include: What's in a name; Anatomy of the pike; Fossil pike; Diet; Enemies; Big waters, big fish; Pug-nosed pike; Hybrids; Pike in North America; The largest pike; The Big Pike List; The Big Pike List of Europe and North America; A chapter of errors; The Endrick pike; The great pike of Meelick; Weather; Locating pike in large waters; Do pike shoal?; Rigs, tackles, methods; Deadbaiting; Livebaiting; Spinning and wobbling; Plug fishing; Fly-fishing; Trolling and trailing; Trimmering; Rods and reels; Keeping livebaits; Pike gagging; Knots; Striking; Pike for the table. . N° de réf. du vendeur 41992

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Titre : PIKE AND THE PIKE ANGLER. By Fred Buller. ...

Éditeur : Stanley Paul. London. 1981

Date d'édition : 1981

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Edition : Edition originale

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Biographie de l'auteur:

Fred Buller is well known as an angler and author. His lifelong study of the pike has yielded two classic works, of which this book is one. During his professional career he founded Chubbs Ltd, the gun-making and fishing tackle company, and later acquired the famous gunmakers, Fredrick Beesley, Watson Bros and Charles Hellis and Sons. Among many awards and honours presented to Fred Buller in recognition of his contribution to angling, the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Country Landowners Association at the Game Fair in 2002 was the most recent.