title: The Complete Fishing Manual: Tackle, Baits and Lures, Species, Techniques, Where to Fish
author:  Henry Gilbey 
description: "'Definitive' is an ambitious goal, but one this hefty book tackles with lan  perhaps the way a 1965 Gordon-Keeble might tackle a winding country road."  <b>The New York Times</b> SBN: 9780756675561<br /><br />
zlib_text: Henry Gilbey
  Fishing
  THE COMPLETE
  MANUAL
  Content previously published in Eyewitness Companion Fishing
  
  “THERE IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING  
  IN ANGLING THAT TENDS TO PRODUCE  
  SERENITY OF MIND.”
  Washington Irving
  “THERE IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING  
  IN ANGLING THAT TENDS TO PRODUCE 
  SERENITY OF MIND.”
  Washington Irving
  
  Contents
  Foreword 
  12
  Fishing Basics 
  14
  Chapter One
  History of fisHing 18
  Fishing through the ages 
  20
  Fishing today 
  24 
  Chapter Two
  getting started 
  26
  Fishing for the first time 
  28
  Fishing clubs and tackle shops 
  30
  Being an all-around angler 
  32 
  Fishing licenses 
  34 
  Chapter Three
  fisHing taCKLe 
  36
  Rod basics 
  38
  Types of rods 
  40
  Reel basics 
  44
  Types of reels 
  46
  Hooks and weights 
  48
  Additional terminal tackle 
  50
  Floats 
  52
  Lines and knots 
  54
  Freshwater baits 
  58
  First American Edition, 2011  
  Published in the United States by DK Publishing  
  345 Hudson Street New York, New York 10014
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  009—179527—May/2011
  Based on content previousl