Author(s): Thomas

Fishing

This is the paperback edition of the hardback published in 1997 and Montana Book Awards category winner in 1998.This book has it all, and more. New Zealand's most popular styles of fishing are covered: from shore, small boats and wharves to gamefishing and land-based gamefishing, and trout fishing (fly and spin-fishing). It also covers saltwater flyfishing, salmon fishing, setting nets, collecting cray, mussels and paua, and much more. There are chapters on tackle, knots, handling fish and the how the moon and weather influence fishing. This is the ultimate fishing book, written by an expert. Geoff Thomas is one of New Zealand's best-known fisherman and was one of the first professional fly fishing guides in Rotorua. Geoff is well known to anglers through his videos, weekly fishing column in the New Zealand Herald, and radio show on Newstalk ZB. He has fis~ed throughout New Zealand and overseas for nearly 50 years. Geoff Thomas is also author of Trout Secrets: How to Catch Trout in New Zealand, July 2001, DBL reprint of Hodder Moa Beckett book.