Angler's Directory [antikvár]

Introduction Most anglers are familiar with their own local waters. Indeed, some anglers will fish just one particular venue for a full season or even longer. And, if you want to be successful, it does pay to concentrate on one water. In this way you can learn a great deal about the fish which inhabit the water and under what conditions it yields the best results. It is refreshing to have a change of venue occasionally, however, and perhaps even a complete change in the method of fishing. (Many coarse fishermen have tentatively tried fly fishing for trout during the coarse fishing close season and become 'addicted' to that branch of the sport.) Anglers visiting different parts of the country, whether on holiday or working away from home, often take their rods with them in the hope that they can try different venues - although finding the ideal spot to fish under these conditions has been up to now a rather hit-and-miss affair. Likewise, an angler might read about a good catch of fish in the angling press and would like more information to enable him or her to fish the venue at which the catch was made. The Angler's Directory will help solve these problems, for it describes over 400 venues - rivers, canals, lakes, gravel-pits, reservoirs and lochs -where the angler can find good sport. The directory is not intended to be a comprehensive list of fisheries, but is a guide to some of the best fishing readily available in each water authority area. The fisheries have been listed under the appropriate water authority, so only one rod licence is needed for the waters in that section. Information is included which will give the angler an insight into the physical features of the site, the type of fishing, the seasons operated on the water and how to obtnin permits. Methods and baits used successfully by local anglers are also listed. Addresses and telephone numbers of the individuals or organisations who administer the fishing on the waters are provided, too. Directions to each fishery are, where possible, given from the nearest large town or village. Sometimes the fishing is described as being available on either the left-hand or the right-hand bank. In all cases, these refer to the banks as they would appear to an angler who is facing downstream. Follow some simple commonsense rules when making enquiries about fishing. Always contact fishing tackle shops or estate offices during working hours. You will get no help from a fishing tackle dealer if you