This comprehensive guide features traditional Irish flies as well as proven imports--how to tie them and how best to use them.

All pike anglers need a knowledge of their quarry and the best methods for catching it. This book provides both. All aspects and methods of pike fishing are covered, including live baiting, dead baiting, lure fishing, river fishing, and piking in all types of stillwater; and since the book is divided into the months of one year, each method is adapted to take account of seasonal conditions. For the novice piker, there is a treasure trove of knowledge and advice; for the expert, there are scores of tips for refining technique, and ultimately, for putting more fish in the net.

The late Kingsmill Moore was one of the most respected men in Ireland in the decades before his death. A Man May Fish has become a classic since it was first published in 1960. The work covers a lifetime of fishing for trout, sea trout, and salmon. T

If you think fishing is a simple matter of casting off from a river bank with a rod and reel then you are about to find out it is much more than that. Obsessive fisherman Kevin Ireland recounts how the sport is a passionate love affair with the natural world. Since getting hooked as a boy, Ireland has punted on wild Irish lakes, clambered over medieval abbeys, trawled through old texts, and spent several thousand hours actually fishing. This book he says, is the sum total of all he now knows, or will ever know about catching a fish.

Encompassing ancient mythology, medieval religion, boatbuilding, commerce, and cutting-edge climate science, this text shows the intricate tapestry of history in all its fascinating, astonishing complexity.

This is a guide to coarse fishing covering 420 locations in the counties of Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Roscommon, Longford and Westmeath.