Daryl Crimp: Guide to Sea Fishing in New Zealand

By HARVEY CLARK

Another fishing guide - a pretty good one, too, comprehensive, concise, articulate and good-humoured - to join the plethora of "How to" fishing books on the market.

Fortunately, there are still a few fish left to catch out there, and Crimpy knows how to read every spot, how to approach it, what to use and when and how to fish it. (In fact, fish are nothing more than swimming backbones with jaws, and you can catch them from North Cape to Bluff with a silver lolly wrapper tied to a hook; but if you read Crimpy's book you'll catch more). He includes the obligatory chapters on gear, knots and rigs and conservation. The book lacks only some of his simple yet excellent fish recipes.

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$29.95