Everything a fisherman has to know!

• Written and illustrated for fishermen, no Latin names or scientific terms
• Clearly illustrated with tips on identification, habitat, fishing technique and bait used with a brief comment on the food quality

• Clearly illustrated rigs with recommended uses and advantages
• Easy to follow, illustrated instructions on how to tie the knots used in these rigs
• Features a baiting up section to suit differing species, conditions and bait

• Features Soft-bait basics: placing soft-baits on lead-head hooks, placing soft-baits on worm-hooks
• Teaches different rigs: Lead-head rig, Worm-hook rig, Drop-shot rig, Weighted kingish rig, Hapuku rig
• Teaches how to tie: Bimini Twist, Yucatan knot, Back-to-back Uni knot, Palomar knot, Lefty's Loop knot

• Includes clearly illustrated rigs for fly fishing - Lake style nymph, Tongiriro style weighted nymph, Dry & Dropper, Tongiriro style wet lining, Smelt fly, Heave & leave and night fishing
• Clearly illustrated and easy to follow instructions on how to Splice lines, make a loop, tie a Uni Knot, Dropper knot, Five turn improved clinch and a Blood knot
• Also includes Trolling, Harling, Spinning and Jigging rigs with recommendations for tackle and hot tips on each rig

• Clearly illustrated and easy to follow instructions on how to tie the knots used in these rigs: A Clinch knot, Spiders hitch, Albright knot, Dropper loop, Uni knot and a Snood knot
• Recommendations for tackle, components and bait with hot tips on each rig
• Includes clearly illustrated rigs for Piper, Gurnard, Snapper (strayline, ledger & running) Kahawai John Dory, Kingfish (livebait balloon & float) and Hapuku

• Recommendations on types of rope with anchoring and mooring tips
• Clearly illustrated and easy to follow instructions on how to make fast to a cleat, tie a Figure eight knot, Half hitch, Reef knot, Double sheet bend, Rolling hitch, Truckers hitch, Bowline, Clove hitch, Anchor bend, Eye splice, End splice, Plain and Sewn whipping