Specially designed to show you how to master sports and get maximum enjoyment from them. Using a combination of easy to follow text, step-by-step photography, and diagrams, difficult skills are made easy and participating in sports becomes even more fun.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Know the sport: Locations & what to wear -- Coarse fishing: Equipment -- Watercraft -- Rods & reels -- Bait -- Hooks & knots -- Floats & weights -- River floats & troutting -- Casting -- Landing a fish -- Legering -- Indicators -- Fly fishing: Equipment -- Casting -- Dry fly fishing -- Nymph fishing -- Sea fishing: Equipment -- Shore fishing & pier fishing -- Casting -- Pollution, licenses & rules -- Be fit, stay fit: Safety, diet & fitness -- How the pros do it -- Glossary & index.