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by Chris Yates (Author) "However eager I am to start fishing there is something about the first glimpse of a river that never fails to stop me in my..." (more)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin; Re-issue edition (4 Feb 2010)
Language English
ISBN-10: 014102402X
ISBN-13: 978-0141024028
Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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How to Fish is an unabashed, unashamed celebration of the joys of fishing. It is about contentment, calm and solitude, rivers and river banks, losing track of time and, of course, the fish themselves. For those who already enjoy fishing it is a love letter to their art and for those who don’t – yet! – it is an insight into a life spent getting up at the crack of dawn and, armed with rod and line, heading for water…

About the Author

Chris Yates is a photographer and author but first and foremost a fisherman. He was first inspired by the discovery of a monster carp in his village pond when he was five. Thirty years later, he caught what was then the biggest carp – and the biggest fish – in England and went on to write about his experiences in books, in his own magazine, in radio programmes and in the BBC2 series A Passion for Angling. He lives in south Wiltshire.

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5.0 out of 5 stars HOW TO FISH - THE YATES' WAY, 5 Oct 2006

By	S. Armishaw "Sandy Armishaw" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This long-awaited book from the pen of one of our best-loved angling authors is essential reading for anyone who is appreciative, not just of fishing, but of our natural world and the rivers which course through our beautiful landscape. 'How to Fish' is not an instructional book on the methods of fishing - it is much, much more than that. Based on one day's fishing (28th September)Chris chronicles each cast of his fishing rod with a new chapter, each cast reminding him of other days, other fish, other companions and other deep pools, each offering new promise. His words are evocative and he has that rare ability to convey the sights, sounds and scents of the river and its piscatorial inhabitants, the magnificent Perch being his quarry on this day. Whether or not you choose to fish, Chris's writing will send you off to the riverbank just to be close to the water and enjoy what nature provides. His writing has reached a new level and I challenge anyone not to find something they enjoy in this very special book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A master at work, 13 Sep 2006

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Speaking as someone who doesn't fish this book has managed to transcend it's subject beautifully and become as much a book about life in general as one dedicated to life on the riverbank. I read it in one sitting and time seemed to lose its linear routine as I was taken on a meandering journey through nature and the stories of a man whose passion for life clearly matches his love of fishing. Yates is one of the great writers of today, fishing or otherwise.

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4.0 out of 5 stars How it feels to fish, 22 July 2007

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This is a wonderful little book. The title is more than a little misleading though. You don't learn how to fish, but you do learn how it feels to fish.

There is no "use this float and put the weights like that." There is however "mist rolling in, pots of tea and how it feels to pluck a perch from under those trees."

Its a series of anecdotes really. The view from the waterside. Every angler of whatever pursuation will love it. Even non-anglers will enjoy it for its meditations and atmospherics.

Yates if an amiable eccentric and a nice departure from the kit- obsessed testosterone crowd who seem to dominate angling books and TV programmes now. He fishes with ancient split cane rods and centrepin reels. And catches large fish.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Why We Fish
A better title for this book would be "Why We Fish" I am usually a very slow reader but this book only took me 3 days to read (my average is 3 months) having recently returned to... Read more

Published 3 months ago by D. BOYER

5.0 out of 5 stars A book to cherish!
As a fishermen I loved this book because it is so 'spot on' with all the thoughts and observations Chris Yates makes, but everybody should read it because it is about life and how... Read more

Published 5 months ago by S. De Wilde

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
I can't help but think that a lot of time was spent in agreeing the title for this work. The reader should know that it is most certainly not a standard "How to" book. Read more

Published 8 months ago by S. M. Williams

4.0 out of 5 stars You don't need to catch fish - but it helps
This book comes has close as I can imagine to answering the question "Why do you go fishing?" and also to explaining why you can say "that sometimes catching fish is a bonus"... Read more

Published 9 months ago by SCM

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute masterpiece
If there's a better book than this on fishing then I've not seen it. A joy from start to finish from our greatest living angling writer.

Published 17 months ago by Jake Hamilton

5.0 out of 5 stars The Title is Misleading, but the Book is Very Enjoyable

Having watched Chris Yates many times on the television, I decided to beg, steal or borrow his book, and I did, not the steal part, I hasten to add. Read more

Published on 3 Aug 2007 by J. Chippindale

4.0 out of 5 stars or more exactly, how Chris Yates fishes
Don't be misled by the title of the book. It is not a how-to manual. It doesn't give away secrets, it doesn't tell you where to fish, how to fish or how to rig a trace and it... Read more

Published on 19 July 2007 by Doug

3.0 out of 5 stars I already know how, at last I know why!
As a keen angler myself, and indeed guilty of sometimes wanting to find a number of new 'quick fix ' methods of hooking monsters - I have now realised that I can be sometimes... Read more

Published on 28 Dec 2006 by Adam M. Francis

5.0 out of 5 stars A Living Legacy
In around one hundred years or so, people will talk of the great fishing writers.
Walton, Sheringham, Pitchford and Yates.
Lets enjoy him now. Read more

Published on 15 Oct 2006 by Ms. S. J. Plewes

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