Catch - Australia's love affair with fishing

Clark, Anna
Catch - Australia's love affair with fishing

Catch - Australia's love affair with fishing

Clark, Anna

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'I just couldn't put it down ... my best fishing read to date'
Rob Paxevanos

In every coastal town in Australia, there's a bait shop and a boat ramp. Fishing rods are strung up in laundries and garages around the country, waiting for their next outing. Walk over a bridge, look across to a wharf and there will be people casting a line. Many people have a special fishing spot, and families pass on tips from generation to generation and exchange fishy tales of amazing catches and near misses.

Bringing her personal passion for throwing in a line, author and historian Anna Clark celebrates the enduring pleasure of fishing in The Catch. She charts its history, from the first known accounts of Indigenous fishing and early European encounters with Australia's waters, to the latest fishing fads; from the introduction of trout and fly-fishing, to the challenges of balancing the needs of commercial and recreational fishers.

'Clark's account is a worthy primer - handsomely illustrated and entertainingly written bait, if you like - for those who might want to trawl a little deeper for insights into the important place of fishing in our national psyche.'
John Schauble, Sydney Morning Herald

Author:   Clark, Anna
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN:  

9781761342202


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   29 August 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
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'I just couldn't put it down ... my best fishing read to date'
Rob Paxevanos

In every coastal town in Australia, there's a bait shop and a boat ramp. Fishing rods are strung up in laundries and garages around the country, waiting for their next outing. Walk over a bridge, look across to a wharf and there will be people casting a line. Many people have a special fishing spot, and families pass on tips from generation to generation and exchange fishy tales of amazing catches and near misses.

Bringing her personal passion for throwing in a line, author and historian Anna Clark celebrates the enduring pleasure of fishing in The Catch. She charts its history, from the first known accounts of Indigenous fishing and early European encounters with Australia's waters, to the latest fishing fads; from the introduction of trout and fly-fishing, to the challenges of balancing the needs of commercial and recreational fishers.

'Clark's account is a worthy primer - handsomely illustrated and entertainingly written bait, if you like - for those who might want to trawl a little deeper for insights into the important place of fishing in our national psyche.'
John Schauble, Sydney Morning Herald

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Author:   Clark, Anna
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN:  

9781761342202


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   29 August 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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