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The charming follow-up to "How To Fish", this was published in hardback as "Out Of The Blue: On Fishing At Sea". Through 22 casts, Britain's best-known freshwater fisherman quits land in favour of the sea. The cover design revisits the woodcut style of the previous book, to link them together.
Synopsis
Through twenty-two casts the author, one of the Britain's best-known freshwater fisherman, quits land in favour of the sea. There, he discovers the many pleasures of the coast: wild shores, unpredictable waves, and, of course, fish that glisten and dart beneath a never-still surface. This title focuses on the sea and its many wonders.
Book Details
Publisher:
PENGUIN GROUP
Publication Date:
04-Feb-2010
ISBN:
9780141044453
Observer review
On Fishing at Sea by Chris Yates
James Purdon the observer Sun 07 February 2010
There's an old saw that fishermen and fishing writers in particular are fond of repeating: "It is not all of fishing to fish." In How to Fish, Chris Yates wrote warmly about the pleasures of freshwater fishing: of contemplative lulls, as well as memorable catches. On Fishing at Sea offers a different object of contemplation. "An ocean," Yates writes, "has a much bigger vocabulary than a pond or stream," and he sets out to translate it for us. Fortunately, he isn't the sort of fisherman who stares only into the depths: his attention is caught by the shift of a breeze, the habits of gulls and the fine changes of coastal light. For him, fishing lines are entangled with the past, and fishing itself offers time and space for remembering: a sort of piscatorial Proust.
