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Reminiscences of angler Les Hawkins about his fly-fishing days in Australia and the British Isles. Includes index. The author is past president of the Australian Fresh Water Fisherman's Assembly and he has also written 'Basic Fly-fishing'.
The is book is written in appreciation of the many joys and quiet contentment that I have found in my wanderings by river and lake. These words were penned by the legendary Australian author David Scholes. It would be hard to find a better way to introduce a collection of fi shing adventures, because fi fty years of waving the slender rod have given me abundant pleasure, copious exercise both physically and mentally, wonderful & lasting friendships and the enjoyment of being at one with nature. On refl ection, it seems that centuries ago a good friend and skilled fl y fi sherman introduced me to what became a pastime, perhaps an art, certainly a physical exercise, a method of spending the fa...
Whether you chase the big browns or feisty rainbows of the high country and lakes, the dusky flathead in the estuaries, bass in the rivers or tackle-breaking hoodlum kingfish, this is the book for you. Les Hawkins has collected some of the most evocative accounts of fly fishing, stories that will make fisherpeople, professional and amateur, gather their tackle boxes and head for the water. Great Australian Fly-Fishing Stories will appeal to anyone with a sense of adventure and a love of the great outdoors.
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A comprehensive guide to the practices and principles of fly fishing. Discusses equipment, rods and tackle as well as casting techniques and fishing patterns.
An overview of the research topics and trends that have appeared over the last five years, Serials Cataloging at the Turn of the Century doesn’t just tell you that there has been a lot of change--that the information environment is something of a chameleon, always beguiling and slipping out of grasp. Instead, it gives you the plain facts on the specific challenges serials catalogers have been facing and how they’re meeting adversity head-on, ready to gain the advantage in the rumble with proliferating information and formats. Comprehensive, resource-packed, and easy-to-digest, Serials Cataloging at the Turn of the Century examines how developments in automation and national standards hav...
Twenty-two contributions explore a number of issues in the librarian's use and dissemination of electronic forms of serial publications. Topics include publishing, pricing, copyright, acquisitions and collection development, cataloguing and metadata, preservation and archiving, local national and international projects, indexing, uniform resource identifiers, and citation. Also published as The Serials Librarian, vol. 33, nos. 1/2 and 3/4, 1998. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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