A Bibliography of Chub

The chub. A fish that seems to have become somewhat overshadowed in recent years most likely down to the spread and rise in popularity of barbel and barbel fishing. They are however one of our most obliging species, taking freely on the hottest and coldest days of the year. One of those species I associate with overgrown forgotten streams and for that alone they are most certainly near the top of my favourite species list. They have however not attracted a huge amount of attention in the angling literature. The list below is probably fairly complete and most of the books can be picked up relatively easily. The only ones you may have a few problems locating are the two Chub Study Group books and William J. Howes little paperback, The Sporting Chub.

• Bailey (John) & Miller (Roger) - Chub & Dace 1990
• Bell (Henry) - Fly-Fishing For Chub & Dace 1910
• Buteux (Bob) - Full Circle 2007
• Chub Study Group - Chevin 2010
• Chub Study Group - Chub: Commemorating Twenty-One Years Of The Chub Study Group 1994
• Etherington (John) - Big Chub And Roach: John Etherington's Thoughts And Encounters 1985
• Gibbinson (Jim) - Chub (Osprey Angling Series) 1975
• Howes (William J.) - The Sporting Chub 1960
• Martin (John William) - Barbel and Chub Fishing 1896
• Miles (Tony) - My Way With Chub 1988
• Miles (Tony) - Search For Big Chub 1996
• Seaman (Kenneth) - The Complete Chub Angler 1976
• Pullen (Graeme) - Go Fishing For Chub & Barbel 1990
• Shephard (Michael) - Chub: How To Catch Them 1954
• Stone (Peter) - Fishing For Big Chub 1983
• Wagstaffe (Fred) - Catch More Chub 1974
• Wilson (John) - Catch Chub With John Wilson 1991

A Bibliography of Perch

The perch is one of those fish we all know and love. It is often the first fish an angler catches and quite often, having spent years in the pursuit of the more fashionable species, a fish that same angler will return to. The simplicity of sitting on the bank watching that first quiver of your float as a perch stalks your worm sets off a feeling deep within most anglers. It seems odd then that a fish so loved by so many has had comparatively little writing dedicated to it. What writing it is though! The list below, though small in number, contains some of the best angling books you will ever read.

• Bailey (John) & Miller (Roger) - Perch: Contemporary Days and Ways 1989
• Jardine (Alfred) - Pike and Perch 1897
• Mansfield (Kenneth) - Perch: How to Catch Them 1954
• Martin (John William) "The Trent Otter" - Days Among the Pike and Perch 1898
• Nixon (John) - The Art of Pike and Perch Fishing 1964
• The Perchfishers - The Biggest Fish of All 2011
• The Perchfishers - The Book of the Perch 1990
• Various authors - Pike and Perch: Fur, Feather and Fin series 1900
• Venables (Bernard) - Fishing for Perch with Mr Cherry and Tim 1962

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