How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling

by Jeremy Wade

Overview

The defining part of this story, I think—the part that made the real difference—is the time I spent looking into the water, letting my mind drift, as I tried to think like a fish…What brings the big fish is an artful blend of drawing on experience and keeping an open, active mind. The secret ingredient is as simple as that.
—from Chapter 6

Jeremy Wade, the star of Animal Planet’s River Monsters, with nearly forty years of angling exploration behind him, shares a meditation on the art of angling—part science, part art, and part elusive something else. Thoughtful and funny, brimming with wisdom and, above all, adventure, How to Think Like a Fish is filled with reflections that anyone who has ever fished will identify with, for ultimately they touch on the fundamental principles that apply to all angling—and to life:
Less time can be more.
Listen to your gut.
Be inventive.
You may only get one opportunity, so make that opportunity count.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306845291
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	05/18/2021
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	48,152
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Wade was the host of River Monsters, one of the most watched, most successful programs in Animal Planet's history. More recently he has hosted Mighty Rivers and Dark Waters (Animal Planet) and Mysteries of the Deep (Discovery). A former science teacher, newspaper reporter and advertising copywriter, he has written for The Times, Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, and BBC Wildlife magazine. He lives in Southern England.

Table of Contents

Source

1 Going Under 3

2 Fishing in Mind 6

3 Art Meets Science 14

4 The Importance of Being a Detective 24

Stream

5 Think Like a Fish 33

6 In Search of the Secret Ingredient 43

7 Less Time Is More 51

8 Bad Vibrations 61

Lake

9 Gear Up 73

10 Have a Plan 84

11 Poke the Apple 93

12 Thou Shalt Knot 107

River

13 My Life as a Fish 125

14 More Less Is More 131

15 When the Right Time Is the Wrong Time 142

16 Mumbo-Jumbo 149

Delta

17 Resist the Flow 159

18 Be Opportunistic 167

19 Don't Think 172

20 D.E.T.A.I.L.S. 180

Sea

21 A Sense of Scale 193

22 (Notes to Self) 206

23 I'm More Uncompetitive than You 213

24 Going Under Again 223

Afterword 233

Appendix: Keeping Legal and Good Practice 237

Glossary 239

Acknowledgments 251

Index 253