Excellent surfcasting books
Portuguese fisherman use to say that you don't learn how to fish by reading books. I think its an obviously true statement but I also believe that books can be an awesome shortcut and help when it comes to bending that hard learning curve, specially if you can't get enough outdoor time. After all, if the books are good your getting someone elses resumed experience.
My professional engineering background tells me that books and the internet, as complement to field experiment works very well on any science discipline and of course the same formula must apply to competition fishing. When it comes to pick a good reading, that's a different story. To be honest, I rarely find anything that is more valuable reading than the same time spent on fishing.
My professional engineering background tells me that books and the internet, as complement to field experiment works very well on any science discipline and of course the same formula must apply to competition fishing. When it comes to pick a good reading, that's a different story. To be honest, I rarely find anything that is more valuable reading than the same time spent on fishing.
Surfcasting books are rare, good surfcasting books even harder to find and to be able to have them usually it takes learning some languages, English, French and Italian.
Inside the few gems that the student surfcaster should get is the works of Frenchman Denis Mourizard (www.denismourizard.com).
Denis books are written in French and usually available thru www.fnac.fr , they include a hard cover book on all aspects of Surfcasting (Le Surfcasting), a lure fishing guide to Sea Bass (Pêche du bar aux leurres), a pocket book about rigs (60 montages de Surfcasting) and a pocket book on knots (40 noeuds et astuces). All these books are worth the time and a must if you don't know where to start.
