FISHING FOR TROUT AND SALMON. By Terence Horsley

FISHING FOR TROUT AND SALMON. By Terence Horsley

SALMON AND SEA TROUT: WITH CHAPTERS ON HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEMES, FISH PASSES, ETC. By W.L. Calderwood, I.S.O., F.R.S.E.

SALMON AND SEA TROUT: WITH CHAPTERS ON HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEMES, FISH PASSES, ETC. By W.L. Calderwood, I.S.O., F.R.S.E.

A BOOK ON ANGLING: BEING A COMPLETE TREATISE ON THE ART OF ANGLING IN EVERY BRANCH, WITH EXPLANATORY PLATES, ETC. By Francis Francis of "The Field."

(1867) 1885 6th edition. Small 8vo (130 x 200mm). xvi pp + 528 pp (including 8 pp advertisements) + 12 pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Frontispiece, 16 engraved plates, 6 of them hand-coloured. Burgundy cloth, spine titled in gilt.

One of the greatest and most comprehensive angling books. Good section on pike with plates of rigs and flights. "His main book, covering every aspect of angling, coarse, spinning and fly, A Book On Angling, was far in advance of anything that had been published before. Some of it is still quoted, notably this: 'The judicious and perfect application of dry, wet and mid-water fly fishing stamps the finished fly fisher with the hallmark of efficiency.' " (From a newspaper article by Conrad Voss Bark).
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Book Code
30300
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Author Francis (Francis). (1822-1886).
Book Code 30300
ISBN B003U5H4VA.
Book Description Spine slightly faded and slight foxing but a very good tight clean copy.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1885
Publisher Longmans, Green and Co.
Place London.