BREAM: HOW TO CATCH THEM. By Peter Tombleson. Series editor Kenneth Mansfield.
.# (1954) later reprint. Small format (94 x 164mm). Pp95. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue.
.# One of the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' titles, with an introduction by Bernard Venables; "...The bream symbolizes all that quiet timeless peace, that rushy sequestered sort of delight that some sorts of coarse fishing mean to us. Tombleson has a look in his eye when he speaks of bream. The book is a record of an obsession". Chapters include: The bream - description, spawning and growth, where to find bream; Baits - general, worms, paste, gentles or maggots, wheat, groundbaits; Tackle - rods, reels, lines, hooks, casts, keepnets; Methods - float fishing, ledgering, spinning; Bream in match fishing. The appendix lists 'some notable bream', with an extra record in later reprints.
.# One of the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' titles, with an introduction by Bernard Venables; "...The bream symbolizes all that quiet timeless peace, that rushy sequestered sort of delight that some sorts of coarse fishing mean to us. Tombleson has a look in his eye when he speaks of bream. The book is a record of an obsession". Chapters include: The bream - description, spawning and growth, where to find bream; Baits - general, worms, paste, gentles or maggots, wheat, groundbaits; Tackle - rods, reels, lines, hooks, casts, keepnets; Methods - float fishing, ledgering, spinning; Bream in match fishing. The appendix lists 'some notable bream', with an extra record in later reprints.
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Book Code
38348
Author | Tombleson (Peter). |
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Book Code | 38348 |
ISBN | B0012HPF8W. |
Book Description | Boards faded, slight foxing, owner's stamp. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1954 |
Publisher | Herbert Jenkins. |
Place | "How to catch them" series. |