FENNEL'S JOURNAL No. 6: TRADITIONAL ANGLING. By Fennel Hudson.

2017 1st edition thus. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Ppx,180,31[ads]. Not illustrated. Flecked blue boards, gilt titles to spine.

Chapters include: Introduction; Traditional sense; Faith in the future; Return to Woodwater Pool; A wheeze before teatime; Season's end; To catch a fish; The custodians of traditional angling; An absolute blank?; Real ale and the meaning of life; The adventures of Smelly Brown; Classic tench; A gather at the Dorset Stour; The silent hunt; Six sides to every story; Angler's despatch; Pike!; Frozen; A reel for Christmas; The Edward Barder interview; The last cast. Appendices are: About the author; The Fennel's Journal Series. This series began life as hand-written letters circulated between friends (2010). This was published as a limited edition magazine in 2013, only later, in 2017, being re-worked into the form of a book, with the addition of new material.