FISHING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MR. CRABTREE. By John Bailey with illustrations by Robert Olsen.

2012 1st edition. Landscape 4to (262 x 210mm). Ppiv,136. B/w photographs, b/w cartoon strip illustrations by Robert Olsen. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

A modern take on the old angling classic, Mr. Crabtree Goes Fishing by Bernard Venables, with excellent black and white cartoon strip illustrations by Robert Olsen faithful to Venables' original style. John Bailey takes a new 'Peter' under his wing teaching him everything he needs to know to catch all the main coarse species using a mixture of traditional and modern techniques and tactics. Brief contributions from Hannah Bruford (Bernard Venables' daughter), Hugh Miles, Chris Yates, Pat O'Reilly, Terry Hearn, Kevin Nash, Kevin Clifford, Ali Hamidi and Keith Arthur.