"I HAVE BEEN FISHING." By John Rennie.

1949 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp272. Three colour plates by the author, b/w photograph plates, illustrations. Pale green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Fishing reminiscences based on fifty years of diaries, mainly about chalk-stream trout fishing but including interludes of salmon fishing in Norway and elsewhere".... He was the friend of influencial men and had access to unlimited firstclass fisheries. I Have Been Fishing seems to mark the end of an epoch". (Angling, January 1950). Chapters include: Early days; The turn of the century; On Kennet trout, etc; A few tips; More diary; The First World War; More from my diary; Tackle and equipment; Dry fly fishing for salmon; The nineteen-twenties; A visit to Norway; Some big fish; the fish sense; Wales, Ireland and the Tweed; Northern Ireland; Odds and ends; Teaching the young to fish; Casting; A mixed bag; The club dinner; A might salmon; A curious law case; A wet season; The Fly Fishers' Club; Neville chamberlain; Weighed in the balance; The Lady Angler; A good year; Passing remarks - 1944; Seasons 1945 and 1946; About things in general; A letter from Mr Menzies.