MODERN COARSE FISHING. By H.D. Turing.

1937 1st edition. Small 8vo (138 x 198mm). Ppxii,244. B/w photographs. Stone cloth, spine titled in green.

"In his method of treatment, Mr. Turing is refreshingly original..." Chapters include: In defence of coarse fishing; The sportsman's fish; The slow-flowing river I - it's problems; The slow-flowing river II - tackle and methods; The slow-flowing river III - bank fishing; The slow-flowing river IV - fishing without a float; The slow-flowing river V - fishing from a boat; Still-water fishing, I - canals and drains; Still-water fishing II - lakes and ponds; The swift river and its problems I - how they differ from slow-water problems; The swift river and its problems II - bottom and surface fishing; Spinning I - revolving baits, and why fish take them; Spinning II - making the cast; Spinning III - the American style; Baits and their preparation; Fishermen's knots.