RIVER FLY-FISHING: THEORY AND PRACTICE. By L. Baverstock. Series editor Kenneth Mansfield.
1961 1st edition. Small format (94 x 167mm). Pp96. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue.
Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How to Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Fly fishing equipment - rods, lines, reels, waders, oddments; Casting a fly - early lessons, grip, back cast, forward cast, demonstration, casting into the wind, shooting line; Dry fly fishing - rods, casts, seasons, placing the flies, drag, fly-taking fish, striking, fish lies, fishing the stream, evening fishing, dace, chub, windy days, after floods, greased line; Wet fly fishing - number of flies, fishing downstream, hooking, indication of takes, sinking the cast, big hatches, artificial flies, fishing upstream, detecting the take, precautions, night fishing, flies, chub; Fishermen's flies; Some general hints - fishing limits, licences, practical points.
Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How to Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Fly fishing equipment - rods, lines, reels, waders, oddments; Casting a fly - early lessons, grip, back cast, forward cast, demonstration, casting into the wind, shooting line; Dry fly fishing - rods, casts, seasons, placing the flies, drag, fly-taking fish, striking, fish lies, fishing the stream, evening fishing, dace, chub, windy days, after floods, greased line; Wet fly fishing - number of flies, fishing downstream, hooking, indication of takes, sinking the cast, big hatches, artificial flies, fishing upstream, detecting the take, precautions, night fishing, flies, chub; Fishermen's flies; Some general hints - fishing limits, licences, practical points.
£18.00
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Book Code
11463
Author | Baverstock (Leslie). |
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Book Code | 11463 |
ISBN | B0000CL7OO. |
Book Description | Slight spotting and browning to edges and end-papers, else very good clean copy in frayed and abraded dust-wrapper. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1961 |
Publisher | Herbert Jenkins. |
Place | "How to catch them" series. |