SALMON FISHING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE. By Hugh Falkus. First edition.
1984 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 240mm). Pp448. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt.
The most comprehensive, useful and readable guide to salmon fishing in the UK. "Its success derives from his original thinking, a lifetime's observation of salmon behaviour and his outstanding ability as a naturalist and writer to communicate these and the techniques of angling to his readers in a lucid, good-natured and uncomplicated way." Covers flyfishing for salmon comprehensively, but also includes chapters on spinning, worming, and the use of prawn and shrimp.
The most comprehensive, useful and readable guide to salmon fishing in the UK. "Its success derives from his original thinking, a lifetime's observation of salmon behaviour and his outstanding ability as a naturalist and writer to communicate these and the techniques of angling to his readers in a lucid, good-natured and uncomplicated way." Covers flyfishing for salmon comprehensively, but also includes chapters on spinning, worming, and the use of prawn and shrimp.
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36020
| Author | Falkus (Hugh Edward Lance). (Hugh Falkus). (1917-1996). |
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| Book Code | 36020 |
| ISBN | 0854931449 / 0854931449. |
| Book Description | Half-title page has tipped in signature label, signed by the author, and bookplate of John Searle Davison. Very good first edition copy in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1984 |
| Publisher | H.F. and G. Witherby. |
| Place | London. |