TROUT AT TAUPO. By O.S. Hintz. Illustrated by Minhinnick.
1955 1st edition. 8vo (135 x 203mm). Ppix,186. Colour frontispiece of flies, b/w photographs, vignette drawings by Gordon Minhinnick. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.
"... the first book to be devoted exclusively to the most famous single trout fishery in the world. It paints authentic word pictures of the great Taupo basin and its rushing rivers. It describes the tackle and techniques of angling developed to meet the challenge of superb fighting fish which average six pounds in weight, with trout running into double figures not uncommon".
"... the first book to be devoted exclusively to the most famous single trout fishery in the world. It paints authentic word pictures of the great Taupo basin and its rushing rivers. It describes the tackle and techniques of angling developed to meet the challenge of superb fighting fish which average six pounds in weight, with trout running into double figures not uncommon".
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Book Code
4148
| Author | Hintz (Orton Sutherland). (1907-1985). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 4148 |
| ISBN | B001AVY4ZA. |
| Book Description | Good-plus in well used dust-wrapper. Maurice Headlam's bookplate. Some pencil annotation, presumably by Headlam. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1955 |
| Publisher | Max Reinhardt. |
| Place | London. |