WITH FLY ONLY: A BOOK FOR TROUT FISHERMEN. By W.F.R. Reynolds. With a Foreword by E. Walton Marston. Containing eight full-page illustrations from photographs.
1928 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 200mm). Ppxx,204. B/w photograph plates. Foreword by E. Walton Marston. Grey-green cloth with image of angler on upper board. Binding B, line illustration of angler and titles in black to upper board, spine titled in black, no wavy lines to spine. D/w price 6/- net.
Good general trout fishing - instruction and anecdote, with a good lengthy section on South African trout fishing. Chapters include: Foreword; Poaching; Methods, an attempt at rational classification; Rods; On rough streams without a ghillie; Lakes in June; The weather; A singleton; Recommendations for beginners; A day with the brown trout; Miscellaneous. South Africa: Foreword; The last half-hour; A season on the Eerste River; Overheard in a colonial aquarium; Christmas with the rainbows in Natal; Little incidents. * This is Barrie Rickard's copy. Although unsigned, laid in is a letter addressed to Rickards from a former owner of the book.
Good general trout fishing - instruction and anecdote, with a good lengthy section on South African trout fishing. Chapters include: Foreword; Poaching; Methods, an attempt at rational classification; Rods; On rough streams without a ghillie; Lakes in June; The weather; A singleton; Recommendations for beginners; A day with the brown trout; Miscellaneous. South Africa: Foreword; The last half-hour; A season on the Eerste River; Overheard in a colonial aquarium; Christmas with the rainbows in Natal; Little incidents. * This is Barrie Rickard's copy. Although unsigned, laid in is a letter addressed to Rickards from a former owner of the book.
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Book Code
59744
Author | Reynolds (William Frederick Roger). (b. 1887). |
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Book Code | 59744 |
ISBN | B000878Z3E. |
Book Description | Clean cloth, owner's name to fep, spotting to edges, good-plus. Contemporary "Offered at 2/-" sticker to slightly tanned and frayed dust-wrapper. Barrie Rickard's copy.*. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1928 |
Publisher | A. and C. Black. |
Place | London. |