FISHING EXPERIENCES OF HALF A CENTURY: WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE FAST REEL. By Major F. Powell Hopkins.
1893 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 195mm). Ppviii,225 + 24pp ads. B/w engraved illustrations by the author. Green cloth with black and gilt image of rod and creel.
Miscellaneous fishing memories from the nineteenth century: salmon and trout fishing in Ireland and on the Itchen and Torridge, Cothi and Towy salmon and sea-trout, pike fishing (trimmer-fishing and trolling with herrings) in Ireland, Devon bass fishing, Irish pollack, barbel and sea fishing in Gibraltar and baiting with puppy-dog for alligator in Ceylon. In the chapter on the "fast reel" the author describes spinning for salmon (and casts of 30 yards) with the free-running Nottingham reel.
Miscellaneous fishing memories from the nineteenth century: salmon and trout fishing in Ireland and on the Itchen and Torridge, Cothi and Towy salmon and sea-trout, pike fishing (trimmer-fishing and trolling with herrings) in Ireland, Devon bass fishing, Irish pollack, barbel and sea fishing in Gibraltar and baiting with puppy-dog for alligator in Ceylon. In the chapter on the "fast reel" the author describes spinning for salmon (and casts of 30 yards) with the free-running Nottingham reel.
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5052
| Author | Hopkins (Francis Powell). (1830-1913). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 5052 |
| ISBN | B001AW1M5E. |
| Book Description | Slight marks to cloth but a good copy. From the library of angling writer Peter Wheat, with his fishing bookplate loosely laid in. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1893 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green and Co. |
| Place | London. |