TROUT FISHING FROM ALL ANGLES: A complete guide to modern methods. By Eric Taverner. The Lonsdale Library Volume II.
1929 1st edition. 8vo (148mm x 219mm). Pp448. B/w photographs and illustrations. Full brown buckram, gilt monogram to upper board, spine titled in gilt.
With a chapter on "Trout Scales" by G. Herbert Nall, M.A., F.R.M.S., and one on "The Legal Aspect of Fishing" by Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law". "The best all-round book on brown trout fishing that has appeared in this generation". (Times Literary Supplement). Chapters include: Milestones in angling literature (2 chapters); Life history of the trout (2 chapters); Tackle (2 chapters); Casting a fly; Entomology (2 chapters); Trout flies; Trout flies, the Ephemeridae; Trout flies, the Sedge Flies, etc; Anglers' knots and splices; Wax, gut, hooks; Practice (4 chapters); Rise-forms; Fly dressing materials; some ways to dress flies; Fishing in lochs and lakes (2 chapters); Dapping, dibbing, shade-fishing or bushing; Spinning for trout; Worm and creeper fishing; Brown trout scales; The grayling; The legal aspect of fishing; Trout streams and fishery management.
With a chapter on "Trout Scales" by G. Herbert Nall, M.A., F.R.M.S., and one on "The Legal Aspect of Fishing" by Alban Bacon, Barrister-at-Law". "The best all-round book on brown trout fishing that has appeared in this generation". (Times Literary Supplement). Chapters include: Milestones in angling literature (2 chapters); Life history of the trout (2 chapters); Tackle (2 chapters); Casting a fly; Entomology (2 chapters); Trout flies; Trout flies, the Ephemeridae; Trout flies, the Sedge Flies, etc; Anglers' knots and splices; Wax, gut, hooks; Practice (4 chapters); Rise-forms; Fly dressing materials; some ways to dress flies; Fishing in lochs and lakes (2 chapters); Dapping, dibbing, shade-fishing or bushing; Spinning for trout; Worm and creeper fishing; Brown trout scales; The grayling; The legal aspect of fishing; Trout streams and fishery management.
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Book Code
45003
| Author | Taverner (Eric). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 45003 |
| ISBN | B0017JP1XY. |
| Book Description | Slight use, small snag to spine but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. Signed by the author on the front end-paper. The publisher's own copy (Douglas Service) with his bookplate on front paste-down. An interesting association copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1929 |
| Publisher | Seeley, Service and Co. |
| Place | London. |