COARSE FISHING FOR NEW ANGLERS. By W.M. Hill. Line illustrations by Ernest Petts.

1975 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 221mm). Pp116. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Ernest Petts. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

"A practical introduction ...for keen beginners". Chapters include, rods; reels; buying tackle; hook baits; ground bait; the fish; the waters; still water methods; more still water methods; still water legering; slow river methods; slow river legering; fast river methods; more fast river work; fast water legering; pike fishing; lake fishing; gravel pits; fishing the slow river; fishing the shallow stream; fishing the fast river; matchsnatch and specimens.