PRACTICAL LETTERS TO YOUNG SEA FISHERS. By John Bickerdyke.
1898 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 217mm). Ppxii,340 + 4pp ads. B/w photographs, illustrations. Binding A. Pictorial olive green cloth.
A comprehensive book on sea angling from boat and shore covering all of the usual disciplines, plus chapters on ocean fishing, modern improvements in fishing tackle, flyfishing in the sea, and one on "Baits cast with the fly rod," which includes sole- and gurnard-skin flies, a fly made from dog-fish tail fibres (at last, a use for them!), and flyfishing with a mouse-tail.
A comprehensive book on sea angling from boat and shore covering all of the usual disciplines, plus chapters on ocean fishing, modern improvements in fishing tackle, flyfishing in the sea, and one on "Baits cast with the fly rod," which includes sole- and gurnard-skin flies, a fly made from dog-fish tail fibres (at last, a use for them!), and flyfishing with a mouse-tail.
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Book Code
60798
| Author | Bickerdyke (John). "John Bickerdyke" was the pen-name of Charles Henry Cook. (1858-1933). |
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| Book Code | 60798 |
| ISBN | B001QYW1I8. |
| Book Description | Lean to spine, slight browning, inscription, slight marks, internally clean to cloth. A good-plus copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1898 |
| Publisher | Horace Cox. |
| Place | London. |