STILL HALF COCKED. By Maurice J. Pledger.

2024 1st edition. Large 8vo (176 x 248mm). Pp173,ill. Colour paintings by the author throughout, b/w drawings. Decorative end-papers. Gilt titles to green boards, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies.

"Mole writes as he paints, full of colour, charm, passion and a dab of humour, notably at the expense of his merry band of fishing friends." This is Mole's third fishing book, following While My Float's Still Cocked and Water Colours. Chapters include: Preface; Tackling up; Flasks; The biggest and the smallest; Dave's sad tench; Floating crust; The Part The Way Through Club; Fish of the sea; Leigh; A torment of ruffe; The one-piece fishing suite; Intervallo; That feeling; It's not cricket; Casting; A clean break; The little things; North by North Met; Leda and Wren; Matilda and Alice; A few hours in May; Kids; Topo.