IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES: A REVIEW OF FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT AND GRAYLING ON THE RIVERS, BROOKS AND STREAMS OF THE WELSH BORDERLANDS. By Roger Smith.

IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES: A REVIEW OF FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT AND GRAYLING ON THE RIVERS, BROOKS AND STREAMS OF THE WELSH BORDERLANDS. By Roger Smith.

TRY BACK LADS, TRY BACK 2. By Lyn Harber and others.

TRY BACK LADS, TRY BACK 2. By Lyn Harber and others.

THE GREAT GAME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A WELSH POACHER. By Harold Wyman.

1993 1st edition. 8vo (156 x 226mm). Ppxii,160. B/w photographs, illustrations. Burgundy boards, spine titled in gilt.

The Wrexham snerper on long-netting, snares, nets and lurchers. There is also a good short chapter, with photographs, on eel-bobbing". The Great Game is the life story of Harold Wyman, born near the village of Heol-y-Cyw in Glamorgan in 1916. They were hard formative years when a harsh environment shaped character and the working man fought a ceaseless battle to feed and clothe his family. Harold Wyman saw service as a young soldier on the North West Frontier of India and travelled that country extensively due to his sporting prowess. He served through the years of the Second World War as a stoker in the merchant fleet. As hard and dangerous a job as one could find but one of vital importance as Britain faced the threat of the mighty U boat predators. Settling in Wrexham when peace came, he spent the rest of his life perfecting the nocturnal art of the poacher". Chapters include: Childhood memories; Soldiering in India; The art of poaching; The war years; Thomas and I renew our partnership; Confrontation; Lunar nights - with long net and ferret; Captured by moonlight; Hop picking near Ledbury; I received a beating; Snares, nets and lurchers; Organised poaching; Poaching on the river; Long net - setting techniques and other information; The elements; Three snerpers; Pheasant poaching; The twilight years.
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35237
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Author Wyman (Harold).
Book Code 35237
ISBN 0951405357 / 0951405357.
Book Description Fine unread first edition copy in dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1993
Publisher Fieldfare.
Place Llandeilo.