THAMES AND TWEED. By George Rooper. Second edition.

THAMES AND TWEED. By George Rooper. Second edition.

GAME FISHING TACTICS. By Sidney Spencer.

GAME FISHING TACTICS. By Sidney Spencer.

THRIFTY SALMON FISHING. By N.K. Robertson.

ND (1945) 1st edition. Small 8vo (127 x 190mm). Pp224. B/w illustrations by Manning, Barbara and Olivia Robertson, two maps, one folding. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 8/6 net.

Mrs. Robertson's entertaining reminiscences, tales and tips; mostly about salmon fishing on the River Slaney in Ireland, especially on the stretch belonging to Huntington Castle, Clonegal. Chapters include: Thrift; The river; The beat; Bettering ourselves; "The Major's curl"; Rods and reeling; Flies, standard and basic; The fly-fisher; "The braw bug"; Baits, ancient and modern; Fights, diagrammatic; "Class"; The cabin; the house party; "A good example"; Lines, casts and nylon; Gear and gadgets; The Shannon fisheries; Shadow or shade?; Ourselves. Although this is an original work, it is based on material which originally appeared in The Field, Angling, and The Badminton Magazine.
£20.00
Availability: In stock
Book Code
14570
More Information
Author ROBERTSON, Nora Kathleen Durdin-. (nee Parsons). (1892-1965).
Book Code 14570
ISBN B00A1B3QBS.
Book Description Edges browned, slightly shaken. Good-plus in chipped, frayed and slightly faded dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1945
Publisher Herbert Jenkins.
Place London.