This is a selection of the best essays from the celebrated classic fishing anthology, first compiled in 1945 by 'BB', one of Britain's best-loved naturalists. There are tales of salmon and trout with sections on coarse fishing: carp, tench, barbel, perch, roach, bream, pike and chub. The 'Bishop Browne' story of the giant salmon that was hooked in 1896 where the Earn flows into the Tay and fought for ten hours before the line went slack, cannot fail to arouse a thrill in all fishermen, and there are other classics and less ...
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This is a selection of the best essays from the celebrated classic fishing anthology, first compiled in 1945 by 'BB', one of Britain's best-loved naturalists. There are tales of salmon and trout with sections on coarse fishing: carp, tench, barbel, perch, roach, bream, pike and chub. The 'Bishop Browne' story of the giant salmon that was hooked in 1896 where the Earn flows into the Tay and fought for ten hours before the line went slack, cannot fail to arouse a thrill in all fishermen, and there are other classics and less famous fishing incidents in Britain and abroad. The fine and distinctive scraperboard illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford ('BB') all appeared in the original edition of The Fisherman's Bedside Book. Ian Niall in his introduction describes how BB's artistic vision and naturalist's observation enabled him to look at the reeds and rushes, the ancient pollarded willow by the pool and the duck shedding water droplets from frantically beating wings as it springs into the air, and to capture them in illustration and word. The Fisherman's Bedside Book brings together this rare combination of Denys Watkins-Pitchford's skills with some of the best writing from fishing people for fishing people.
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Add this copy of Fisherman's Bedside Book to cart. $24.73, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Merlin Unwin Books.
Add this copy of The Fisherman's Bedside Book to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Sutton Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwich, VT, UNITED STATES, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. (1945) 1950 reprint.
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Hbk 12mo 568pp illustr b+w woodcuts, lacks dj embossed blue cloth boards with gilt ornament and faded spine titles now in custom acetate jacket internally a very good clean tight unmarked copy.
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Add this copy of The Fisherman's Bedside Book to cart. $81.00, very good condition, Sold by Wonderland Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1946 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
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very good condition in a dust jacket with chips to the spine ends and a larger chip to the top front & a pen gift inscription on the top of the front end page.
I read this the first time when I was young and growing up in the UK. It was partly an inspiration to a life-long pursuit of angling. Descriptions of tackle used indicates how far we have progressed, but some of the descriptions of fishing expeditions are lyrical. I met one of the contributors, Negley Farson, when I was about 12 at his home in North Devon. He showed me his rods and tackle and his "Going Fishing" book is superb. That and this anthology inspired me to a life in which I have enjoyed "coarse" fishing, sea fishing, and fly-fishing for trout!
